Re: www on Apple II logged onto Unix BBS?

[markm@kaiwan.kaiwan.com (Mark Miller)]

In article <3hanih$cac@crl.crl.com>, Joe Kohn <joko@crl.com> wrote:
> >On that subject...
> >I downloaded netscape for my mac at work, because I saw an article in
> >MACUser that said that it could be used over a 14.4 modem connection.
>
>NetScape can't be used via a dial-up shell account. It requires a SLIP/PPP
>connection. It requires TCP/IP. It requires large amounts of memory.

This is a falsehood!  NetScape can be used on a Macintosh using a dial-up
shell account, if you have the appropriate software.  By using a UNIX
program named TIA (the internet adapter) to simulate a SLIP connection
(PPP is coming in the next version), your Mac can explore many new facets
of the internet.  TIA is a commercial program which sells for $25.

The software which you will need for your Mac is MacTCP (available with
System 7.5) and an interface program named InterSLIP (freeware).  These
softwares will communicate with your dial-up shell account which is
executing the TIA program.

As this topic is shifting away from the Apple II, more detailed
information can be located in comp.sys.mac.comm.

I have no association with any of the software companies which created
the above goods, I am only an impressed user.

When GS/TCP is released, everyone should buy GNO.  If you already own
GNO, then you should buy a copy for a friend. 

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