Re: A solution to the FAQ dilemma

[bpvh@primenet.com (Bradley P. Von Haden)]

pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU (Paul Francis Gilbert) wrote:

>Sorry to break up the thread with a tangent, but I'm very curious:
>
>Just exactly what is Delphi you're talking about. I'll go out on a
>limb and assume that it's not the excellent Windows programming
>environment for the PC you're talking about, but rather some sort
>of service provider. Is it something like Compuserve, with special
>Apple // forums internally?

Delphi is an online service.  The Syndicomm A2 and A2Pro Forums are
now hosted on Delphi (moved over from Genie)(still on Genie as
well?).

Delphi can be reached via WWW, telnet (delphi.com) and dail-up.  For
those who already have telnet access, Delphi costs about $35/year
(with a one year membership) for unlimited access.

There are offline message programs for those A2 users who telcom
using Spectrum (Crock of Gold) and Ansiterm (???).

>Just curious, since it seems strange that some people are saying
>that if we care about the Apple, we must be on Delphi.

The basic complaint of the Genie-now-Delphi-centric users is that
c.s.a2 is a bit too rough and tumble.  Delphi is more congenial and
considering its higher info/noise ratio, it maybe a better place to
be if you had to choose one or the other.  Considering the number of
good and unique sources of info at each location, I read both.


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