It was not good. It got *much* better under WfW 3.11, though.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 08:43, Andrew S. Baker<[email protected]> wrote: > Who remembers the original TCP/IP stack you could install on a Windows 3.0 > system to get onto the Internet? :) > > -ASB > ------- > http://Home.ASBzone.com/ASB/ > http://www.linkedin.com/in/AndrewBaker > ------- > > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Ayup. >> >> >> >> About as badly as the original NetWare client for Win95 did… >> >> >> >> -sc >> >> >> >> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 5:34 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: AOL >> >> >> >> Yep sounds right. In my experience when I used to actually try to support >> AOL clients I found its software seemed to bind with the NIC drivers (or the >> TCP/IP stack, I forget which) in an unusual way. IIRC it made me think it >> acted like a “special AOL loopback adapter that allows connect to >> AOL/Internet” or something frustrating. Normal troubleshooting of the >> network pieces only got me part way – uninstalling AOL would even sometimes >> break the TCP/IP stack… >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> From: paul chinnery [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:39 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: AOL >> >> >> >> I had to visit a doctor's office (office would dial in remotely to the >> hospital) because she said the link (url) to our RAS wasn't working. Got >> there and she's running AOL (and she has broadband, too). Every freakin' >> time I tried to put a shortcut on her desktop to the RAS, AOL would change >> it. >> Finally, I told her I'd put it in her Favorites folder. >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:07:53 -0700 >> Subject: RE: AOL >> >> When I get asked to work on a home user PC with AOL I let them know up >> front *I DO NOT SUPPORT AOL* nor troubleshoot Internet browsing issues other >> than being able to ping the gateway and 4.2.2.2 (my favorite public DNS >> ‘cause it’s easy to remember). >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:11 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: AOL >> >> >> >> On 5 Aug 2009 at 22:49, Sean Houston wrote: >> >> >> >> > I remember Compuserve, Prodigy and AOL being the main 3 companies >> > around. I >> >> > can't say I was ever aware they were ever known as anything but AOHell. >> >> >> >> Fidonet all the way, baby .... I ran a BBS for many years. I think I >> still have the 386 it was running on when I finally shut it down. WildCat >> BBS from Mustang Software. Those were the days. >> >> >> >> CIS 75500,3223, that was me. However, 16 of the 17 hits of a Google >> search for my old ID are messages on this list from 2008 ;-) >> >> >> >> http://www.google.com/search?q="75500%2C3223"; >> >> >> >> I remember being excited when I had a "real" email address of >> [email protected] ... I had some really neat software for reading >> forums -- OzCIS -- and eventually OzCIS for Windows, which never really >> measured up to the DOS program. >> >> >> >> Never had a Prodigy address. I got an AOL address -- a couple of them, >> actually -- this year so I could support home-clients with AOL issues, and >> for IM purposes. Never use them, though. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Angus Scott-Fleming >> >> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona >> >> 1-520-895-3270 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
