Re: Apple II's and highspeed access

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

Ed Eastman (noone@nowhere.net) wrote:
: > Is it possible to get DSL or some other high speed such as ISDN with a
: > apple II?

: Yes, and I have done so using my LANceGS card.  Caveat: you need a 
: static IP address and router or another computer to do the IP forwarding.
[snip]

: > If you've got (or know of) specific info that would allow me to network my
: > 2e and/or 2gs, directly to my current PC network

: Hooking it into your network is a no brainer now that the LANceGS card 
: is available, but what you want is communication between the disparate 
: computers.  There is little to no software available to allow an Apple 
: II to communicate with another PC for file exchange or printer sharing. 
:   (I'm ignoring Appletalk and the Macs.)  They simply do not share 
: enough common elements to make that easy.  (Caveat Peter Watson and MUG!)

: That being said, there is IIgs native software to browse the web and FTP 
: files from an FTP server.  There is a POP3 e-mail client and a couple of 
: other applications that are network aware.  More are being done but 
: anyone who wants to try to program an application, should.

: I want a news group reader!  (Anyone remember 2QWK?  It ran on my A2 and 
: on the BBS I was dialed in to.  It allowed me to send/receive e-mail and 
: newsgroup postings via packets I would down/upload.)
[snip]

Yeah, I've read about the various software tools that allow an A2
(seemingly almost exclusively for the 2gs) to `do' the internet and that's
a Good Thing - one of these fine days (sooner than when I'd pick-up an old
Mac - though that's still somewhere down the road...), I'll set-up the gs
to try that; though I can already use my ][e and ProTERM to get to the
NG's, do email etc - though only at 2400 bps.  Mind you, with it being all
text - the speed isn't too terrible.  The VT100 emulation is OK ('cept for
the arrow-key emulation - that sucks) and the fact that my ISP has
a full-text access set-up, makes it workable; though I must admit that I
don't use my Apple for this very often - DSL and the requirements at work,
to use a PC; kind of force the issue.  So - I can `surf' (though via text
only); so adding a higher-speed modem and trying the graphical route on
the gs will be interesting to see - and I'll eventually be able to do
this via DSL, it appears; but it looks like I'll not be able to network
them - only `internet' them.  Oh well - c'est la vie.


...and Happy New Year, to all; though the tsunami has put a different face
on the near future hopes of mankind.  Our hearts go out to those affected
and our wallets follow close behind.

-Tony T.

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