** Reply to note from SurvPC Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 27 Mar
1999 09:49:26 +0000
>
> Usually, the first thing my isps say when I tell them I use dos is that it
> won't work with their system. I kindly point out that they are wrong, and
> to leave me alone and I'll do my own tech support. They almost always go
> into a tyrade about how they only support win systems, and that they
> can't/won't support me at all (which is just fine with me anyway)
>
It used to be like that in Sweden until quite recently. I have not seen any
instructions for DOS, but my first ISP
Algonet/Telenordia suddenly put up detailed instructions for OS/2 and Linux (including
prepared scripts to
download) , SBBS also has detailed instructions for OS/2 and Linux, Utfors says the
only can give support for
Win and Mac (Macintosh is still widely in use in Sweden), but if I remember correctly,
they also have
instructions for other systems. Some of the ISP also give instructions for Amiga.
I think the new interest in other systems than Windows is a result of disbelief in the
next generation of
M$-products. "Everyone" talks about Linux....
Personally, I have not managed to connect to the internet under Linux yet, maybe
because I followed all the
instructions for all the systems at once. Usually I use only OS/2 for that (with or
without X-Windows) even
though I found setting up Arachne for internet much easier than setting up Windows95
for the same.
Per B.
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