I used QModemPro (after it was bought by Wildcat) and it was the best. It integrated with OLR (offline reader) which meant I could login to the BBS, download my messages via Zmodem as a compressed QWK file, and logoff.
It was so much more efficient than downloading plain text messages. Of course these days we no longer have bandwidth constraints like that but back in the day it enabled long discussions like the sort we’re having on HN today.
Qmodem wasn’t the only terminal emulator but it was the most professional one.
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I used QModemPro (after it was bought by Wildcat) and it was the best. It integrated with OLR (offline reader) which meant I could login to the BBS, download my messages via Zmodem as a compressed QWK file, and logoff.
It was so much more efficient than downloading plain text messages. Of course these days we no longer have bandwidth constraints like that but back in the day it enabled long discussions like the sort we’re having on HN today.
Qmodem wasn’t the only terminal emulator but it was the most professional one.