[Coco] [Color Computer] Mikeyterm

[Arthur Flexser]

That's the same Mike Ward, all right.  But my recollection is that it was
disk-based in the sense that file transfers were to and from disk if you had a
disk system.  It was compatible with cassette as well.

It was also noteworthy that you could download it in ASCII format (as 3 or 4
different files, I think), for the benefit of those many CoCo users who, prior
to obtaining Mikeyterm, had only ASCII download capability.  I think the code
was poked in from an ASCII Basic program.

Art

On Fri, 19 Sep 2008, tonym wrote:

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
> >Sent 9/18/2008 7:46:47 PM
> >To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts coco at maltedmedia.com
> >Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Miikeyterm
> >
> >Mikeyterm was disk-based, though it might have also been compatible with tape
> >systems.
> >
> >Art
> >
> 
> Art, if this is the same one I'm thinking of, which is an old-school comm
> program by Mike Ward at Miami Dade Community College, I remember taking 4
> metro buses to get from Miami Beach to the MDCC campus to pick up a copy
> from him in person, on cassette.
> 
> I know this, well, because I couldn't afford a disk system, and was using
> cassette only!
> 
> I'm sure it may have been available on disk, but I think originally it came
> out as a cassette program, or both, but cassette WAS an option.
> 
> Tony