Re: Shell accounts wanted?

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <Pine.A32.3.95.961203111034.98260B-100000@titan.vcu.edu>,
James M. Prevatt <mus5jmp@titan.vcu.edu> wrote:
>On 28 Nov 1996, Mitchell Spector wrote:
>
>>     Keep in mind there is one major limitation to that. Unless this host 
>> offers local dial-up lines in your area, the only way to access such a
>> shell a account is through telnet. If your local ISP only offers SLIP/PPP 
>> connections, this won't do you much good. 
>
>Not true.  You can get a telnet program for any computer that can use
>SLIP/PPP.

That's the problem. There is no TCP connectivity for IIs. So the only way to
use 'em to get online is via direct dialup to a host. If you go directly to
PPP handshaking as soon as you log on to your ISP, there's no way to use your
II with that provider. The one I use was that way when I signed up but changed
after a few months. They made it where you can go to the PPP server or to a 
shell when you log on. Maybe my complaining helped out some.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
shack@frii.com