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From: cc-28@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John Kawakami)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Modem communications on an 800
Keywords: 800 VT100
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Date: 9 Feb 88 02:23:52 GMT
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In article <377@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu.UUCP (Dave Goldblatt) writes:
>put any RS-232C modem on an Atari.  Atari also sells a direct plug-in
>modem (XM130), but I'm fairly sure they never released the 1200 baud model.
>
>Again, Atari was _supposed_ to release an 80-column adaptor for the 800;
>it was even previewed at a show or two (like a lot of things.. :-).  I
>don't think it was ever released.  However, CDY Consulting (in Texas)
>
>Internet: bh0u@clutx.clarkson.edu
>BITNET:   bh0u@CLUTX.Bitnet
>uucp:     {rpics, gould}!clutx!bh0u
>Matrix:   Dave Goldblatt @ 1:260/360
>

Hmm... when _was_ this written?

  Sure, Atari is big on vaporware,
but the abovementioned products are indeed out.  The sx212 is the
1200 baud modem.  You must buy a separate SIO cable for direct hookup
(about $6).
The 80-column adaptor is $80 and has been out for about a month.
It also can act as a printer buffer.  So far, there is little soft-
ware for this.  I think the name is the xep-80.
As for 80 col  vt100 emulation, try KERMIT-65.  It emulates 80 cols
in hires mode so you may need a monochrome monitor to see the display
(same for omniview).  The only file transfer it supports is kermit.
KERMIT-65 is public domain (I think... or is it shareware).

John Kawakami  c60b-at@buddy.berkeley.edu