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From: 7103_2622@uwovax.uwo.ca (Eric Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Using an Atari 400 as a terminal under MiNT
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.195617.8398@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 26 Jan 91 00:56:17 GMT
References: <3480.279df2fe@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
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> If I hook up it up to my ST with the proper interface and a null modem 
> adapter, is there any I could run MiNT and have the 400 be a terminal to 
> the ST, just so I could be running a shell?
> 
Yes; just doing "bg -o aux: shell <aux:" should start up a shell connected
to the RS232 port (replace "shell" by whatever shell you prefer; bash or
init.prg should work reasonably well). Note that you should use the
bg program because it sets up the control terminal properly; just running
the shell in the background with "&" won't do this.
-- 
Eric R. Smith                     email:
Dept. of Mathematics            eric.smith@uwo.ca
University of Western Ontario   7103_2622@uwovax.bitnet