Re: IIgs Modem Help

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <32BABF5F.4E79@gxl.com>, Jim Glenn  <jglenn@gxl.com> wrote:
>Help Please! I just purchased a IIgs in a garage sale and I want to set
>it up for my kids to get out on to the internet. There is no modem or
>modem software. What all do I need? If you have any parts or programs
>that I need, please let me know how much you want for them.

   What you'll need is a modem, modem software, and a shell (not PPP
or SLIP) account from a local ISP. Most any external serial modem will
work fine; modem software runs from the decent and free to the very
awesome and commercial. The shell account is something you'll have to
look into locally-- look at http://www.thelist.com

   I invite you to read the comp.sys.apple2 Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html  It has larger
answers to these questions, answers to lots of other questions, and
generally a good source of info. Especially, look at Steve Cavanaugh's
$3 modem disk offer in section 10.2

Nathan Mates

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