31 Oct
1997
31 Oct
'97
11:35 a.m.
On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Hotze wrote:
Well, I really want to just have about 5 connections.
I don't want to be
using the machine for my own purposes, but rather to "join in" on the BBS
itself. I think that a 4800 connection would be good... about twice as
fast as a 28800 internet connection.
Huh? I hope you mean text based versus graphics here 8-)
I'm really ready to learn, but at
this time of writing, I only have the 486/66, and an 080880/8Mhz, which
dosn't work. I really just want to make something for my friends and I to
meet on... here, Internet is still expensive, and most people refust to
upgrade to anything past Netscape 2.0. I need really to know about
multiple phone/modems. The phone isn't a problem, the modem is. How much
do the 4800's run for? I've already got two modems, one a 2400 sendf/9600
recieve, and another a 33.6 both ways. I really need to know what to do,
the whole smackum, as I'm very "computer literate", in DOS and Windows,
but
rather inexperianced with this kind of stuff.
Ciao,
Tim D. Hotze
Tim - go right for Linux! Don't even think of FIDO - well think about it
8-)
If you get UUCP support, you can acutally become a local provider. If your
buddies want web pages and a shell account to play with Linux is your best
bet. You can - with UUCP - even allow Internet EMail - and even even
access other systems if you set up your system correctly. You can send and
recieve email and files - oh say 4-8 times a day - more frequently if you
want and all of them will transfer in one shot so it is *like* FIDOnet.
I run Linux 2.0.28/9 on two machines - one is my dedicated comms server
with diald to make the connection and it has a HTTP server with EMail.
We only connect with one modem and everybody uses the same connection at
the same time.
Get whatever modems you want to use - a multiple port serial card will
let you run as many modems as you can afford 8-) 16-32 way too many
phones lines to afford! DO NOT use internals - even with M$ stuff!
FIDO net was set up to allow home computers to run like UUCP machines
(when they were the *rage*) so why not use the real thing?
Just my $0.48 worth 8-)
BC