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From: jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Using an Atari 400 as a terminal under MiNT
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.123435.28795@lsuc.on.ca>
Date: 30 Jan 91 12:34:35 GMT
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In article <3480.279df2fe@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) writes:
>I will be acquiring an Atari 400 with 48K and I have the following 
>questions:
>
>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?

    Well, sure you could use the 400 as a terminal for a Unix-like
system.  But that doesn't make it a *good* idea.  The problem with
the 400 is that you won't have a clearly legible 80 * 24 character
screen.  When you use advanced OS's and especially if you want
to do development work, you'll want at the very least an 80 * 24
screen.  You can play with the 400 as a terminal, but you'll soon
tire of the inconvenience.

     If you have the money lying around, a used 520STm with a VT100
cartridge would be a wonderful choice for a terminal.  Otherwise,
as far as the 8 bit machines are concerned, my own favorite approach
would be a Radio Shack Color Computer 3, which has an 80 * 24
capability (640 * 200 resolution) and RGB, RF and composite outputs
built in.  And, of course, a version of OS-9 available.


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