ANSITerm Press Release
Parkhurst Micro Products
Copyright (c) 1993 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
ANSITerm Telecommunications Software for the Apple IIGS (version 2.0)
Copyright (c) 1993 by Paul Parkhurst. All Rights Reserved. (25-Apr-93)
Parkhurst Micro Products is proud to announce the latest version of its popular telecommunications software ANSITerm... Version 2.0! With almost triple the power and features of ealier versions, 2.0 takes the Apple IIGS to even higher dimensions than before!
EMULATIONS
ANSITerm provides support for color PC-ANSI emulation, including the complete PC character set. Now, you can call PC-based bulletin board systems and other BBSs and services and see colors, line drawing, and other special symbols AS THEY WERE MEANT TO LOOK. ANSITerm also supports ANSI cursor control with the arrow keys and application-programmable function keys.
ANSITerm also supports "Special" emulation used in many Apple II-based terminal software and supported on most Apple II-based bulletin boards.
New to Version 2.0, ANSITerm now also supports the popular VT-100 and VT-52 emulations. All features and modes are supported, including inverse, underline, and bold text, special line draw characters (EXACTLY how they are supposed to look), double-wide and double-wide/double-high characters in VT-100, internal scroll regions, all special keypad and arrow key support (for both normal and application modes), function key support, local printing, Extended Keyboard support, and all modes except 132 column and flashing characters.
FILE TRANSFERS
ANSITerm supports all standard file transfer protocols, including:
* ASCII Text
* Xmodem, Xmodem-CRC, Xmodem-1K, Xmodem-4K
* Ymodem and Ymodem Batch
* Zmodem
* Kermit
ANSITerm also supports an optional ProDOS-style information footer for xmodem, as well as both MS-DOS- and ProDOS-compatible ymodem and zmodem headers. Zmodem features include a 16K streaming buffer (with an option for full-streaming if your hardware supports it), CRC-32, and skip/resume/rename capability. Other featuers include auto-Binary II extraction, MS-DOS file name validation, auto-start capability for both zmodem and kermit, and character pacing for ASCII sends (including echo option, line length, and CR to CR + space).
COLOR SCROLLBACK
ANSITerm provides up to 8 megabytes of scrollback so you can review what has gone off the top of your screen. Scrollback also displays color and high-ASCII characters for ANSI emulation, mousetext characters for "Special" emulation, and all special characters for VT-100 and VT-52, including double-sized characters and invsere/bold/underline characters.
Many features are included with scrollback, including text search, sending selections to disk, the printer, or to the editor, and various housekeeping features.
DIALING DIRECTORY
Up to 34 different systems and services can be stored for easy access and auto-dialing. Information stored for each includes baud rate (110 to 57,600 baud), emulation, data format, and up to a 31-digit phone number. Auto-dialing is fast and efficient and includes support for both verbal and numeric results, "busy" detection, and more.
Version 2.0's dialing directory now has several new features, including 10 alternate dial strings which can be used in place of the default in case certain services require certain modem settings, multi-service dialing which will dial many services one after the other until a connection is established, a handy quick-dial feature, 10 special macros for each service in the dialing directory, and several other new enhancements and features (including learnable logon macros).
TEXT EDITOR
Version 2.0 now has a full-screen text editor. The editor can edit files of any size up to the available memory in your IIGS. It has all standard editor features, including line wrap on or off, show control codes, block copy/delete/paste, definable block "quoting" for message replies, line/paragraph formatting, printing (including top/bottom/left/right margins, line length, and more), send to modem, file appending, conversion to upper or lower case, high-ASCII support, CR/LF support for saving files, find and replace, and Apple Extended Keyboard support, to name the main features. It uses the same custom SHR font and default colors the rest of the program uses for sharp color text.
MACRO LANGUAGE
Version 2.0 now also supports a full macro language. All settings for AT can now be changed via macro commands. 62 macros are available for use at any one time, including 52 global system macros (accessable through Option-A through Z and Shift-Option-A through Z) and 10 service macros for each of the services in the dialing directory. Standard macro features include sending text to the console, remote and console, and remote only, waiting for text from the remote, getting a string from the remote or from the user (via a dialog box), setting the color, screen location, receiving and sending files, conditional branching between macros, a full set of file manipulation macros (including open, close, input and output, random access, and newline mode) and more. The macro language includes 10 numeric and 10 string variables for use with the macros.
Also included is learnable logon macro creation. AT will monitor a call to a BBS or service and create a logon macro for you (which may be modified later on if you wish).
All settings, such as baud rate, parity, all dialing directory and transfer options, and almost all other setting for ANSITerm may be modified and read using macros.
DISK UTILITIES
Version 2.0 comes with a complete set of disk utilities, including multi-file copying, deleting, renaming, catalog (screen and hardcopy), setting file attributes, and disk initialization. Version 2.0 will initialize both SmartPort devices and Disk ][s.
HIGH-SPEED MODEM SUPPORT
Version 2.0 supports most every modem type, including several special drivers for high-speed modems such as the USRobotics HST, Hayes V-Series, Supra Fax Modem, and the Intel 9600ex. Baud rates can optionally be fixed at 19,200, 38,400, or 57,600 baud to get the best performance from your high-speed modem. Version 2.0 also supports several handshaking cable designs.
OTHER FEATURES
ANSITerm includes many other features, such as emulation file viewing, printer and print-screen support, buffered chat duplex, the ability to set the default foreground and background colors for all emulations, hardware break key, show control codes, and cursor on and off.
Version 2.0 sports many new enhancements and features. The cursor shape can now be made into either an underscore or a block and will now blink at a user definable blink rate. You can also set Version 2.0 to prompt on exit or not, and handle carrier detection on startup or exit specially (either initialize anyway, don't initialize, or prompt before initializing) just in case your session was prematurely aborted, and an option to have the dialing directory automatically displayed upon startup.
AVAILABILITY
ANSITerm Version 2.0 is currently available directly from Parkhurst Micro Products. List price is $119.99, but for a limited time only, you can purchase ANSITerm Version 2.0 for the special introductory price of only $69.00!
Parkhurst Micro Products accepts checks, MO's, Visa, and MasterCard. Please include an additional $5.00 for shipping and handling. California residents, please add sales and local taxes. Allow 10 days for delivery if paying with money order or credit card, 30 days for personal check. Foreign orders, please add $7.50 for shipping and handling. Payment must be made in US funds drawn from a US bank.
For more information, or for quantity pricing for retailers, please contact Parkhurst Micro Products at (510) 837-9098, or write to: Parkhurst Micro Products, 2491 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Suite 1-317, San Ramon, CA, 94583.
Paul Parkhurst
uttsbbs!paul.parkhurst@PacBell.COM

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