kek@pbhyd.UUCP (Kevin Keith) (12/29/87)
(1) UNIX SHELL: I'm a relatively new A500 owner and am used to large main
frame systems. Could someone tell me if it's possible to get UNIX (shell,
awk, etc.) on an A500? I often see articles about "C" but little is
mentioned about UNIX shell. What would it take to get UNIX going and
how much of it can I get? How much memory/disk space would be required.
(2) TERMINAL EMULATION: I've seen several articles about "vt100" terminal
emulation on the A500. Are other terminal types possible?
(3) HARD DISKS: Can anyone supply information about a hard disk for the A500
which costs about the same as hard disks for other systems. I've seen
20MB disks for between $500 and $600 for Atari systems but the same thing
for an Amiga seems to run over $800. Am I looking in the wrong places or
are they really that much more?
(4) SUBJECT LINES: This news group gets LOTS articles each day. And I spend
lots of time sifting through articles (looking at "Subject:" lines with
the "=" command). It would be very helpful if submitters would write
subject lines which are meaningful and which give a good idea of what
the article concerns. Subject lines with nothing more than "HELP",
"QUESTIONS" or "PROBLEMS" are not much help.
Thanks,
Kevin Keithbill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS) (12/30/87)
In article <1088@pbhyd.UUCP> kek@pbhyd.UUCP (Kevin Keith) writes: >(1) UNIX SHELL: I'm a relatively new A500 owner and am used to large main > frame systems. Could someone tell me if it's possible to get UNIX (shell, > awk, etc.) on an A500? I often see articles about "C" but little is > mentioned about UNIX shell. What would it take to get UNIX going and > how much of it can I get? How much memory/disk space would be required. > The CSH shell is very nice and is public domain. It's the one I use it is on one of the fish disks and was recently posted to binaries/ sources. >(2) TERMINAL EMULATION: I've seen several articles about "vt100" terminal > emulation on the A500. Are other terminal types possible? > Also public domain are a TEK4010/4014 emulator, ANSI, and Data General DG210. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bill Koester (CATS) >>Commodore Amiga Technical Support<< Commodore International Ltd. UUCP ..{allegra|burdvax|rutgers|ihnp4}!cbmvax!bill PHONE (215) 431-9355