Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    Re .0:
    
>   Is there anyone in Reading, UK who can help.

    I'm not in Reading, but at least I can help you to know what you need.
    
>   I have an Amiga 2000 at home and I want to be able to use the Amiga as
>   a home terminal.

    I use my Amiga 500 as a terminal to my office.  No problem.
    
>   I started to plough through this notes file, but it really is too big
>   and I have not found any answers.
>   
>   I need to know
>   
>   1)  What equipment I will need
    
    First, you will need a modem.  (My cost center has loaned me a Scholar
    DF224, but you seem to be making other arrangements.)  You will also
    need the standard modem cable with which to connect it to your serial
    (RS232) port.
    
>   2)  Terminal Emulation
    
    There are several programs from which to choose.  I use Handshake
    (shareware -- send a contribution to the author if you like it), which
    provides a very good emulation of a VT220 in addition to supporting
    this conference's favorite file transfer protocol, ZMODEM.  Other
    popular emulators are VLT/VLTjr and one or another flavor of "VT200"
    (some of which implement Digital-proprietary SIXEL support, rendering
    them undistributable to people who aren't Digital employees).  Each
    emulator has its advantages and its own following here.
    
    You might find that you use different emulators at different times. 
    You CAN switch back and forth without hanging up on the host, but I'd
    suggest that you shouldn't try to execute them simultaneously (they
    might fight over the SER: port, leaving YOU as the loser 8^).
    
>   3)  Anything else you think I should know.

    I sense that you've already discovered that getting started with
    communications is a "chicken and egg" problem, which is why you're wise
    to seek help from other Amigoids in the Reading area.  They can provide
    you with a diskette containing all the necessary files.
    
>   I am in the process of getting a dial-back modem and once I have 
>   this I would like to be able to access my All-In-1 and APPS 
>   (Purchasing system).
>   
>   I am a total beginner at this so it would be helpful if someone in
>   Reading, UK could help but anyone else's help would also be
>   appreciated.
    
    I hope my short answers are helpful.  Good luck.

    
    Have you tried VLT or VLTjr from the EOT:: UPLOAD area?
    
    I am using that when I dial in to work, and it seems to work quite
    well (now that they've fixed the telephone line problems over here).
    
    VLT was written by one of our customers, the Stanford Linear
    Accelerator Lab in California, so as to use the Amiga as a cheap
    workstation. The VT100 emulation is pretty good, although you may
    get differing opinions. I'm not sure what the settings would be for
    an auto-answer on a dial-back if that's what you're using.
    
    So, while I'm a long way from Reading, I hope this helps.
    
    Bayard Coolidge
    What used to be called ULTRIX CSSE
    ZKO - Spit Brook Rd., Nashua, New Hampshire
    
    

    Collette,
    
    	As Bill says in .1 you are in a "chicken and egg" situation in that
    you need some sort of terminal software before you can download other
    software. There is a magazine on sale in the UK called "Amiga Format"
    which originally started life as "Amiga/ST Format" both of which "give"
    away "free" software each month. The disc "given" away with the 4th
    issue of "Amiga/ST Format" contain the famous Wecker VT100 emulator.
    Unfortunately this was some two yearsago (if mym memory is correct (it
    usually isn't)). There may be some kind soul in Reading who can loan
    you a copy. If not you could send me a disc via internal post to me
    at WLO and I'll copy it for you.
    
    		Paul.
    

Collette,

Drop me some disks in the internal mail and I'll fill it with packers,
terminal emulators and utils to allow you to read MS-Dos disks.

Greg Hilton@lzo