<s>
ProTERM	B-Application
is	O
a	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
and	O
modem	B-Application
program	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
lines	O
of	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
published	O
by	O
Intrec	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
and	O
1990s	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
for	O
calling	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
(	O
BBSes	B-Application
)	O
via	O
a	O
computer	O
's	O
modem	B-Application
,	O
experienced	O
users	O
could	O
also	O
Telnet	B-Protocol
into	O
Unix	B-Application
server	B-Application
and	O
shell	O
account	O
thereon	O
and	O
FTP	B-Protocol
and	O
tunneling	O
to	O
various	O
destinations	O
therefrom	O
,	O
and	O
once	O
logged	O
into	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
shell	O
account	O
,	O
other	O
forms	O
of	O
telecom	O
all	O
across	O
the	O
pre-Web	O
Internet	O
;	O
via	O
VT100	B-Device
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
or	O
ANSI	B-Protocol
art	I-Protocol
,	O
this	O
later	O
ushered	O
in	O
Graphics	O
to	O
the	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
macro	O
Language	O
automated	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
this	O
process	O
and	O
the	O
ProTERM	B-Application
user	O
could	O
code	O
macros	O
to	O
log	O
in	O
and	O
perform	O
Unix	B-Application
functions	O
in	O
Bash	B-Operating_System
or	O
Bourne	B-Device
shell	I-Device
making	O
this	O
a	O
very	O
powerful	O
terminal	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
,	O
capable	O
of	O
manipulating	O
mainframes	B-Architecture
and	O
"	O
hacking	O
"	O
into	O
the	O
heart	O
of	O
the	O
internet	O
at	O
low	O
and	O
high	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ProTERM	B-Application
was	O
rich	O
in	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
extensive	O
"	O
scrollback	O
"	O
buffer	B-General_Concept
limited	O
only	O
by	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
memory	O
,	O
an	O
optional	O
mouse-based	O
interface	O
in	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
(	O
standard	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
)	O
,	O
an	O
easy-to-use	O
and	O
very	O
powerful	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
auto	O
learning	O
macros	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
terminal	B-Application
emulations	I-Application
such	O
as	O
VT100	B-Device
,	O
ANSI	O
and	O
the	O
powerful	O
but	O
proprietary	O
"	O
ProTERM	B-Application
Special	O
Emulation	O
"	O
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
:	O
PSE	O
or	O
PTSE	O
)	O
which	O
used	O
Apple	O
's	O
semi	O
graphical	O
MouseText	B-Device
character	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
ranged	O
from	O
Kermit	B-Protocol
and	O
Xmodem	B-Protocol
to	O
Ymodem	B-Protocol
(	O
Batch	O
,	O
4K	O
and	O
G	O
)	O
and	O
Zmodem	B-Device
(	O
Batch	O
Selections	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
feature	O
of	O
ProTERM	B-Application
Mac	B-Device
was	O
the	O
C-like	O
scripting	O
or	O
macro	O
language	O
embedded	O
inside	O
ProTERM	B-Application
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
code	O
and	O
run	O
ProTERM	B-Application
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ProTERM	B-Application
could	O
also	O
be	O
programmed	O
to	O
log	O
in	O
and	O
execute	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
commands	O
on	O
the	O
host	O
machine	O
,	O
effectively	O
controlling	O
it	O
remotely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
published	O
versions	O
of	O
ProTERM	B-Application
were	O
v3.1	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
v1.5	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
3	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
,	O
3.1	O
,	O
was	O
relicensed	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
and	O
is	O
now	O
available	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
