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tHe ChEsHiRe CaT (cheshrct@teleport.com) wrote:
: 	I'm thinking of getting an A500 to use as a 'net terminal, but 
: don't know anything about this funky li'l gem from Commodore. Reading the 
: posts, I am confused (and a wee bit frightened) by the variety of chips 
: (ROM, Denise, and Haggis (or whatever it's called)), a curious thing 
: called KickStart and everything else. Basically ,what should I look for 
: when getting an A500 system?

An Amiga 500 makes a decent VT100 terminal machine.  I really would not 
worry too much about the chips, they do the same things any other compter 
does, just a little different nd usually better.  Kickstart is half the OS, 
and that is  a rom chip inside the A500, so it is another thing you do not 
have to worry about.  the A500 pretty self contained, so all you need is 
workbench disks (the other half of the OS) and a terminal program (I like 
NComm myself)  You also need a monitor (you can use a TV, but I would 
not recomend it) and an external modem.  That should do it, of course 
more memory and a hard drive is always nicer, but not really needed, 
though I would not be able to live without one!