Re: Genie...is it worth it?

[vmbb!pro-newton!pro-dan!danb (Dan Brown)]

In <D8poqM.Lpo@dorsai.org> joreilly@news.dorsai.org (James OReilly) writes:

>Just how much does the average user (assuming such a creature exists) pay
>monthly for Genie?  Is it possible to stay under the basic monthly service

        On GEnie, I visit A2, A2Pro, and occasionally a couple of other RTs. 
Calling every day or two at 9600 baud, my bill is about $30/month.  I use
GEM, though, which automates the message downloads, E-mail, file transfers,
etc.  The only thing I would have to do manually would be Real-Time Chats,
but they're _expensive_ time-sucks.  GEM works with AppleWorks 3, 4, or 5
(depending on what version of GEM you get) and ProTERM, Spectrum,
Point-to-Point, or Talk Is Cheap.  Another offline processor is CoPilot,
which doesn't require AppleWorks--it includes its own editor, and it is
GS-based.

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