Data Comet

dataComet 4.6 is an AppleScriptable Macintosh Telnet application offering full-featured color emulation of IBM 3279, DEC VT220, and PC-ANSI/SCO-ANSI terminals. Features include flexible and easy-to-use key remapping, macro script recording, integrated edit windows, modeless dialogs, and ZMODEM and TFTP file transfer; modem and other serial connections can be used with the ASCII terminal emulators to access BBS. dataComet runs under all Macintosh system software from System 6.0.7 through MacOS 8.6, supporting modern MacOS features while maintaining backward compatibility. dataComet includes thorough on-line documentation; descriptions of menu functions and configuration dialog options can be easily accessed with a simple Control-click on the item, using the standard Macintosh Contextual Menus on recent releases of MacOS. dataComet's terminal windows offer fast, high quality emulations with searchable scrollback buffers. A full set of fonts is included; dataComet's emulators also automatically display variable-width fonts as mono-spaced fonts. Sessions can be logged automatically. Session configurations are saved as documents which can be launched directly from the Finder, through the Open dialog, or from the dataComet Sessions menu. Modeless dialogs simplify configuration of session options and macro mappings. The AppleScript interface allows AppleScripts and other applications to open dataComet sessions, execute dataComet macros, and monitor session status. "Command-click" opens URLs in dataComet windows using Internet Config. Files downloaded using ZMODEM can be launched automatically using Internet Config's File Mappings. dataComet sessions can be opened automatically through Telnet URL links in Netscape and Explorer browser pages. dataComet's edit windows send text or commands to a host when the Enter key is pressed (Command-Return breaks a line and sends it to a host, easing use of host-based Chat programs). Keyed commands can be used to search, move the cursor, and reformat text in edit windows by adding or removing line breaks and leading blanks or tabs.