Re: Comp.Sys.Apple2

[apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <0000066a@Bungholio.net>,
Alexey Ratcheson <Alexey.Ratcheson@p0.f114.n117.z1.fidonet.org> wrote:
>Let's take a vote. How do most of you access Comp.Sys.Apple2 message bases?
>

Unix trn using a friends private news server.  My univ. ISP doesn't
provide a newsserver anymore (discontinued two years ago as a cost saving
measure).  My cable modem ISP doesn't provide shell access (hence trn
etc.) and I can't stand reading news via Netscrape.  So at home I telnet
into an unix account and access a newsserver via trn.  The downside is
that this private newsserver seems to get only about 80% of news posts.  A
multipart post is almost always incomplete.  CSA2* posts tend to be single
posts, and enough material is quoted to fill me in on missed posts in a
thread so it is not too shabby.  The cable modem ISP newsserver seems
pretty complete but is not accessible from any place except my home
machine.  Not always convenient.  <rasberry sound>

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)