Date   : Wed, 06 Oct 1982 1944-:00edt
From   : Solomon@Mit-Multics
Subject: Zpro

I just received my Zpro upgrade to work at 1200 baud with the Novation
Apple-Cat II upgrade, and the only thing to say about itthat it is just
ust great. I have a slightly noisy telephone line, but all I get is an
occasio{. For those that don't know, zpro runs under CPM, supports
onboard and serial port modems, send and receives files under protocol
or straight, and does a host of other things such as terminal emualation
(I use vt52 or iq120 for emacs), macros, and auto login. The only thing
it is missing is a timer program with hooks to a clock.

If you have Zpro, send $10 plus your black box and disk to Southwestern
Data Systems. I did it with Express Mail, and had my disk back in 3 days
(the PO misses the delivery cutoff time in California, making one-day
service impossible). If you don't have Zpro, well...

Oh, you also need a 1200 baud modem. The Apple Cat II WITH the upgrade
is fine, though their instructions leave a lot to be desired. (They
don't have any, but you can call them at 800 423 5419 free.) For some
reason, Novation is a typical nouveau-high-tech company with an
excellent piece of hardware and friendly telephone types, but no ability
to support their product with written documentation. Curious. We have
six Novations and have had no problems (Hayes gave me lot of problems),
but we had to ask around to make the things work. Fortunately, Zpro does
most of that for you. In fact, Zpro is why we got Novation modems. If
they had any brains, they would give it away with the modem instead of
the awful Com-Ware which they include. But that's just my opinion.

Richard Solomon.