Date   : Tue, 18 Mar 1986 0924-:00PST (Tuesday)
From   : Mel Moy <melmoy@NPRDC.ARPA>
Subject: Re: NEED APPLE CP/M TERMINAL PROGRAM

Z-Term is (was) a commercially produced communications package
put out by Southwestern Data Systems in Santee, CA.  It came out
in a couple of forms, the best one being Z-Term Professional.
The software allowed the user to emulate several common terminals
(vt52, datamedia, soroc, adm3a) when communicating with other
computers (directly or through a modem).  The software permitted
you to use different protocols, depending on what was needed, to
transfer files between the Apple and the host computer.  Thus the
Christiansen Protocol for Xmodem (receive and transmit) was also
supported--and served as the heart of Z-Term.  A library of
commonly called numbers could be stored for autodialing (tone or
pulse).  For each number stored, a set of macros could be defined
by the user so that login procedures and passwords could be
automatically issued by the computer to speed up interactions.
There are several other nice features about Z-Term which are
nicely packaged and make it worth the cost over public domain
software such as the Xmodem series.

One caution, the original Z-Term did not work with the PCPI CP/M
card (or the StarCard).  Z-Term has been revised and re-released
by another company, whose name escapes me for the moment, but is
called Ascii Express Professional (CP/M version).  There is also
an Apple DOS version of the same software.  There are so many
features about it that people have become confused about using
it.  However, I still think that it is an excellent product and
outstrips the communication packages I have been using on the IBM
PC--and that is the machine I use most nowadays.

Mel Moy
melmoy@nprdc