ReplyTo: mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk
Subject: Re: MonTemplar makes the connection!
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Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 00:58:10 +0000


In article <1992Sep26.161004.19081@nntp.uoregon.edu> JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jay Brandt (Jason)) writes:
> In article <717494969snx@redunser.demon.co.uk>,
> mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk (Alan Ralph) writes:
[stuff deleted]
> > "I've now sussed out most of the ins and outs of KA9Q, and how to get it to
> > do things for me. Quite literally, thanks to KA9Q and Demon, I am now my
> > own Internet site, sort of. From my PC I can go by FTP and Telnet to just
> > about anywhere, AND collect news and mail at the same time. Neat, huh? And
> > all this for 10 Pounds + ValueAddedTax a month! (Actually, I pay even less
> > than that, as I was amongst the 200-odd 'founder members' who put a year's
> > sub up-front, before Demon was VAT-registered, ie. 120 Pounds, 10 a month)"

> <Ping!>
> <Jason delurks and flickers into existance near MonTemplar's table, and
> sets down his PowerBook.>
                ^^^^^^^^^
The new poser item to have is the Acorn A4 Portable, FYI. Have a guess why?

>      Congratulations, MonTemplar! Sounds like a great way to access the
> Matrix for those who aren't able to get an account through their work or
> college.
> 
>      Does anyone here know of a similar service in Canada or the USA? It
> might help people like Alfvaen, and others threatened with or suffering
> under being ABEND. I wouldn't mind using such a service from my home as
> well. 
 
Well, there are free BBSs around that will let you have a News account, Only
problem is you need a modem to do that, and there's the phone bill to take
into account. Most people in here post from a college or company computer
system, hence the cost differential may be very great for some.

>      Using  "Timbuktu" software to control my office system from home,I
> have such a long delay on keyboard entry that I can type several words and
> than have to wait for them to appear on my screen so I can continue without
> overfilling the entry buffer. Most of the time I just compose responses
> off-line, do a file transfer to the office, open it remotely there, and
> paste it to my reply. It's a hassle but less frustrating. Now if my site
> would just allow its dial-in lines for the VAX to allow access to alt.* and
> rec.* newsgroups, I wouldn't have to jump through so many hoops for home
> access. Maybe I can convince them to either do that or to fix the ARA
> access for Mac Dial-in so it works with TCP. Oh well, I can't complain too
> much, at least I -have- access.
 
The software I use was originally designed for use with Packet Radio, and has
been modified for use on dial-up lines, Demon then uses either SLIP or PPP to
forge the connection to my computer for passing mail and news and handling
FTP, Telnet, etc.

>      I'll be around, or you can direct replies to Thyra and she will relay
> them to me. She is usually around.
> 
> <With that, Jason walks over to Thyra and gives her a brief hug and a
> scratch behind her ears. Then he presses the button on his PowerBook, and
> fades back into lurker mode with a soft <Ping!>>
> 
> Jason
--
Alan Ralph, AKA Kimberley MonTemplar (when in alt.callahans)
aralph@cix.compulink.co.uk  OR  mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk
Cominatcha' c/o Demon Internet Services - Internet for a tenner a month!