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Post #46,705 by inthane-chan 7/24/02 11:01:41 AM Reply	Trying to remember this one... It was a character-based "windowing" terminal app, with some simple multitasking built in - I seem to remember being able to bop out to a MS-DOS command prompt while downloading. Built in support for 43/50 line displays. Ring a bell for anybody? There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #46,721 by boxley 7/24/02 12:14:34 PM Reply	Kermit? ."Once, in the wilds of Afghanistan, I had to subsist on food and water for several weeks." W.C. Fields
Post #46,772 by inthane-chan 7/24/02 7:54:56 PM Reply	Nope. There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #46,738 by orion 7/24/02 1:31:27 PM Reply	Most of my friends used DoubleDOS for that. DoubleDOS was able to run two DOS programs side by side and hotkey switch between them. They would DoubleDOS Procomm, and then DoubleDOS a command prompt in the other one. I had a friend who ran the Hellfire Club BBS, and he decided to DoubleDOS the WWIV BBS in one session, and then DoubleDOS Test Drive in the other. When he switched to the WWIV BBS, he had garbage in that screen. Apparently it didn't handle direct to hardware memory writes too well or something. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #46,797 by static 7/25/02 12:20:15 AM Reply	Sounds familiar. But many term programs had support for 43/50 line mode, so that's no help. I think Terminate could do that, but I suspect that's not what you meant as Terminate was a little bit of a latecomer. Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #46,885 by wharris2 7/25/02 5:56:50 PM Reply	Me, too (trying to remember) Wasn't it the "biggie" of the commercial programs? Not shareware Procomm, don't think it was named anything like minicom or bitcom, but there was one that was THE communications program of choice for anyone who bought a comm program. (This is, of course, pre-Windows Procomm. Windows Procomm, while it had its flaws, grabbed the Windows 3.x market pretty quickly.)
Post #46,913 by inthane-chan 7/25/02 8:37:51 PM Reply	No idea... To be honest, at the time one might say I was "ethically challenged" - a friend of mine gave me the comm app. There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #46,971 by wharris2 7/26/02 3:08:52 AM Reply	I Remember (I think) Crosstalk! Biggie for DOS people converting over from CP/M and/or people buying comm programs. Did they ever come out with a Windows version? If they did, Procomm had already nabbed the market. Crosstalk pretty much vanished from the scene after a workable Windows (aka 3.1) was released. The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
Post #46,976 by CRConrad 7/26/02 3:52:20 AM Reply	OT re your JerryP quote: Would those be Intel lawyers? :-)
Post #46,981 by wharris2 7/26/02 4:17:10 AM Reply	Re: OT re your JerryP quote: Would those be Intel lawyers? I think that's lawyers in general: they'd rather suck blood than preserve the human race. See [link\|http://www.overlawyered.com\|www.overlawyered.com] for lots and lots of examples. Hammerfall is, of course, his novel (I think co-written with Larry Niven) about an asteroid doing a big smack-down on Earth. The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
Post #47,018 by CRConrad 7/26/02 9:29:31 AM Reply	Duh - think I didn't know that? (T'was a pun; AMD "Hammer")
Post #47,038 by inthane-chan 7/26/02 11:05:18 AM Reply	Novel name was "Lucifer's Hammer" The event itself was called Hammerfall, though... There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #47,097 by orion 7/26/02 7:15:45 PM Reply	I agree working for lawyers isn't so good either. Sort of like working for The Devil, eventually you know you are going to get screwed sometime. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #46,901 by altmann 7/25/02 7:23:26 PM Reply	Any of these ring a bell? (Lots of other nostalgiaware too) [link\|http://www.safelink.net/danrose/aw-dos-07.html\|A DOS comm. program list] from [link\|http://www.safelink.net/danrose/aw-dos.html\|Dan's 20th. Century Abandonware ] Ah, memories... -- Chris Altmann
Post #46,912 by inthane-chan 7/25/02 8:37:47 PM Reply	Nope. There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #46,916 by wharris2 7/25/02 8:45:06 PM Reply	Ah! Crosstalk was it, I'm sure The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
Post #46,960 by orion 7/26/02 1:35:57 AM Reply	Microsoft Access Not the database, but the Microsoft COM Terminal. Anyone remember that stinkeroo? Maybe it was the "mystery" terminal program? *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #46,991 by static 7/26/02 7:10:48 AM Reply	Never used it, but I remember it. It musta stunk - MS reused the name. Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."

courtesy MMoffit, MS products that really work(ed) - (boxley) - (67) - July 19, 2002, 09:32:12 AM EDT

Let me add to this list: - (jb4) - July 19, 2002, 09:48:53 AM EDT

MultiPlan??? - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - July 19, 2002, 11:16:05 AM EDT

MultiPlan was a huge freaking *revelation* to me. - (CRConrad) - (2) - July 19, 2002, 03:23:46 PM EDT

Yup (R1C1) - (altmann) - July 19, 2002, 10:16:31 PM EDT

Re: MultiPlan was a great product on Xenix - (dmarker2) - July 21, 2002, 05:07:15 AM EDT

Dang,,,, - (folkert) - (1) - July 19, 2002, 09:31:11 PM EDT

Re: the CAD package. Generic CAD? I still have diskettes. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - July 20, 2002, 11:59:58 AM EDT

Solitare -NT - (Silverlock) - (2) - July 19, 2002, 01:16:58 PM EDT

And, of course, FreeCell! -NT - (jb4) - July 19, 2002, 01:29:16 PM EDT

No - the OS/2 solitare is much better. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - July 19, 2002, 04:06:53 PM EDT

Don't you forget... - (orion) - July 19, 2002, 04:31:55 PM EDT

Gah - (wharris2) - (51) - July 20, 2002, 01:07:28 AM EDT

terminal.exe sux? - (boxley) - (28) - July 20, 2002, 08:52:42 PM EDT

HyperTerm suffers from what I call the ProComm Error. - (static) - (27) - July 21, 2002, 11:28:48 PM EDT

Er, boggle? - (admin) - (23) - July 22, 2002, 10:14:17 AM EDT

Well... - (static) - (22) - July 23, 2002, 02:59:33 AM EDT

Qmodem I used - (orion) - (21) - July 23, 2002, 04:39:58 PM EDT

Most BBSers had their favourite. - (static) - (20) - July 23, 2002, 11:57:34 PM EDT

Bitcomm? - (orion) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 12:17:12 AM EDT

That doesn't sound right. - (static) - July 24, 2002, 01:12:04 AM EDT

Trying to remember this one... - (inthane-chan) - (17) - July 24, 2002, 11:01:41 AM EDT

Kermit? -NT - (boxley) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 12:14:34 PM EDT

Nope. -NT - (inthane-chan) - July 24, 2002, 07:54:56 PM EDT

Most of my friends used DoubleDOS for that. - (orion) - July 24, 2002, 01:31:27 PM EDT

Sounds familiar. - (static) - July 25, 2002, 12:20:15 AM EDT

Me, too (trying to remember) - (wharris2) - (7) - July 25, 2002, 05:56:50 PM EDT

No idea... - (inthane-chan) - July 25, 2002, 08:37:51 PM EDT

I Remember (I think) - (wharris2) - (5) - July 26, 2002, 03:08:52 AM EDT

OT re your JerryP quote: Would those be *Intel* lawyers? :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - (4) - July 26, 2002, 03:52:20 AM EDT

Re: OT re your JerryP quote: Would those be *Intel* lawyers? - (wharris2) - (3) - July 26, 2002, 04:17:10 AM EDT

Duh - think I didn't know that? (T'was a pun; AMD "Hammer") -NT - (CRConrad) - July 26, 2002, 09:29:31 AM EDT

Novel name was "Lucifer's Hammer" - (inthane-chan) - July 26, 2002, 11:05:18 AM EDT

I agree - (orion) - July 26, 2002, 07:15:45 PM EDT

Any of these ring a bell? (Lots of other nostalgiaware too) - (altmann) - (4) - July 25, 2002, 07:23:26 PM EDT

Nope. -NT - (inthane-chan) - July 25, 2002, 08:37:47 PM EDT

Ah! Crosstalk was it, I'm sure -NT - (wharris2) - July 25, 2002, 08:45:06 PM EDT

Microsoft Access - (orion) - (1) - July 26, 2002, 01:35:57 AM EDT

Never used it, but I remember it. - (static) - July 26, 2002, 07:10:48 AM EDT

Eh? - (pwhysall) - (2) - July 22, 2002, 12:04:44 PM EDT

I posted in a hurry. - (static) - (1) - July 23, 2002, 02:56:21 AM EDT

Hyperterm - (orion) - July 23, 2002, 04:42:21 PM EDT

Long lost sidekick - (Silverlock) - (21) - July 22, 2002, 02:46:43 PM EDT

Borland, not a Microsoft product - (orion) - (18) - July 22, 2002, 04:35:00 PM EDT

I think he's talking about Edit, not Sidekick - note... - (CRConrad) - (17) - July 22, 2002, 07:51:07 PM EDT

Other Borland "Classics" - (orion) - (1) - July 22, 2002, 08:03:58 PM EDT

Re: Quatro -- I use Quatro Pro for Windows (5.0)... - (a6l6e6x) - July 22, 2002, 08:34:27 PM EDT

Small "s" sidekick - (orion) - July 22, 2002, 08:06:16 PM EDT

Borland Sidekick - (orion) - (1) - July 22, 2002, 08:17:10 PM EDT

Starfish, owned by Motorola, where Phillipe Khan hangs out. - (a6l6e6x) - July 22, 2002, 08:44:56 PM EDT

Hobgoblin - (Silverlock) - (11) - July 23, 2002, 09:05:13 AM EDT

That is what I thought you said - (orion) - (9) - July 23, 2002, 04:34:40 PM EDT

Well ex-bloody-squeeze the Hell outta me for knowing English - (CRConrad) - (8) - July 24, 2002, 03:11:33 AM EDT

Oh no, you're never wrong - (orion) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 06:10:15 AM EDT

Well, I'm glad somebody *finally* realizes that! :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - July 24, 2002, 08:01:14 AM EDT

wasnt sidekick the program - (boxley) - (3) - July 24, 2002, 08:08:05 AM EDT

I think that was "Sideways" - (orion) - (2) - July 24, 2002, 08:10:37 AM EDT

If you remember back when - (boxley) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 08:22:58 AM EDT

I remember farther - (orion) - July 24, 2002, 01:27:39 PM EDT

Squeezing bloody hell out of you for being dead wrong - (wharris2) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 09:31:52 AM EDT

Yeah, yeah... Lurve ya too, Jungle-Face. - (CRConrad) - July 24, 2002, 09:53:22 AM EDT

Yeah, yeah, we all have 'em - tho mine's called Literacy.;^) -NT - (CRConrad) - July 24, 2002, 03:03:09 AM EDT

Naah, it sucked - and was bloated as all Hell, too. - (CRConrad) - (1) - July 22, 2002, 07:44:58 PM EDT

EDIT.COM - (orion) - July 22, 2002, 08:00:14 PM EDT

Pre-Windows Office Components on the Mac - (tuberculosis) - (3) - July 22, 2002, 03:23:11 AM EDT

Actually, now that you mention it... - (static) - (1) - July 22, 2002, 07:44:57 AM EDT

Wade, anything from Micros~1 with a 6 is a PoS - (jb4) - July 22, 2002, 09:55:41 AM EDT

Cricket Graph! - (snork) - July 22, 2002, 10:58:28 AM EDT

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