i remember using procomm with the first modem i used, a hayes compatible modem at the super fast speed of 2400 in 1990 or so. it came with the modem i think. and as more modems came along i stuck with it because it was familiar. i think i finally replaced it in dos when the modems got faster than 14400. i can't remember what i replaced it with though.

I think I switched from Telix over to trumpet and mosaic. I don’t think I ever used hyperterminal. It just seemed too basic. Most were happy to run one of these in a dos window because it gave them the experience they were used to having.