You can do it with any PC or Macintosh equipped with a modem and communications software.

All it takes is a toll call to the National Technology Transfer Center's electronic bulletin board, 'Business Gold,' in Wheeling, W.Va. Maybe you would rather blaze your own trail, but it wouldn't hurt to see if the federal government has a new technology available for licensing. (phone: 31), provides details of more than 1,000 franchise opportunities. On the whole, SecureCRT should be considered as an alternative in some situations, especially if you are too invested in Procomm already.Are you looking for new business opportunities? Your computer can help you search.įranchise It!, a $50 Windows program for IBM-compatible computers from Positive Software Solutions of Playa del Rey, Calif. It supports some scripting, VT220/VT320 emulation, upload/download files, access the admin console for Meridian Mail. It works well enough for 98% of our day to day needs. In the end, we had to migrate to SecureCRT as an alternative. It was/is some fantastic software, but sooner or later, it will be more hassle to keep running than looking for a replacement. Windows XP SP2 was the last officially supported version of Windows to use with Procomm Plus. The sad truth is that Procomm Plus is old and no longer sold/supported/updated. Part of the issue for us was that on firm-provided computers, end-users were no longer 'local administrators' over their own computer. IT management would not budge on their security stance.

We were able to use Procomm Plus 4.8 on Windows 7 32-bit, but when my employer decided to standardize on Windows 7 64-bit (with a fair bit of administrative policy to lock down the system security), we could no longer get it function.

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