Re: More eBay madness

[mister_boffo@hotmail.com (Mister Boffo)]

On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 20:30:44 -0400, Paul Guertin <pg@sff.net> wrote:

>mister_boffo@hotmail.com (Mister Boffo) wrote:
>
>>  - Can I get on the Internet/web with [an Apple II]?
>>     (Internet-very very hard with a unix shell. "What's that?")
>>     (Web-forget it.)
>
>I object. If you've got a Unix shell on dialup, getting on the
>Internet is just a matter of finding a serial card, a modem
>and a comm program. Use mutt for email, trn for news, lynx for
>web browsing, and telnet for everything else. On the Internet,
>nobody knows you're using an 8-bitter.

Yeah, sure. Now explain this to JimBob Schmoe who wants to get his
first computer from Goodwill.

Oh, and first you have to find a dialup UNIX shell. Locally here we
have none. Ooop, heck with that plan. ;)