# ProTERM

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'''ProTERM''' is a [terminal emulator](/source/terminal_emulator) and [modem](/source/modem) program for the [Apple II](/source/Apple_II)<ref name="Kimble1992">{{cite book|author=Jim Kimble|title=How to get started with modems|date=May 1992|publisher=Computer Pub. Enterprises|isbn=978-0-945776-26-0|page=84}}</ref><ref name="Bengston1987">{{cite book|author=Dale Bengston|title=Communication, Control, and Computer Access for Disabled and Elderly Individuals: Software and hardware|volume=3|year=1987|publisher=College-Hill|location=Boston|isbn=978-0-316-89614-6|page=94|oclc=14692845}}</ref> and [Macintosh](/source/Apple_Macintosh) lines of [personal computer](/source/personal_computer)s, published by Intrec Software. Most popular in the late 1980s and 1990s, it was most commonly used for calling [bulletin board system](/source/bulletin_board_system)s (BBSes) via a computer's [modem](/source/modem), experienced users could also [Telnet](/source/Telnet) into [Unix](/source/Unix) [server](/source/server_(computing)) and [shell account](/source/shell_account) thereon and [FTP](/source/FTP) and tunneling to various destinations therefrom, and once logged into a Unix shell account, other forms of telecom all across the pre-Web Internet; via [VT100](/source/VT100) terminal emulator or [ANSI art](/source/ANSI_art), this later ushered in Graphics to the scene.

The macro Language automated a lot of this process and the ProTERM user could code macros to log in and perform Unix functions in [Bash](/source/Bash_(Unix_shell)) or [Bourne shell](/source/Bourne_shell) making this a very powerful terminal emulator, capable of manipulating [mainframe](/source/mainframe)s and "hacking" into the heart of the internet at low and high levels.

ProTERM was rich in features such as an extensive "scrollback" [buffer](/source/buffer_(computer_science)) limited only by the computer's memory, an optional [mouse](/source/computer_mouse)-based interface in the Apple II version (standard on the Mac), an easy-to-use and very powerful [text editor](/source/text_editor), auto learning [macros](/source/Macro_(computer_science)), and a variety of terminal emulations such as VT100, [ANSI](/source/ANSI_escape_code) and the powerful but proprietary "ProTERM Special Emulation" (also referred to as: PSE or PTSE) which used Apple's semi graphical [MouseText](/source/MouseText) character set. Supported [file transfer protocols](/source/List_of_file_transfer_protocols) ranged from [Kermit](/source/Kermit_(protocol)) and [Xmodem](/source/Xmodem) to [Ymodem](/source/Ymodem) (Batch, 4K and G) and [Zmodem](/source/Zmodem) (Batch Selections).

One feature of ProTERM Mac was the C-like scripting or macro language embedded inside ProTERM, allowing users to code and run ProTERM automatically. ProTERM could also be programmed to log in and execute [command-line interface](/source/command-line_interface) commands on the host machine, effectively controlling it remotely.

The latest published versions of ProTERM were v3.1 for the Apple II and v1.5 for the Macintosh. On January 3, 2009, the most recent Apple II version, 3.1, was [relicensed](/source/Software_relicensing) as [freeware](/source/freeware)<ref>Tony Diaz (January 3, 2009), [http://a2central.com/1627/proterm-v31-reclassified-as-freeware/ "ProTERM v3.1 reclassified as Freeware"] ([http://lostclassics.apple2.info/announcements/19/proterm-a2/ alternate link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528190706/http://lostclassics.apple2.info/announcements/19/proterm-a2/ |date=2009-05-28 }}). Retrieved December 22, 2009.</ref> and is now available for [http://lostclassics.apple2.info/downloads/?dl_cat=11 download] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101181716/http://lostclassics.apple2.info/downloads/?dl_cat=11 |date=2013-01-01 }}.

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