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