From brain@conch.aa.msen.com Mon Oct 7 23:35:53 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.69.0.28]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id XAA22437; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:35:49 -0400 Received: from relay5.UU.NET by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA07179; Mon, 7 Oct 96 23:35:09 EDT Received: from conch.aa.msen.com by relay5.UU.NET with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: conch.aa.msen.com [148.59.6.20]) id QQbkmg11979; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:35:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from brain@localhost) by conch.aa.msen.com (8.7.4/8.6.12) id XAA26729; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 23:35:05 -0400 (EDT) To: comp-answers@uunet.uu.net Path: conch.aa.msen.com!not-for-mail From: j.brain@ieee.org (Jim Brain) Newsgroups: comp.answers,news.answers Subject: COMP.SYS.CBM: General FAQ, v3.1 Part 3/9 Supersedes: Followup-To: comp.sys.cbm Date: 7 Oct 1996 23:34:40 -0400 Organization: Brain Innovations, Inc. Lines: 455 Sender: brain@conch.aa.msen.com Expires: 05 Nov 1996 Message-Id: Reply-To: brain@conch.aa.msen.com Summary: This posting contains answers to questions that commonly surface in comp.sys.cbm. This posting will tell you enough to get your computer connected to a network, fixed, and/or enhanced. This file should be read by new users of comp.sys.cbm before posting to the group. It should also be proofread by users who are currently active in comp.sys.cbm. Keywords: CBM FAQ Help List C64 C128 VIC Modem Archive-name: cbm-main-faq.3.1.p3 Comp-answers-archive-name: commodore/main-faq/part3 News-answers-archive-name: commodore/main-faq/part3 Comp-sys-cbm-archive-name: main-faq/part3 Version: 3.1 Last-modified: 1996/10/06 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents (for this file) --------------------------------- 5. Connecting Up 5.1. How do I connect my computer to the outside world? 5.2. What services can I use to get online? 5.3. What hardware do I need? 5.4. What kinds of terminal programs exist? 5.4.1. What kinds of terminal programs exist for the 64? 5.4.2. What kinds of terminal programs exist for the 128? 5.5. Can I use my Commodore computer on Amateur Radio? 5.6. Is there TCP/IP software available for Commodore computers? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Connecting Up 5.1. How do I connect my computer to the outside world? First, we need to define what "outside world" means. In this sense, we are [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]