This section offers general information about the communications servers and what is needed to access them. The connectors on this cable must match your modem and your serial port. Access to an active telephone jack. CCSO's consulting staff can offer advice on purchasing and installing the hardware and software listed above. CCSO supports the Zterm terminal emulation package for Macintosh computers and Telix for PCs running DOS or Windows.
Terminal emulators are easy to set up, but limited in functionality.
If you want to run standard Internet applications such as Netscape and Eudora on your desktop computer, you will need a network protocol stack with SLIP or PPP support. Both these methods put your computer directly on the Internet. After you connect to the CCSO communications server, you are automatically assigned an IP address and can run a wide range of Internet application software, including telnet and ftp clients, Web browsers, desktop news readers like NewsWatcher and Trumpet, Eudora, and many other packages. To use SLIP or PPP, you need a SLIP or PPP driver and compatible protocol stack. Sometimes the two are combined into a single package.