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11.1) What are the best terminal emulators available?

     Here are some of the more popular PD/freeware/shareware terminal
programs available.

BobTerm 1.22, shareware by Bob Puff
(There's also a 1.23 that's specific to PC XFormer)
     Emulates: VT52
     Text: 40 columns in gr.0; 80 col. w/ XEP80
     File Xfer: XMODEM, YMODEM, FMODEM
     Autodial: Yes
     Backscroll buffer: No
     Capture-to-disk: Yes
     Summary: Feature-filled; excellent for BBSing
     filename: Telecomm/bterm12.arc

Kermit-65 3.7, PD by John R. Dunning
     Emulates: VT100
     Text: 40 columns in gr.0; 80 col. in gr.8; 80 col. w/ XEP80 (sort of)
     File Xfer: Kermit
     Autodial: No
     Backscroll buffer: No
     Capture-to-disk: No
     Summary: Excellent VT100 emulation; rock-solid Kermit Xfers
     filenames:   Telecomm/k65v37.arc - latest version
                  Telecomm/k65doc.arc - documentation
                  Telecomm/k65src.arc - source code

OmniCom by CDY Consulting
     Emulates: VT100
     Text: 80 columns in gr.8
     File Xfer: XMODEM, Kermit
     Autodial: No
     Backscroll buffer: No
     Capture-to-disk: No
     Summary: Combination VT100, XMODEM, Kermit; buggy at file Xfers
     filename: Telecomm/omnicom.arc

VT850 B1, shareware by Curtis Laser
     Emulates: VT100/VT102 (plus complete VT220 keymap)
     Text: 40 columns in gr.0; 80 col. w/ XEP80
     File Xfer: None
     Autodial: No
     Backscroll buffer: No
     Capture-to-disk: Yes
     Summary: Excellent at VT100 on the XEP80; 1200bps top speed
     filename: Telecomm/vt850b1.arc

FlickerTerm 80 v.0.51, freeware by LonerSoft (Clay Halliwell)
     Emulates: VT100, IBM ANSI
     Text: 80 column via a special Graphics 0 screen (no hardware req'd)
     File Xfer: None
     Autodial: No
     Backscroll buffer: No
     Capture-to-disk: No
     Summary: Fastest and most complete VT100 emulation; readability a minus
     filename: ?????

Ice-T XE v. 2.72 (128K) or Ice-T 1.1 (48K) by Itay Chamiel
     Emulates: VT100
     Text: 80 column via a fast-scrolling graphics 8 screen
     File Xfer: X/Y/ZMODEM download
     Autodial: Yes (2.7 XE) or No (1.1)
     Backscroll buffer: Yes--8 screens (2.7 XE) or One screen (1.1)
     Capture-to-disk: Yes--up to 16K (2.7 XE) or No (1.1)
     Summary: Excellent for high-speed VT100 emulation