Re: NAUG and the net?

[taob@ionews.io.org (Brian Tao)]

In article <1994Jan12.135358.10554@coplex.com>, Dan Crutcher writes...
> 
> If you use an offline reader/message processor, GEnie and other pay 
> services can be quite reasonable.

    I do, but even in your case, you are paying $30/month.  I imagine
you stay mostly inside A2 and A2Pro.  Downloading messages using ASCII
receive at 2400 can account for a good chunk of your 4 hours of monthly
time.  Downloading files will probably exceed that.  I don't see how
people can afford to play GEnie's online games, or stay and chat in the
RTC's all night.

    OTOH, GEnie *is* the best place as far as Apple II support is
concerned.  There's a lot less fluff on the bulletin boards there, and
the file section is well-stocked.  :)  For non-A2 activities though, the
Internet is still a far better deal.
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