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Re: Using external 56K modem with Apple IIgs?

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Jeff Blakeney wrote:


 To: The Wizard of Oz
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:11:29 -0600, The Wizard of Oz wrote:


	Strictly speaking the use of Marinetti depends on the ISP. If the ISP
has shell access then SLIP or PPP and ProTERM is OK. Having said this
99% of all ISPs don't bother with shell access any more.


Well, if the ISP has shell access, then SLIP and PPP are not required at
all.  All you need is a communications program that supports a terminal
type that the shell supports.  SLIP and PPP only come into play if you
are trying to make a TCP/IP connection to the internet and that is where
you need either Marinetti or Contiki to get connected.


But does that hold at all times?

You need a PPP connection in order to run programs at your end like telnet
and a newsreader and a mail reader, but having a shell does not require
dial up.

An ISP might decide it is simpler to use PPP for all access, in which case
you'd make the PPP connection and then telnet to the shell server.

The few ISP's still running shell servers may indeed just happen to offer
non-ppp connections, but one does not require the other.

  Michael