Re: Reading email with my IIc

[Mairsil@my-dejanews.com]

In article <1998072204573000.AAA19408@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
  supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:
> Mairsil@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> >Well, I can tell you about my experiences with getting on to the internet
> >with _my_ //c. I had to use a null modem at 2400 bps (any faster and it would
> >start dropping characters), and a server with a UNIX shell.
>
> You have an old buggy version of the IIc serial hardware.

I didn't know this. Guess I shouldn't be suprised, either, since I got it at a
garage sale. It's down for repairs to the keyboard, anyhow.

>
> >The software I
> >used was called Apple Conference Terminal, originally written so Apple //
> >users could access GEnie. (That was a LONG time ago!) It's freeware, now, and
> >you should be able to get it from Joe Kohn.  joko@crl.com
>
> http://www.intrec.com/ Intrec's Proterm 3.1 is better...has Zmodem
> and VT100.

Yeah, but I got A.C.T. for free, from a friend. Someone on another post
mentioned downloading it from a site - hard to do on an Apple// when you
don't have comm software, and I hear it's not that easy to transfer stuff
downloaded with an IBM to an Apple //. Getting A.C.T. from Joe would be
cheaper, as well as easier.

> >With this setup, I
> >was able to write and send email, talk on IRC, as well as read the usenet.
> >(With a little effort, you should also be able to post to the usenet and
> >download software off of ftp sites.)
>
> Proterm lets you download automatically via Zmodem and has an
> editor to compose your email offline first.
>

Again, I got my copy of A.C.T. for free. I did buy Proterm later on. Very
nice.

> >Best of all, I got to show my
> >smarty-pants brother that I *could* get on the internet with just an Apple
> >//c.
>
> And you can use modems instead of null-modems to access UNIX
> shell accounts over the phone line, if you don't have another computer.
> visi.com and crl.com offer these types of accounts.
>

Didn't know about this. but I never claimed I was an expert, either. Thanks
for the additonal info.


Ralph Glatt

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