Re: question, genie from the net?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <1994Aug19.231200.1522@sunrise.apana.org.au>,
Aaron Howell <root@sunrise.apana.org.au> wrote:
> Er, excuse me if this is a stupid question,
> is it possible to access genie from the internet?

Only in a very limited way: you can send E-Mail to a GEnie user by
addressing it to username@genie.geis.com.

Other GEnie services are not accessible.  I would very much like to
see GEnie offer Telnet connections (which they would have to charge
for, of course) at some point in the future - it would (hopefully) make
GEnie a LOT cheaper for international users.

> If not, does anyone gate genie info to the net, like bitnet?

There are regular (monthly) postings of the "GEnieLamp" articles for
the A2 and A2PRO roundtables.  Otherwise, we get an occasional
reposting of a message, and files that are available on GEnie often
turn up in comp.binaries.apple2 or at FTP sites (when someone decides
to post/upload them, not automatically).
-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand