Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!andy
From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: My Amiga has a retarded brother...
Message-ID: <3674@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 88 16:52:53 GMT
References: <263@vedge.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 22
Keywords: Amiga VIC-20 marriage

In article <263@vedge.UUCP> lurch@vedge.UUCP (Lurch) writes:
>Being new to Amiga's and computer architecture, I have little grasp of what
>the Mongoloid might be used for.  Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thnx.

If you have no serial terminal at home...
Assuming you have the RS232 adapter (or can hack one out of optoisolators,
or something to get the voltages right) you can use the VIC-20 as
a serial terminal on the Amiga for things like using ROMWack, and
other serial debugging tasks.

(That's what I use my Plus/4 for, anyway)

			andy
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