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- From: bmarcum@iglou.iglou.com (Bill Marcum)
- Subject: Re: Questions about SLIP???
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- References: <8BC73DE.06AA006227.uuout@wdn.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:43:05 GMT
-
- In article <8BC73DE.06AA006227.uuout@wdn.com>,
- SCOTT HANAK <scott.hanak@wdn.com> wrote:
- >I got a C64, Swiftlink, and a Zoom 350 modem. I saw some stuff about a
- >SLIP for the C64. I got a file L158960.html from somewhere (I forget
- >where). So now what do I do with it??? I stuck it into my RamLink and
- >tried to run it, but it didn't work. Anyone got any ideas???
- Sometimes Lynx gives default file names that aren't descriptive of what
- the file is or where it came from. I could be wrong, but I doubt anyone
- can tell what that file is from the name. Are you sure it didn't
- download as ascii text?
-
- >On a related note, what will SLIP allow me to do that I could do before?
- >Can I see pictures? Access newsgroups I couldn't before? BTW, the BBS
- >I'm on, WDN, I can't use Zmodem that they normally use for say FTP, but
- >be using Lynx WWW I can use Zmodem. So any files I need can someone
- >point me to a http URL, instead of ftp???
- >
- With Lynx you should be able to use almost any ftp site by going to
- ftp://name.of.site and you can save the sites in your bookmark file.
-
-
- >Thanks in advance,
- >Scott Hanak
- >scott.hanak@wdn.com
-
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