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From: dan@wet.UUCP (Daniel Tauber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Atari ST advice wanted
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Date: 17 Sep 90 01:48:28 GMT
Reply-To: dan@wet.UUCP (Daniel Tauber)
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Hello Net:

I just aquired an Atari 1040ST (circa 1985) and need some information and
advice.

First off, could someone recommend programs to do the following:
	* Telecommunications (does Kermit for the Atari ST exist?)
	* A GIF viewer.
	* A word processor that supports a Epson printer and
		either a HP Laserjet II or Postscript.
	* A command line shell.
	* A scientific calculator.
I'm interested in hearing about public domain, shareware, or commercial
software.  If it is public domain or shareware I'd need a way to get
a copy on disk since right now all I have is the vt52 program that 
comes with the machine. Does anyone know of a U.S. Mail service for
public domain disks?


Secondly, I assume this machine has TOS/GEM 1.0.  (When I select the
About option in the desk menu the copyright is 1985).  What would
getting the new version of TOS do for me?  

Thanks in advance for any information.

Dan Tauber
dan@wet.uucp

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