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terminal emulator
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macOS
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operating system
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Xterm
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emulation with full colors, meta-keys and local printing, VT102, VT220 and several types of
ANSI
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as well as Wyse, TVI, TN3270, and Sun's CDE. It supports full keyboard remapping, scripting in REXX and other languages, and support for named pipes.ZOC website - Features /ref>
ZOC is
commercial software
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Background and challenge
While ...
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 is about US$80, with a free evaluation period of 30 days. ZOC can be downloaded for evaluation from EmTec or several shareware distribution sites.
EmTec produces another associated but independent telecommunications programme for use over TCP/IP, an
FTP
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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. 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.ZOC v6 history: first start of Mac OS X version /ref>
Features
The following list describes supported communication methods, emulated terminals and other features.
Protocols
* Secure Shell (SSH V1/V2) based on OpenSSH 8.1 with public/private key authentication, port forwarding (tunneling) and Smart Card support.
* Telnet (RFC-Telnet, pure TCP sockets, SSL-Telnet)
* Modem and serial console via
serial port
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Xterm
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If no particular program is specified, xterm runs the user's Unix shell, shell. An X display device, dis ...
) console-like
*
VT52
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*Scripting
** REXX language for scripting (basic REXX with about 75 extensions to control the terminal emulator)
** AppleScript 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