Re: Delphi accounts - dumb question

["Henrik Gudat" <emutech@magnet.schweiz>]

In article <7uee01$26vu$1@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com> , 
ToasterKing <ToasterKing@SPLATmindless.com (Delete "SPLAT" to reply)>
wrote:

>
> I have a dumb question about something that is probably obvious that I
> overlooked.  How do I get a text-based Telnet account on Delphi that will
> let me use the Apple II forum there as well as their Apple II file
> libraries and the like?  I've looked around on http://www.delphi.com and
> haven't been able to find any information on how to sign up.
>
> Also I've been told that such a Delphi account would allow me access to a
> shell-based gateway to the Internet.  Does this gateway include a Web
> browser such as Lynx, an email program like Pine, newsreader like Tin,
> etc.?

Hello,

The info on how to become a paying member is hidden pretty well. Log
in using your free Web account, go to your "My Delphi" page and scroll
down a bit. There's a section where it indicates your current account
specs, and there you will also find a link for "upgrading" your
account to "premium".

Keep in mind that Delphi will drop dial-in support beginning next
year, so you still need another ISP and then telnet to Delphi. You can
surf Delphi in text mode only by telnetteing from another system, not
by dial-in.

I'm only doing conference stuff with the text-end, so I'm not that
familiar with the other utilities. The mail and news tools, though,
are neither TIN nor Pine. You might want to use an offline reader
anyway.

- henrik
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