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520ST Beginner Questions

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From: Isaac Dimitrovsky
Date: Mon, 05 May 1986 01:06
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Well, I just got the 520ST and so far I'm very impressed. I've been
mostly using the vt52 emulator to work on a VAX at the office, and
the text display is absolutely gorgeous (I have the monochrome system) -
razor sharp and steady as a rock. I don't think Atari emphasizes this
enough in their ads - I'd say this is the easiest display on the eyes
short of a sun. Anyway, I have a few questions -

Could someone who has a good termcap entry for the vt52 emulator
built in to the ST email it to me?

Is kermit, or some package that supports the kermit file transfer
protocol, available for the ST?

I'm looking for a good C compiler for the ST so I can start hacking!
I'd like any comments and/or minireviews from people who are using
compilers. I guess the obvious choice is to order the development
system from Atari. Is there any glaring reason not to do this?
Things that would prevent me from ordering it include:
It does not support the full C language.
It has serious bugs.
It has stupid limits, i.e. 52 cases per switch, 634 characters per macro, etc.

Isaac Dimitrovsky      251 Mercer Street, New York NY 10012      (212) 674-8652
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From: dimitrov@csd2.UUCP (Isaac Dimitrovsky)
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Subject: 520ST Beginner Questions
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Date: Sun, 4-May-86 21:06:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun May  4 21:06:00 1986
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