Article 45770 of comp.sys.cbm: Xref: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca comp.sys.cbm:45770 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!csbruce From: csbruce@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca (Craig Bruce) Subject: Re: Questions about hard drives and modems Sender: news@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 16:27:12 GMT References: <49gamp$eh4@sun.lclark.edu> <49i3ln$f8g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <49lf21$eod@spectator.cris.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: ccnga.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo, Canada (eh!) In article <49lf21$eod@spectator.cris.com>, Thomas Pinto wrote: >What's this ACEterm you used? Is it for the c128 or c64? And, is it any >good? Any better than Dialogue128 or DesTerm 128? ACEterm is an application for the ACE operating system for the C128 and C64. It is available for free from FTP host "ccnga.uwaterloo.ca" in directory "/pub/cbm/os/ace" in files "ace14?.sfx". ACEterm is a no-frills high-speed terminal program that requires a SwiftLink ACIA cartridge and works best with a high-speed modem. It features VT-100 emulation and has an extremely large capture buffer if you have expanded memory. It's a real programmer's kind of program and it is best suited for use with Unix systems. Also included in the ACE package is a fast bitmapped 80-column screen for the C64, a very high-speed RAMdisk, a number of file utilities (including uuencode/uudecode), and a (you guessed it, high-speed) custom upload/ download protocol. The upload/ download protocol requires a C program to be compiled on a Unix host in order to work, and no standard file-transfer protocols are available. Compared to the other terminal programs, ACEterm beats them hands-down for raw performance, by two or three times for both displaying text on the screen and uploading/downloading (and by much more than that when using the ramdisk). Both Desterm and Dialogue have fancy menu interfaces, but with ACEterm you will have to enter your modem's "AT" commands directly. (Personally, I prefer this; I can type "atds" and be on my way long before fumbling through a menu system). ACEterm's VT-100-emulation power appears to be between the other two; Desterm's is better and Dialogue's is not as good. The others emulate other terminal types but ACEterm does not. ACEterm also has hardware flow control for use with high-speed modems; Dialogue has it too but Desterm does not. ACEterm is Public Domain, Desterm is Shareware, and Dialogue is Commercial software. The next release of the system, due in mid December, will include a powerful text editor and support for 115,200 bps with a hacked SwiftLink on a C128. (I'm using it now, and with a 28.8kbps phone connection, I can download 4832 cps to the ramdisk for a text file). Keep on Hackin'! -Craig Bruce csbruce@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca "Red ship crashes into blue ship - sailors marooned..." - paul.gelsman@satalink.com