[Info-vax] unalphabetical help

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2013-01-05 10:39:23 +0000, Paul Sture said:
> 
>> In article <kc7jmv$i1$1 at dont-email.me>,
>>  David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using SmarTerm from I believe Persoft, which may no longer be 
>>> around ..
>>
>> The best of the bunch in my experience was the DEC one which came with
>> Pathworks.  I don't think it was available as a stand alone product, or
>> if it was it was too expensive, because when we dropped Pathworks we
>> also had to drop that.
> 
> That was PowerTerm.
> 
> There's also VTstar, which is the VT terminal firmware rebuilt as a 
> Windows terminal emulator.
> 
> VTstar was (is) a very good emulator for those using Windows, though 
> suffered from aging packaging and installation, and from a lack of ssh.
> 
> 

I seem to remember using PowerTerm, and my memory is that I liked it. 
Don't know what happened to it, cannot find it in a quick search.

If a lack of a secure protocol is mandatory, then I'll agree that 
SmarTerm has a problem.  It's a TelNet client with no encryption.  For 
in house use here, where there is only me, and no secrets, I can say 
that isn't an issue.