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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Request opinions on Amiga as front end to 3b1
Keywords: 3b1, amiga, silly idea
Message-ID: <1396@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 88 14:43:07 GMT
References: <289@flatline.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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> Please post answers to the net, I think this information could be
> of use to anybody with a graphics weak UNIX system who is interested
> in expanding to a nice graphics box (cheaply).  I'd also like to hear
> from Peter da Silva and all other Amiga hacks that have some UNIX
> experience as to how hard/easy using an Amiga as front end to a
> UNIX box would be.

Plan A:

	(1) Get a copy of UW, say from a Fred Fish disk.

	(2) Write a UW host-side implementation for the 3b1. You can probably
	hook the BSD version into whatever pseudo-terminal devices the 3b1
	uses for its own windows.

Plan B:
	(1) Get a copy of UW, etc...

	(2) Install the PTY driver that's been floating around the net
	lately (I even think I've seen a version already 3b2-ized), and
	hook the BSD UW host in...

Plan C:

	(1) You know...

	(2) Blow off full tty support with stty, ioctl, etc... and set up
	UW to run through pipes.
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