Re: earthlink

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"Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net> wrote
in message <38cb2f70@news1.svn.net>:

>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.

In that case Earthlink support was correct, they don't offer customers
a shell account. To connect using PPP with an Apple IIGS you need
marinetti. It would be a tall order to expect their support to know
anything other than Macs and PC's, realistically speaking. Earthlink
has a couple of million customers and you could probably count
the A2/marinetti users on one hand.

To O.P:  If you explain what you are trying to do instead of asking
in little bits and pieces it would be easier (and quicker) to get the
answer you are seeking.

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Eric <chippys@earthlink.net>