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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: Unix windows for the ST
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Date: 8 Feb 89 20:36:03 GMT
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In article <825@a.lanl.gov> wxh@a.lanl.gov (Billy Harvey) writes:
%Has anyone had any success in using the Unix windows programs available from
%him1.cc.umich.edu?  I have the program to run on the Atari and one recently
%posted to him1 to run on the Unix side, but I haven't had any luck in
%getting the two to talk together.  Maybe I'm not doing something right.
%I start the Unix side program on the VAX, which prints '8%' on the screen
%(a prompt I guess), and then I execute the Atari program from within my
%comm program (Flash), and stall.  Any attempt to do anything from the Atari
%results in a message on screen saying 'Unix Windows is not running'.
%Am I missing the obvious?

Start UW on the Atari side first. It will come up with a single window, doing
plain dumb (ADM) terminal emulation. Then start the Unix side running; the 
"8%" you saw is part of the init sequence, which can only be recognized if
the local (Atari) side is already running. Starting from inside Flash may
not be very wise. The more windows and fonts you use, the more free memory
you'll need.
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