Re: Delphi Dumps Apple II users (and others)

["John King" <joki@eskimo.com>]

Hmm. Shell accounts do 'cost' an ISP more, but I don't *think* it is that
hard *at all* to get a shell account today. IMO this is an excellent
solution. My ISP offers national coverage via third party POPs, I'm sure
others do also. I don't see a problem.



"Ralph Glatt" <mairsil@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:8nkeqe$1d7$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <8nkc9r$md5$1@eskinews.eskimo.com>,
>   "John King" <joki@eskimo.com> wrote:
> > Maybe I don't understand, but why can't an Apple user just get a shell
> > account like my ISP offers. You just dial in (haven't done it with an
Apple
> > 2 but shouldn't be difficult) and you have a text based Unix shell. From
> > there you launch Lynx, tin (a nice newsreader, etc. etc.). It's not IE
5.5
> > but it's still very very nice.
> >
> > Lynx is fast but text based of course.
> >
> > My ISP is Eskimo North in Seattle. They're great people too.
>
> Well, that's nice and all, but ISPs that offer shell accounts are getting
> more difficult for people to find. They're being phased out because
they're
> getting harder to maintain, and few people use them anymore. (Or so my ISP
> told me, when they discontinuted my shell access.)
>
> Someone else mentioned getting an x86 machine, running a shell on it, and
use
> your Apple as a terminal off of that. In my opinion, you may as well just
use
> the x86 to access the internet, instead of going through the effort of
> hooking up the Apple to it.
>
> I can see only two other options:
>
> Set up a series of BBSs that would give access to this newsgroup, and
> possibly have PD/shareware programs for download.
>
> OR
>
> Get someone to write software for an Apple // to access the internet using
> TCP/IP protocols. Yes, I know, Marinetti does this already, but you need a
GS
> for that. What about the 8 bit machines, which are more numerous?
>
>
> I'm not going to hold my breath for either one.
>
>
>
> Ralph Glatt
>
>
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