Re: What is TCP/IP?

[philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)]

In article <3qn3fo$sfd@kruuna.helsinki.fi> cust_ts@cc.Helsinki.FI (Tero  
Sand) writes:

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> Not true. There are at least two graphical Web browses for the PC that
> don't require a TCP/IP or SLIP connection. Shouldn't be impossible for
> the GS, either.
> If such a program, or even a SLIP one, should materialize, and if it
> utilized Second Sight, Jawaid would have at least one new customer.

Well it is true that you can fake a SLIP/PPP connection in order to browse
the web ( the Amiga has one, Compuserve has one in a sense but they are 
in essence hiding their driver and the PC has several that are similar to 
one on the Amiga- you need to have similar software running on your Unix
host and that simply won't happen for most commercial Internet providers).  
In short, a TCP/IP driver for the GS is absolutely essential as is support
for the new graphics' format free of GIF. Here the 2cond Sight board and the
ZipGS play important roles. In my opinion there's no point in bothering with 
the GS without the hope of TCP/IP and browsing capability. I used to feel  
that Appletalk was important, but it is quickly becoming a non-issue for the
world community.
 

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