Re: Getting a IIe online...

[av865@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Dan Sheffield)]

Martin Gruen (z008729b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us) writes:
>   Talking to a friend of mine, she was annoyed that her funds to get her 
> into a PC didn't work out, and all she had was a lousy IIe, and how she 
> was told she couldn't get a modem or do email with it.  I set her 
> straight, but I'm not familiar with getting a IIe online (I went from a 
> II+ to a IIgs).
>   What kind of porting does it have in back or does it need an internal 
> card or interface card for an external modem?
>   I'm assuming that ProTerm 3.x would be the right piece of software.
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Use  Super Serial card, set the switches to the baud rate she wishes to
connect at, plug in any (25 pin, I think) modem, and use either a terminal
like ProTerm or the SS's built in Term. prog. Voila. She can now connect
to any text-based server of her choice.

And tell her not to call a IIe lousy.
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