Persoft SmarTerm

*Persoft SmarTerm is fluent in emulation languages. (Persoft Inc's SmarTerm 420 for Windows) (Software Review ) (Lab Notes) (Brief Article)
PC Week Nov 7, 1994 v11 n44 p112(1)
PC Week Nov 7, 1994 v11 n44 p112(1)

Persoft SmarTerm is fluent in emulation languages. (Persoft
Inc's SmarTerm 420 for Windows) (Software Review ) (Lab
Notes) (Brief Article)

by Blakeley, Michael

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Persoft SmarTerm is fluent in emulation, languages

Companies on both sides of the Atlantic will welcome the new,
multilingual Version 4.0 of Persoft Inc.'s SmartTerm 420 for Windows.
PC Week Labs recommends SmarTerm for both its solid terminal
emulation and smooth support of English, French, German, and Spanish
users.

Although this version of SmarTerm, released last month for $395, does
not support Asian languages, its menus, on-line help, and some
documentation are available in English, French, German, and Spanish (see
photo, above right), which should make offices in the Americas and
Europe easier to support.

During testing, Persoft's installation process guided us through
selecting a language and successfully perceived that we wanted to use
Winsock as our primary communications.

SmarTerm also provides solid VT420 emulation. The auto-scaling fonts
were especially useful, allowing us to resize the terminal window and
the font in one motion.

SmarTerm can connect over TCP/IP connections, Digital Equipment
Corp.'s Local Area Transport, and traditional COM ports. SmarTerm also
supports third-party synchronous connections such as VINES, PathWorks,
and NCSI/NASI, as well as Winsock TCP/IP connections. PC Week Labs
tested serial and TCP/IP connections.

If Persoft's included TCP/IP stack is used, an FTP (File Transfer
Protocol) server and a ping utility are also available. The TCP/IP stack
is a Winsock-compliant dynamic link library that requires 9K bytes of
conventional memory. SmarTerm also supports non-Winsock TCP/IP
stacks from Beame & Whiteside Software Inc., SunSoft Inc., and others,
but additional configuration is sometimes necessary.

Also included is a Windows-based FTP client. We were impressed by the
client's user interface, which included drag-and-drop file transfer and
auto-switching between binary and text modes.

The FTP client application shared its session list with SmarTerm and
included a viewer for local or remote files.

Persoft, of Madison, Wis., can be reached at (608) 273-6000, or by fax at
(608) 273-8227.

Company: Persoft, Inc.

Product: SmarTerm 420 for Windows (Terminal emulation
software)

Topic: Evaluation
Emulators
Terminal Emulation Software
Foreign Languages
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(Computer Network Protocol)

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