ZOC is a popular /ref>[http://www.tucows.com/preview/195271 Free evaluation version: maximum rating for quality on Tucows, relative popularity in the category "Windows-IS/IT-Network administration and protocols-SSH (Secure Shell)" 80%; number of downloads not specified, 3 user reviews] computer-based terminal emulator and
Telnet
Telnet is an application protocol used on the Internet or local area network to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection. User data is interspersed in-band with Telnet cont ...
software client for the Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh macOS operating systems that supports telnet, modem, Secure Shell, SSH 1 and 2,
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a set of communication standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over the digitalised circuits of the public switched telephone network. Wor ...
Rlogin
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and other means of communication. Its terminal emulator supports
Xterm
In computing, xterm is the standard terminal emulator for the X Window System. It allows users to run programs which require a command-line interface.
If no particular program is specified, xterm runs the user's shell. An X display can sho ...
emulation with full colors, meta-keys and local printing, VT102,
VT220
The VT220 is a computer terminal introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in November 1983. The VT240 added monochrome ReGIS vector graphics support to the base model, while the VT241 did the same in color. The 200 series replaced the s ...
and several types of
ANSI
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as well as
Wyse
WYSE (970 AM) is a radio station located in Canton, North Carolina, that simulcasts WISE's sports format from Asheville, North Carolina. Owned by the Asheville Radio Group subsidiary of Saga Communications, the station is licensed by the Fede ...
CDE CDE may refer to:
Education
* California Department of Education
* Career Development Event, a type of contest sponsored by the National FFA Organization
* Center for Data Engineering, IIIT Hyderabad
* Center for Distance Education at University of ...
. It supports full keyboard remapping, scripting in
REXX
Rexx (Restructured Extended Executor) is a programming language that can be interpreted or compiled. It was developed at IBM by Mike Cowlishaw. It is a structured, high-level programming language designed for ease of learning and reading. ...
and other languages, and support for named pipes.
ZOC is
commercial software
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Background and challenge
While s ...
developed by Markus Schmidt of EmTec Innovative Software in Germany, a firm which produces software for various aspects of communications via telephone, PC, ISDN and the like. Price was about US$80, with a free evaluation period of 30 days; ZOC can be downloaded for evaluation from EmTec or several
shareware
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distribution sites. Emtec produces two other associated but independent telecommunications programmes for use over TCP/IP, modem, ISDN etc.: PyroTrans, an FTP package including client and server, and PyroBatchFTP, a programmable FTP tool.
History
ZOC was first released for OS/2 in October 1993 (v0.95) and for Windows in November 1996 (v3.02). In 1997 it was selected as runner-up in the OS/2 e-Zine! Readers' Choice Awards.OS/2 e-Zine! - 1997 Readers' Choice Awards: Business/Productivity Applications /ref> ZOC released version 3.11 in January 1999. Support for OS/2 was discontinued with the release of version 5. Mac OS X has been supported from version 6.
Features
Protocols
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Secure Shell
The Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network. Its most notable applications are remote login and command-line execution.
SSH applications are based ...
(SSH V1/V2) based on OpenSSH 8.1 with public/private key authentication, port forwarding (tunneling) and Smart Card support.
*
Telnet
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(RFC-Telnet, pure TCP sockets, SSL-Telnet)
* modem via serial port and TAPI (Windows modem)
*
ISDN
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X.25
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Rlogin
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SCP
SCP may refer to:
Organizations Political parties
* Soviet Communist Party, the leading political party in the former Soviet Union
* Syrian Communist Party
* Sudanese Communist Party
* Scottish Christian Party
Companies
* Seattle Computer Produ ...
Xterm
In computing, xterm is the standard terminal emulator for the X Window System. It allows users to run programs which require a command-line interface.
If no particular program is specified, xterm runs the user's shell. An X display can sho ...
) console-like
*
VT52
The VT50 was a CRT-based computer terminal introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in July 1974. It provided a display with 12 rows and 80 columns of upper-case text, and used an expanded set of control characters and forward-only scrol ...
,
VT100
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VT220
The VT220 is a computer terminal introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in November 1983. The VT240 added monochrome ReGIS vector graphics support to the base model, while the VT241 did the same in color. The 200 series replaced the s ...
,
VT420
The VT420 is an ANSI standard computer terminal introduced in 1990 by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). The 420 is the only model in the 400 series, replacing the VT320. There are no color or graphics-capable 400 series terminals; the VT340 re ...
, VT520
* ANSI-BBS, ANSI-SCO, Avatar
* IBM like TN3270 and TN5250
* Sun-CDE
* QNX V4
*
Wyse
WYSE (970 AM) is a radio station located in Canton, North Carolina, that simulcasts WISE's sports format from Asheville, North Carolina. Owned by the Asheville Radio Group subsidiary of Saga Communications, the station is licensed by the Fede ...
30, 50, 60
* TVI 9xx (TVI 920, TVI 925, TVI 950)
* TTY
* Xterm
* Full support for line graphics when using any font
Automation
*Scripting
**
REXX
Rexx (Restructured Extended Executor) is a programming language that can be interpreted or compiled. It was developed at IBM by Mike Cowlishaw. It is a structured, high-level programming language designed for ease of learning and reading. ...
language for scripting (fully featured programming language with over 75 extensions to control the terminal emulator) — a REXX interpreter is supplied with ZOC, and another interpreter can be specified in configuring ZOC
**
AppleScript
AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple Inc. that facilitates automated control over scriptable Mac applications. First introduced in System 7, it is currently included in all versions of macOS as part of a package of system aut ...
support with access to all internal script commands on macOS
** recorded login scripts, macro commands, automatic replies on incoming text
* DDE supported in Windows version, allowing ZOC to act as a communication server
User interface
* Tabbed interface for multiple concurrent connections and overview display to show thumbnails of open sessions
* Keys for macros, remappable keyboard, user button bar
*
Online chat
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