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From: mec@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (michael.e.connick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Portfolio to Mac Connection
Keywords: Mac, Atari, Portfolio, Data Transfer
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Date: 14 Mar 90 15:02:37 GMT
References: <32974@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
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In article <32974@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> stephen@cs.ucla.edu (Steve Whitney) writes:
> How do you download Atari's terminal emulator without already having an
> emulator which supports up/download?

Interesting problem, isn't it?  There are 3 solutions that I can think
of off hand:

1. Send a memory card (along with SASE) to someone who has XTERM2.COM
and ask them to put it on the card and mail it back to you. I'll do
that for you if all else fails. Send it to:

ME Connick & Company
PO Box 307
Bradley Beach, NJ 07720

2. There are some checksum and hex format convertor programs on the
Compuserve Atari Productivity forum that apparently can be loaded
directly into the Portfolio, along with XTERM2.COM in hex format. I've
heard it's kind of a frustrating and error-prone way of "lifting
yourself up by your own bootstraps", but that you can eventually manage
to get the terminal program into your Portfolio this way. Of course it
requires that you have a Compuserve account.

3. Buy the Parallel Interface unit for the Portfolio and beg, borrow,
or steal time on a PC to transfer the XTERM2.COM program onto your
Portfolio using the unit. The Portfolio ROM contains a reliable
transfer protocol for use with the Parallel Interface, and the
interface includes 5-1/4 and 3-1/2 inch disks containing a file
transfer program for the PC. The supporting software is really quite
nifty and allows either the PC or Portfolio to act as a file server for
the other. If you have regular access to a PC, I'd recommend you buy
this unit as it's really the most convenient way to move files into and
out of the Portfolio.

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Michael Connick    mec@mtfmi.ATT.COM    201-957-3057
AT&T Bell Labs     MT 3F-113	        (Dept. 79151)