Re: Apple 2's online?

[skierpaul@my-deja.com]

In article <so6aorojo0b94@corp.supernews.com>,
  "xenafat" <xenafat@flashcom.net> wrote:
> I'm curious as to how much one could actually
do online w/ a souped-up apple
> 2. can they do the following:
>
> 1) IRC chatrooms
Yes, via a shell account.

> 2) render web pages on-screen as text-only
Yes, via Spectrum SIS or via shell and Linx

> 3) view and respond to newsgroups
Yes, via web(dejanews) or via shell. Newsreader
coming soon, I beleive.
>
> And can Apple 2's use 56k modems?
Yes, you can get up to 115.2k Throughput with a
Super Serial Card and the Turbo ASB mod.

>Can they be hooked up to an ethernet
>network and configured, either directly or via
>a proxy server, to usecable/dsl?
Yes. (As of this weekend)

-Paul



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