What is Versa Term?

2001-08-29 Thread Tracy Keirns
I found a box, unopened, of Versa Term software. Includes disks, manuals, etc. What uses are there for a terminal emulator? I seem to be kind of confused! (But what else is new?? ;) Tracy -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: What is Versa Term?

2001-08-29 Thread A.Tuazon
Holy geez, haven't heard that name since the days of bbs's and dial-up connecting on my blazing 1200 baud modem. In terms of the internet, the terminal emulation program was great for accessing bulletin board systems (especially the pirate ones). It acted as sort of the Remote Access program to

Re: What is Versa Term?

2001-08-29 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 22:10 -0400 on 29/08/01, Tracy Keirns wrote: I found a box, unopened, of Versa Term software. Includes disks, manuals, etc. What uses are there for a terminal emulator? I seem to be kind of You can hook two Macs together through their

Re: What is Versa Term?

2001-08-29 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Ohyeah, you can also use it to access your companie's IBM AS/400 mainframe to access their customer database... (Yup, we have an AS/400 where I work. For some reason most of us there really don't like working with it too well. We're getting a new GUI interface to replace the old terminal