Thanks--that's as much as succinctly as I've seen on 'Net-ing the QL... Bill Cable thought I might give a session at QL-NA in Canada end of the month. I don't see any way I can leave some emergencies here in town at that time. I had hoped at least to make it without material for a session but with the purpose of picking everyone's brains to aim to next year. However, the below gives me a start. And it seems to assume a fairly basic QL--I have SGC and now SuperHermes.
Doug (LaVerne) 37830 USA -----Original Message----- >From: David McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sep 12, 2006 11:31 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [ql-users] Tandata Modem Q Con + Q Mod > >On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 11:35 +0100, Neil Riley wrote: >> I seem to remember these items appearing originally. Are they still used >> today or are they museum pieces? > >They were very slow (remember the QL serial port is only capable of 19K >and only reliable for reception at 9K!) To get 56K you would need to >upgrade your QL with a SuperHermes (£53 new from Tony Firshman). Then >you could use a conventional serial modem, which are still made: I have >one with my PC (£30 new). No broadband, though! > >Jon Dent's soQL-PPP has got as far as giving email access, but not (yet) >web access. When (if?) the latter comes, there's already a QL version of >Lynx for browsing. > >Until then, the only way to browse the web on a QL seems to be by >finding a secondhand copy of the MSDOS emulator, PC Conqueror, and >running Arachne (graphical) or Bobcat (text). > >However, I remember that the Minix operating system was ported to the >QL, which should be faster than a DOS emulator. If you could get that, I >assume it would be possible to compile and run a Linux/Unix version of >Lynx. >_______________________________________________ >QL-Users Mailing List >http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
