Re: Using external 56K modem with Apple IIgs?

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On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:36:47 +0000 (UTC), bob@bob.us wrote:

>if you have an unlimited dialing phone package like simon does, you can
>get an account from the chebucto community net in eastern canada. they
>offer terminal emulaton vt100, dialup, lynx menu selector and text
>internet browser, ftp, upload, download, webpage space, email program -
>pine, pico text editor, 22,000 non-binary newsgroups via pine or tin,
>telnet, gopher etc all for $25. a year.
>
>they need support and new users because they are a charity and non-profit
>and struggling to keep going. they support all legacy and classic computer
>systems like the apple2, c64/128, trs80, atari xe and st, amiga, kaypro
>etc, you name it. check it out. help them and help yourslef. it's the best
>deal in the world: www.chebucto.ca or telnet://chebucto.ca and login as
>'guest'.
>
>>   From: Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
>>The few ISP's still running shell servers may indeed just happen to offer
>>non-ppp connections, but one does not require the other.

Thank you for the advice.  I already have a free dial-up account. When
it comes to Apple IIgs, I am only looking for FTP functionality in
order to copy files to and from the box; do not really need anything
else.