We use Minisoft here for most emulation tasks.  We used to use reflection
for our uploading and downloading scripting, but since have put FTP Serv-U
on the PC's where the files have to be transferred from and automate it in
batch jobs using HP's FTP.  Any personal transfers I do I use the command
line FTP in windows.  Much faster than either Reflection or Minisoft.

David Knispel
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Bartram <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Reflections vs Minisoft


> In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > > Hi Gary, use both MiniSoft and Reflection.  Unfortunately we haven't >
gotte
> > en
> > all of the PC's up to the later version.  In my opinion, both work >
very well
> > l.
> >  The only problem with Minisoft is that it will not transfer > without
reason.
> > .
> > Other times it
> >  will say something like "Host file out of > date."  I don't know what
causes
> > this but usually after downloading a new > transfer file or waiting for
a bit
> > of time, the error corrects. Last, it > appears that Minisoft can down
load
> > much faster then
> >  Reflection.  I am > personally biased to Reflection and would use it
> > permanently until the > college changes it to something else.
>
> I've used all the above (and AdvancedLink/Business Session and a few
others).
> Reflection is the cadillac of terminal emulators... none of the others
still
> come close to it's functionality... though it also comes with a cadillac
> price tag. I personally use Reflection because I use many of the fancier
> features on a regular basis (and don't enable telnet on most of the
machines
> I run). For "regular" users though, MS92 would be the emulator of choice,
> though for shops running telnet, I think QCTerm will soon become the
choice
> du jour.
>
> FWIW I have done side by side benchmarks of download times (I do a LOT of
> uploading and downloading) and Reflection is 4-6 times faster than
Minisoft's
> transfers in all cases. For our users doing heavy download/uploading,
we've
> installed Reflection on their machines just for that reason. R1's
transfers
> are also more reliable and have many more options; but you do pay a
premium
> for that.
>
> I also use Reflection as the terminal emulator of choice on the PCs I use
> as system consoles on my 3000s, mainly because Reflection can be
configured to
> "remember" in excess of 5,000 pages of terminal memory. MS92 is limited to
> ~20 as I recall.
>
>   -Chris eBartram