Telix is a

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program originally written for DOS by Colin Sampaleanu and released in 1986. On October 10, 1988 in the release note for Telix 3.10, Sampaleanu announced the creation of 'Exis Inc.'; name used to develop the software until September 25, 1992; which is when Exis Inc. sold Telix to former Exis Technical Support Manager Jeff Woods, who founded 'deltaComm Development Inc.' and it was distributed by them thereafter, including the

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version they developed and released in 1994.TELIX: YOUR BBS SURFBOARD.
, PC Magazine (), ZIFF Davis, Olson J., 13/18 (1994), p. 48 The DOS version was

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and had great popularity in the early 1990s. Its strengths included a fast built-in version of the Zmodem file transfer protocol, rather than needing a separate program, and a powerful scripting

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similar to C, 'SALT' (Script Application Language for Telix), as well as a simpler scripting language called 'SIMPLE' which was suitable for most scripting tasks. The Windows version suffered from a variety of problems, including delays in publication (it was a complete rewrite by a new author, in

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for Windows, rather than the original C), an unpopular attempt at

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and the

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's impact on

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s. Telix can be used to dial bulletin board systems or other phone-line based services. It supports ANSI emulation and various file transfer protocols.

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A 2006 biography of Colin Sampaleanu
http://www.springsource.com/people/csampaleanu
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