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- From: merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer)
- Subject: Re: AT&T 5620
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.145540.29659@iguana.uucp>
- Organization: Ed (the iguana) Memorial Society
- References: <0eVcDdq00WB3QB5U9W@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 14:55:40 GMT
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- In article <0eVcDdq00WB3QB5U9W@andrew.cmu.edu> gr1c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Greg Howard Rhodes) writes:
- >I just bought an AT&T 5620. It's worked just fine so far, but I'm
- >wondering about it's other properties.
- >
- >First thing--it has a mouse! What am I supposed to do with this. So
- >far, the only time that it has been interesting is when I am looking
- >through the setup menu screens (you can click on things instead of
- >hitting function keys if you want).
- >
- >Does it do any graphics? If so, does anyone have any drivers for it
- >(i.e. Gnuplot, etc).
-
- nope, it is absolutely useless.
-
- if you give me $25, i'll come and haul it away.
-
- 8^)
-
- actually the answer to the above is yes, yes, yes.
-
- except that you need it connected to a host running "layers"
-
- if you host is an AT&T 3B2, you should be in luck. i have heard of people
- using layers on a SCO box as well.
-
- layers allows you to use your 5620 with multiple windows on the screen.
-
- i'm sure someone with more info will follow up, or send you mail.
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