We have a standard account and some additional services. Here is the
information about an online UNIX/menu account:
Our online UNIX/menu account offers an interactive connection to the
Internet. For dialing you will need a VT-100 terminal emulation (like ZTerm). After connecting, you will be in a SunOs 4.1.3 Unix environment and you can use most of its commands, including those that will connect you to any other machine on the Internet. There are 5 Megabytes of disk space available on XS4ALL for you. If you need more storage space you can apply for it at a small extra charge.
For those not familiar with UNIX, there are some introductory guides on our
system. You can also use the ‘menu’ command after login. It will give you an
overview of the information about Internet and the possibilities of your
account. You don’t need any knowledge of UNIX to use this ‘menu’ system.
With SLIP/PPP you can access Internet through a graphical shell, like
X-windows, Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh. It means you are able to use graphical WWW-browsers, FTP, Gopher and e-mail client programs based on the POP technique.
Our online Unix/menu account offers SLIP/PPP with a temporary IP number. If this ‘dynaslip’ technique is unusable or uncomfortable for you, you can apply for a reserved, static IP-number at a small extra charge. For this
price you can also choose your hostname.
If you want more IP-numbers and hostnames for your SLIP site, we offer a
SLIP-extra account. You will get a set of 8 ip numbers. 6 of which you can
actually use. The other 2 are broadcast addresses. The SLIP extra is used
for connecting one or more machines directly to the Internet. The listed
price also includes one login account needed to use XS4ALL disk space for
