garygm@portia.Stanford.EDU (Gary Brainin) (11/22/89)
Well, it's good to see I'm not the only starving grad student with an 8-bit Atari. These questions have probably been asked and answered a hundred times, but I couldn't find the answers, so I'd appreciate hearing them. 1)Being new to UNIX, I have just come to see the value of being able to emulate one of the more common terminal types. How do I do this? 2)In connection with the above quesiton, is there any reasonable way to emulate an 80-column screen? Thanks, Gary Brainin garygm@portia.Stanford.EDU
Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com (11/24/89)
> Well, it's good to see I'm not the only starving grad student with an 8-bit > Atari. Some of us are even gainfully employed and have 8-bit Ataris! :-) > These questions have probably been asked and answered a hundred times, but I > couldn't find the answers, so I'd appreciate hearing them. "There is no such thing as a stupid question," particularly here. Ask away! > 1)Being new to UNIX, I have just come to see the value of being able to > emulate one of the more common terminal types. How do I do this? You're in luck; when I first got into using the Atari 8-bits, there was next to nothing of the kind -- today, there are several very good terminal programs which emulate VT100 and other terminals. Some folks recommend "OmniCom," some recommend "Kermit65". I'm the latter... OmniCom offers several file-transfer protocols as well as a fair VT100 emulator; Kermit65 offers -- obviously -- Kermit file-transfer and, IMHO, the *best* VT100 emulation on the Atari 8bit. > 2)In connection with the above quesiton, is there any reasonable way to > emulate an 80-column screen? Several, in fact. 1) Use a graphics-0 (text mode) screen with horizontal scrolling; 2) Use a narrow text font and bitmap it onto the graphics-8 screen! OmniCom uses exclusively the latter; Kermit65 lets you choose between the two; other programs, who knows? :-) There also exists the Atari XEP80, which generates TRUE 80-column text, but I believe requires special driver and other software modifications... > Thanks, > Gary Brainin > garygm@portia.Stanford.EDU You're welcome! Chris Chiesa
tle33710@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (11/28/89)
So is there a terminal emulator that takes advantage of the XEP80 yet??
(Of course, I should probably get a modem, first....)
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