[413] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
"Internet Accessible Dialouts"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Fri Mar 22 14:46:23 1991
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 91 14:27:41 -0500
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
To: emv@ox.com
Cc: com-priv@uu.psi.com
In-Reply-To: Edward Vielmetti's message of Fri, 22 Mar 91 13:26:08 EST <m0jJqoU-000FSGC@poe.aa.ox.com>
>or perhaps
> internet-user ----> bbs (with other modem users there too)
>this would be way cool, but I don't see it happening now exc. with
>the free bbs's.
This is happening. Besides The World (telnet world.std.com from where
policy permits) you can get to Compuserve via the internet (the
information service, GO HELP and all that) thru I believe what is a
merit gateway (you telnet to some address and then you're dropped into
an interactive program which offers among other choices compuserve.)
In fact, hmm...
> Ms Knight: TELNET 35.1.1.6 and at the Which Host ?? prompt
> type Compuserve. This was in use till last month, and should be still
> in use.
Can't seem to get there now tho, so maybe this is defunct?
-Barry Shein
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