<s>
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
is	O
a	O
communications	O
and	O
terminal	B-Application
emulation	I-Application
software	O
program	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
distributed	O
as	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
the	O
application	O
offered	O
rich	O
features	O
and	O
configuration	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
1989	O
and	O
replaced	O
by	O
White	B-Protocol
Knight	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
were	O
written	O
by	O
Wat	O
Buchanon	O
as	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
program	O
with	O
documentation	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
disk	O
filled	O
with	O
humor	O
aimed	O
at	O
Apple	O
and	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Wat	O
Buchanon	O
died	O
,	O
his	O
friend	O
Scott	O
Watson	O
entirely	O
rewrote	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
keeping	O
the	O
manual	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
humorous	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Watson	O
's	O
releases	O
were	O
a	O
standalone	O
Macintosh	B-Device
applications	O
programmed	O
in	O
C	B-Language
and	O
the	O
new	O
author	O
expanded	O
features	O
taking	O
into	O
account	O
requests	O
from	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
distributed	O
as	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
until	O
version	O
9.4	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
release	O
10.0	O
in	O
1987	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
became	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
1989	O
(	O
10.3	O
being	O
the	O
last	O
release	O
)	O
and	O
replaced	O
by	O
White	B-Protocol
Knight	I-Protocol
(	O
starting	O
in	O
version	O
11	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Mac	B-Device
telecommunication	O
application	O
to	O
support	O
big	O
screens	O
and	O
choice	O
of	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
emulates	O
several	O
terminals	O
(	O
ASCII	O
TTY	O
(	O
teletype	O
)	O
,	O
VT52	B-Application
and	O
VT100	B-Device
)	O
and	O
supports	O
many	O
file	O
transfer	O
protocols	O
(	O
uploading/downloading	O
using	O
XMODEM	B-Protocol
,	O
YMODEM	B-Protocol
or	O
Kermit	B-Protocol
;	O
downloading	O
using	O
the	O
CompuServe	B-Protocol
B	I-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
)	O
with	O
MacBinary	B-General_Concept
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
includes	O
a	O
procedure	B-Application
language	I-Application
and	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
by	O
user	O
defined	O
macros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registered	O
users	O
could	O
set	O
up	O
their	O
own	O
Bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
using	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
Host	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Highly	O
flexible	O
settings	O
allow	O
to	O
use	O
nearly	O
any	O
modem	B-Application
and	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
also	O
offers	O
phone	O
books	O
for	O
often	O
used	O
phone	O
numbers	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
general	O
computing	O
magazines	O
rated	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
highly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
documentation	O
included	O
only	O
few	O
examples	O
and	O
with	O
so	O
many	O
configuration	O
options	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
was	O
somewhat	O
hard	O
to	O
learn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercial	B-Application
release	O
10	O
was	O
also	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
version	O
9.x	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
powerful	O
features	O
and	O
popularity	O
among	O
home	O
users	O
,	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
was	O
never	O
successful	O
in	O
the	O
business	O
market	O
,	O
which	O
preferred	O
MacTerminal	B-Operating_System
by	O
Apple	O
or	O
Smartcom	O
II	O
by	O
Hayes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
words	O
of	O
an	O
InfoWorld	O
review	O
,	O
Red	B-Application
Ryder	I-Application
"	O
tries	O
to	O
be	O
too	O
many	O
things	O
at	O
once	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
practical	O
for	O
a	O
typical	O
business	O
user	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
