Keatah Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) I'm finishing up working on a chart that lists all the versions of ProTerm, and what hardware is supported; like modems, serial cards, printer interfaces, clocks, and keyboards. It is interesting to see how the program has evolved and changed from 1987 through 1998. The overall trend started out supporting 300/1200 baud internal modems and seems to have ended up dropping those in favor of high-speed external modems and a series of generic drivers. Printer support was more cumulative, with little being removed as time passed. ProTerm was more interested in having the required/supported interface rather than the actual printing device itself. The versions I'm researching include: 1.9P 2.0 2.01 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.1 (5-JUL-98 final) If there are any other versions I should include, just speak up. The chart still has a couple of columns available! Edited August 7, 2016 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 I added a list of protocols, terminal emulations, baud rates, and SSC/SCC port patches. Woot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Looks like the chart is complete. I'll sit on it for a couple of days, and then recheck it for accuracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 More versions I discovered. 1.1 1.2 1.9P 1.9T 2.0 2.01 2.02 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.1 (5-JUL-98 final) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streck Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Bumping out of abject self-interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) I totally forgot about this thread. I would have hoped it generated a bit more interest. Archiving and preserving versions of software seems to be something not a lot of folks are interested in. Just get the latest version and be done with it. Earlier releases are just as important because hardware support is dropped in later versions. True then and true now. And often interface styles change along the way. Some for the better, some for the worse. For example if you still used a Hayes MicroModem II or Novation Apple-Cat II, you could not upgrade PT to 3.0 or 3.1. AFAIK, 2.2 was the last to support these historical and groundbreaking modems. Edited July 29, 2022 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 There is an upgrade for PT3.1 as well that allows the IIGS to transmit at 115.200 bps. It was done by Hugh Hood on another forum and labeled as PT3.2, just to differentiate it. ProTERM3.2.2mg Proterm31baudrate.txt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duhast Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 There is also issues with Zmodem implementation below 3.1 I believe...... And PTSE bug, not sure when that was squashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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