Re: earthlink

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

Paul Grammens (grammens@svn.net) wrote:
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: I think he means shell account, i.e. non-graphical unix command line
: interface. I don't know about Earthlink, but around here some of the smaller
: ISP's offer shell access as well as PPP.  With shell access, all you need is
: a comm program to access the net. Many ISP's don't want to deal with it,
: though it's how the internet started out.

--> I use ProTERM 3.1 and my Freenet text account, (Lynx, Pine, etc.)
    on my IIe, to access anything on the internet. No pictures, yes;
    but no slowdown, either. It's most appropriate for my email and
    for the Usenet Newsgroups. Everything stays on the server, no d/l
    hassles, no virii. However, I use my (PC) Aptiva, for graphical
    browsing, when it's required. Best of both wrlds, in my opinion.

    Freenets are, unfortunately, one of the internets best kept secrets.
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