Re: Spectrum/Email/FTP?

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <9310271631.AA04332@fert2.fe.psu.edu> jaj4922@FERT2.FE.PSU.EDU (Jason A. Jeffries) writes:

>I know what SLIP is, but really I don't see much advantage over just calling
>up a dialup in terminal mode... Maybe someone out there that knows more
>about SLIP will tell me why it's better than a dialup??? Please?

SLIP gives your (GS or whatever) an internet address, ie, an IP # and all
that.  This means with appropriate software you can do
news/mail/telnet/ftp/fsp right on your GS.  FTPing files directly to your GS
alone is a compelling reason to want SLIP...


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