From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 26 17:15:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA21888 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 17:15:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA21865 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 17:15:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.5/8.7.5) id SAA29397; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 18:12:17 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199706270012.SAA29397@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: BSD io To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 18:12:14 -0600 (MDT) Cc: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199706261700.KAA07901@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Jun 26, 97 10:00:17 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert recently illuminated us: > "TERM Communications Software, from Century Software, Inc." > > And ever since I went to Novell (I've since left them as well) to > hack UNIX kernels, I haven't had access to the source code (it's not > mine to port). > > So unless Wes did the job while he was the developement manager there, > it probably has not been ported. I did, but I couldn't convince Greg to release it, even under the plan of "ftp it from us, send us $99, and we'll support you if we get around to it." I have the only running copy of TERM for FreeBSD, and would not make another without Greg's permission. Lon Willet also had a port to NetBSD that differed from mine in a few trivial ways; his probably featured slightly better performance but mine was cleaner and easier to build. ;^) TERM really *is* a killer package. You can actually emulate a SCO console, a Wyse 60, or an IBM 3101 in an xterm. It also has the best file transfer (i.e. asynch/modem) engine anywhere. If you want it released for *BSD/Linux, mailto:greg@censoft.com and tell him. I'm sure he'll appreciate hearing from you. No, don't go mail-bomb the place, just let him know the UNIX marketplace is still viable and he can make some money there. Tell your Linux friends, too. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com