Re: MDG PR: ProLine Price Reduction

[rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu (RANDY)]

In article <mdavis.736919994@crash.cts.com>, mdavis@crash.cts.com (Morgan Davis) writes:> You don't have to connect to crash or any of the other UNIX sites that

> provide Internet gateways for ProLine systems.  You need only to connect
> to another networked ProLine to access everything you'd get from a
> direct UNIX-based connection.  There are about a dozen UNIX machines
> across the country that provide a direct link, but the majority of
> ProLine sites don't need to connect that close to the Internet.

One of the motivations I have for wanting to have a proline is to get some 
groups that are not at my site (e.g. alt and talk) and are not likely carried
by other prolines. I doubt for instance that many prolines carry
alt.video.laserdisc or alt.tv.simpsons. That's why I expect I will need to 
connect directly. Another reason I'm finally trying to get it going is that
I expect to lose access here for the summer. 

>>I have been trying to find a low buck way to
>>connect but nothing has worked out.
> 
> What have you looked into so far?  I know for a fact that you can get
> one hour of AT&T long distance each month for $10.  If all you did was
> connect once each week for 15 minutes to exchange e-mail with any site
> in the US, you could transfer over 3MB (at 800cps) in a month's time.
> That's a ton of personal e-mail.  More realistically, you could get a
> few of the ProLine-based newsgroups (e.g. pro.line.admin) and still keep
> under the 3MB ceiling.  For $10 a month, having Internet e-mail access,
> keeping abreast with all the goings on with ProLine, and, of course,
> having direct electronic contact with MDG and hundreds of other
> operators, is deal not to be missed.

I've been asking Bill Blue and yourself whether I could reach crash through
the net from my site or if I could attach my system to a UUCP-connected
machine but those ideas have not panned out. It looks like the only thing to
do is find a unix machine running uMDSS to connect to. Are there any places
near me to try?

I sure would like to get the thing going after I spent all the money on the
hardware and software. I have a hard disk with proline installed on it just
getting used for junk file storage and boxes containing parts for a IIgs
and a modem sitting idle.

Randy
rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu