Date   : Wed, 18 Feb 1987 04:47:46 GMT
From   : "Al Hull - resident@Ford Motor Credit 313-845-2817" <hull@glory.dec.COM>
Subject: Re: Software for DEC VT180 Robin

There is a wealth of public domain software available for the 
Robin and Rainbow systems on the public access DEC MARKET system, 
running TOPS-20.

Dial 1200 baud, 8N parity, phone 617-467-7437

login at the "@" system prompt with

LOG LCG.KERMIT KERMIT  where the second "Kermit" is a noecho password.

Carefully take notes, or have ^P turned on for the first screen, 
which shows how to get further help, and describes how to transfer 
files using KERMIT. XMODEM is not available as a downloading 
protocol, but MODEM/XMODEM sources are available.

Type out the AREAS.TXT help file for pointers to all the logical
storage areas.

There is also the "Robin Owner's Group" or ROG, which publishes a 
newsletter on a roughly quarterly basis.

Contact 

William P. Grush, ROG Membership Coordinator
32 Colony Road
Lexington, MA. 02173

Don't be discouraged - there's a lot of good software out there for
the Robin - you just have to look around a bit for it.

Enjoy -

Alan D. Hull ( a Robin owner)
Sr. SW Specialist

Digital Equipment Corp.
Field Application Center
34119 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI. 48018