Re: Marinetti Telnet Problem...

[Tony Cianfaglione <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca>]

   I already have Spectrum 2.1 and have connected to my shell account and
used SIS.  As with my Atari ST effort to set up a PPP/telnet/browser
client that will run off 720k floppy disks and a plain 1 mb
(non-expandable) Atari 1040 STf, I wanted to see if I could get telnet
working with Marinetti and vt100 and run everything from an 800k floppy on
a GS without a harddrive.  If successful, I would post instructions for
anyone with an unenhanced GS and no HD who would still be able to get onto
the Internet via PPP and telnet.  My effort for the ST group was much
appreciated as it gave a lot of ST users with bottom of the line units a
chance to get onto the Internet.  Those instructions are at:

      http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Technology/NSACUG/faq/stfsting.txt

   I am trying to do the same for the IIGS.  Spectrum is great if
you have a hard drive and space; for a plain GS with just disk drives,
Marinetti and its telnet may be the only salvation for Internet access.

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On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Jeff Blakeney wrote:

> Your best best would be to get Spectrum v2.2.  This application
> supports TCP/IP connections and makes one heck of a telnet client.  It
> supports VT100 and ANSI displays, among others, that work well with
> shell accounts and Lynx.  It also has an incredibly powerful scripting
> language.
> 
> There is also a web browser, no graphics though, called Spectrum
> Internet Suite (SIS for short) available as a set of scripts for it
> but it requires that you have a Delphi, Genie or unix shell account.
> It can't presently be used directly with a TCP/IP connection but
> telnetting to one of the above accounts does work.
> 
> For more information about these programs, check out:
> 
>      http://www.myesource.com/sevenhills/applesoftware/iigs/
> 
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