CBterm/C64, commonly referred to as CBterm, is a

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for the Commodore 64, authored by Christopher "Chrisdos" Dunn. CBterm bears a copyright date of 1985; version 5.0 of the software was released in early 1987 and is coded entirely in assembly language. It features 40- and 80-column displays, XMODEM file transfers,

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conversion, direct display of RLE graphics, and support for a variety of autodialling

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s. Support for the Punter protocol and

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and

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terminal emulation is possible by means of overlays. The software is freely redistributable for non-commercial use. CBterm 5.0 was favourably reviewed in ''

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'', with columnist Loren Lovhaug praising its speed, customizability, and

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compatibility. Some criticism was levied at the lack of native support for Punter and for

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s other than 300 and 1200.

References

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, date=1989 , volume=6 , number=5 , pages=67–68 , publisher=

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, issn=0741-4285 , url=https://archive.org/details/run-magazine-65 , accessdate=2015-12-06 {{cite journal , author= , title=News BRK , pages=77–80 , journal=

The Transactor ''The Transactor'' was a computer magazine directed at users of Commodore home computers. In contrast to other Commodore-focused publications such as '' Commodore Magazine'' and ''COMPUTE!'s Gazette'', ''The Transactors popularity was based ...

, volume=7 , number=3 , accessdate=2015-12-06 , url=http://csbruce.com/cbm/transactor/pdfs/trans_v7_i03.pdf , publisher=

Transactor Publishing ''The Transactor'' was a computer magazine directed at users of Commodore home computers. In contrast to other Commodore-focused publications such as '' Commodore Magazine'' and ''COMPUTE!'s Gazette'', ''The Transactors popularity was based ...

, date=1987 {{cite journal , author-last=Dunn , author-first=Christopher , title=Downloading From CompuServe , pages=21–23 , journal=

, volume=7 , number=4 , accessdate=2015-12-06 , url=http://csbruce.com/cbm/transactor/pdfs/trans_v7_i04.pdf , publisher=

, date=1987 {{cite book , author-last=Dunn , author-first=Christopher , title=VT52 terminal emulator overlay for CBterm/C64 , url=ftp://8bitfiles.net/archives/compuserve-file-archive/12%20C64%20Telecom/CBTT52.TXT , accessdate=2015-12-06 , date=1986

External links

CBterm downloads at commodore.software
Bulletin board system software Commodore 64 software CompuServe