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From: ljdickey@water.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Terminal emulation on ST (questions)
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Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 16:54:03 EDT
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In article <319@uthelios.toronto.edu>  fieldus@uthelios.UUCP (Mike Fieldus) writes:
> 
>   We are considering getting a number of Atari 1040ST to use as terminals
> in out department.  I have used a 1040 as a terminal in the past, and am 
> quite impressed with the ability to emulate vt100's and tektronics terminals.
> I was wonder if some people could send me some information, based on their
> expericences, regarding
>    1.  the relative merit of this idea
>    2.  the possible (best?) emulator programs
>    3.  how one can read IBM PC disks on the atari (much of our software
> is written for the PC, but I understand that these disks can be read on the
> atari.)

I use my 1040ST as a terminal and love it.  The best software is FREE.
The emulator Uniterm is great.  It emulates the Tek 4010 and VT52,
VT100, VT102, and VT200.

The folks in the Computer Engineering Department at Case Western Reserve
University use them too, many with hard disks connected.  They have
developed a splendid shell, called Gulam, which behaves something like
the CSH on BSD4.X.  It has a terminal emulator built in.  Also, someone
there has done an APL terminal emulator.


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