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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
 Posted - 13 Jun 2002 : 13:26:18
i was just wondering if dialup (bbs style) email is available or is a basic web impaired account the only entry point available.i've got a 5260 road apple to set up for my brother as an email machine. the LOAD of goodies i picked up the other day included a Teleport Platinum V to stuff into it. i just want to set it up as a basic snailnet email system and toss on basic wordproc, checkbook and some graphics goodies. if he wants to do dialup any faster, he'll have to get his own real modem or wait for a better one to fall into my lap. i'm hoping he'll probably decide to buy a real mac instead of going over to the dark side when the time comes! (i can be sneaky at times!   ) i think earthlink might be a better choice than America Offline, which i use when pressed to, but despise. tia, jt  ™.
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jun 2002 : 14:27:52
There are still BBS-style email services. For several years, our family got e-mail using Pine with MacKermit. Old versions of MS Works for Mac also had a communications function built in. Check with your library to see about text-only service. Our library does something called COIN (Columbia Online Internet Access) which offers free text-only internet. Others do the same.Presiding Music and NeXT Expert Macs Liberated:
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jun 2002 : 14:32:39
Man...there just is no such thing anymore, JT, unless through a school, library or some kinda home-grown server!!666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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I Have No Legs! Edited by - cinemafia on 13 Jun 2002 14:34:17 |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jun 2002 : 15:50:25
quote:
Man...there just is no such thing anymore, JT, unless through a school, library or some kinda home-grown server!!
then it looks like they'll get a chance to try browsing on a roadapple at 24k baud on a dialup connection.B,,,,,,,,L,,,,,,,,,E,,,,,,,,C,,,,,,,,H,,,,,,,,!,,,,,,,, jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF p.s. please excuse the modem init string humor,
senility is taking its toll!   
Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 13 Jun 2002 15:52:20
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