Re: Apple ]['s on the Internet?

[yeo@pigeon.qut.edu.au (Willie Yeo)]

MRL (i@neverlikedspam.com) wrote:

: Well, after all these years, I was certainly glad to see some activity
: having to do with the Apple //...a heartbeat is still out there,
: however faint.  My question is, are y'all actually using Apple //'s to
: get on the internet and read/post to newsgroups, etc?  If so, which
: machines, and configured how?

	All Apple IIs can access the InterNet via an ISP's UNIX shell 
account. That will give you basic access to LYNX (web), TIN (news), PINE 
(email), TELNET (telnet) for example.

	For the Apple IIgs, you can set up Marinetti which gives you 
TCP/IP stacks for the Apple IIgs, and then use Spectrum InterNet Suite to 
view web-pages (limited graphics), there are also Telnet programs from it. 
Of course, Marinetti is still considered fairly recent product, so there 
will be upcoming programs for the full potential to be exploited.

: Or do you just use them for other tasks and use a "modern" computer to
: get to this newsgroup?  Let me know...

	I used to just call into uni and access a UNIX shell account to 
get all what I want. As for FTP'ing stuff, it gets downloaded into my UNIX 
account then use Zmodem to transfer it to me.

	Of course, spreadsheets and stuff are still being used on the 
Apple IIs, including running of BBSes, just to name some.