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Subject: making a terminal of an apple ][, next purchase
Message-ID: <561@sdcc7.ucsd.EDU>
Date: Fri, 24-Oct-86 05:14:06 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 24 05:14:06 1986
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Organization: University of California, San Diego
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Keywords: apple ][, terminal, advice


Sorry for this diversion away from the current //gs talk, but I have a
request... actually, a couple...

I would appreciate any information any apple-wizards on the net might have
about turning my apple][ (thats apple][ {blank,plain,regular} ) into a
serious terminal. I have a hayes compatible external modem, a primitive, 
but workable serial card, and a videx-compatible 80-column card...

I could write the necessary software, if necessary (6502 assembler, gack!)
but not desirable, but the big stumbling block is the old ]['s keyboard...
no lower case, no special characters, etc...  my question is, is there a
keyboard that i can just plug in (hopefully detachable) that will address
my needs?  how easy would it be to hardware hack one of the ibm compatible
keyboards out now to work?  please e-mail any comments you might have to me,
as it seems the ol' apple][ has gone pretty quiet on the net...

Also, i may be coming into some money soon and would like to hear people's
opinions on going to the //gs as opposed to the ST or Amiga route...  My
main use for such a system would mostly be for play (of course) but also
would include some (maybe lots of) program development in C....  

thanks a bunch for your thoughts, opinions, flames, etc...

paul

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Paul Winkler  @ University of California, San Diego Chapter
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