>>As for Suz's original query: I'm surprised that the ISP her dad contacted
>>insists that he must have Win95... I thought most providers offered shell
>>accounts? In which case any old $200 DOS/Apple box should do... n'est-
>>ce pas?
>
>My thought exactly. There's no shortage of under $200 68030-based Mac
>II's out there (with a small monitor, too). An '030 can handle up to
>System 7.5 (more than adequate, and quite recent) and all the major TCP
>apps. You may even find an older '040-based Mac (Performa, Centris) and
>still come out cheaper than WebTV. IMHO, this would be much more ideal
>for your father. If he's and EE, he's likely to be interested in
>exploring computers further some day, and WebTV limits you to, well, the
>Web (and email, of course).
Several people have mentioned this. We've been that route already, and the
PC ended up gathering dust on the closet floor. Neither of us is close
enough or has time enough to hold Dad's hand. I could only do it with a
Mac, and since he would be dialing up to a conventional ISP and I only know
about dialing up to a Mac ISP, I couldn't be of much help to him anyway.
And I would never curse him with a 68030 based Mac for Internet use. I
struggled with one for 3 years, and became convinced that Netscape, IE and
other programs these days are built with little concern towards backwards
compatibility. On our IIci's, with most extensions off, we were rarely able
to surf more than one or two pages at the time before experiencing a crash
necessitating a restart. Sure, I could pull one of the IIci's out of the
closet and inflict it upon Dad, but I'm not that cruel.
Suz
Suzanne Stephens, Dave Stephens Design; Ashland, Oregon
541-552-1190, 541-552-1192 http://www.KickassDesign.com/
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