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Started by Mark Crispin
Tue, 07 Jan 1986 20:00
program needed
Author: Mark Crispin
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1986 20:00
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1986 20:00
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I have 4 8-bit Atari's (a 48K 400, a 52K 400, a 160K 800, and a 64K
1200XL) sitting around mostly gathering dust (although I do use the 1200XL
for printing my invoices). I've since gotten a somewhat more powerful home
personal computer (a DEC 2020 running TOPS-20!), and I'd like to use one
of the Atari's as a graphics front end. My idea is to connect one or more
of my RS232 serial ports to the joystick ports and speak some flavor of
ASCII commands (e.g. like REGIS on the late lamented DEC GIGI, but taking
full advantage of what an Atari can do).
I'd probably use the 800 because it has a video output, so there'd be
lots of memory for multiple frame buffers, etc. I'd prefer something that
is either cartridge based or could be put in cartridge so it could run
diskless. Reliability is important too.
Has anybody done anything like this?
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Re: program needed
Author: Dave Brownell
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1986 23:27
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1986 23:27
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In article <12173399537.8.MRC@PANDA> (Mark Crispin) writes:
>... I've since gotten a somewhat more powerful home
>personal computer (a DEC 2020 running TOPS-20!), ...
Talk about powerful home systems!!!
Didn't your home need to get rewired to run that?
--
David Brownell
EnMasse Computer Corp
...!{harvard,talcott,genrad}!enmasse!dave
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