There is a Linux AOL client that was leaked awhile back also.
At 10:30 PM 9/7/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Last year AOL was sued by the National Federation of the Blind because their
>interface was inaccessable to the blind and deaf/blind, who require a text
>interfacre for use with screen readers and braille output.
>In an agreement to avoid suit, AOL has agreed to produce a text based
>interface
>to AOL. There is a time frame they have to comply with this so I would
>expect
>that it AOL becomes accessable to DOS and text users, that Linux use would
>also be there.
>Just a guess.
>Ron
>
>
>
>On Thu, 07 Sep 2000, Mark Hillary wrote:
> > I have read that there is a version of AOL that works on linux, it is
> beta, and it was only meant to be used inside of AOL. Some on put the
> beta on the web or something.
> > I will see if i can find out where I read it.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > AOL
> > > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20000907091315)
> > >
> > > Fr�d�ric VAN ACKER writes "Hi,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to use AOL as an Internet Provider with linux Mandrake
> ? I heard that AOL used some specific connection protocol. Is it true and
> is there a solution ?
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot, Fred. "
> > >
> > > SHORT ANSWER IS NO.
> > > Long answer is: AOL uses some really funny protocol,
> > > and if there is any way to use AOL as provider under Linux,
> > > I am not avare of it. I heard some rumor that "next version of AOL"
> should work under Linux/with Linux/whatever,
> > > but I have no idea if this is true, nor when is this
> > > "next version" due. Very strange internet provider.
> > > If anyone knows of a way to use AOL+Linux, please tell us.
