pots line... what is a pots line? :) just build your self a network with a bridge mac. then you can do things on your own terms.
or just freely enjoy IRC / FTP / Pine / NS Communicator :-) Find an isp that still allows Telnet . http://www.jagshouse.com/classicinternet.html the cool news is MacII and forward can accept reasonably priced Nubus ethernet cards, Mac SE has a PDS slot you could get some hard to find NIC's for. SE/30 is a little easier. And there is always the SCSI 2 Ethernet adaptors, I know a guy in Denver, Ted Hodges, has a whole box of these things. I seriously doubt you will be successful in making AOL support older software versions. I kinda feel sorry for AOL a little bit.. I don't even know how they are able to stay in business. What Britt Dodd said... :-) yeah i mean that sounds kind of interesting too! On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Britt Dodd <brittman...@gmail.com> wrote: > Someone will need to implement an open-source version of the OSCAR protocol, > which would "allow" AOL 4/5 systems to continue working. Up until now, > requests from AOL 4/5 would still be accepted, but would display a banner > saying that this isn't supported anymore. > > What would be done would be to tailor a version of OSCAR to accept and > respond to calls to and from AOL4/5. > > This would be relatively easy to implement, especially for TCP/IP > connections. There is a neat trick to apply to a router that would "fool" > your PC into talking to another server instead of AOL's server when > connecting, and an open-sourced OSCAR endpoint can be created to "accept" > these requests. > > Now, this would initially have to be very limited in scope, and really would > re-implement most internet functions (email, web, etc) into a form that > AOL4/5 would understand. > > I think the protocols involved were TOS 1 and 2, but I could be wrong there. > I do know that OSCAR itself wasn't well-document, and I regret now that I > didn't take more snapshots of when this still worked to get an idea of what > responses will need to be implemented/working. > > It is on my list of things to-do though, as I have a bunch of Macs that I'd > like to use AOL with. > > > Britt > > > > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 1:05 PM Ken Daggett <kadagg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On 19 Oct 2015, at 09:29:27 AM PDT, BigClaim via Vintage Macs wrote: >> >> > I can't believe this. >> > >> > There must be a way the MAC community can force AOL to continue to >> > provide >> > old Mac software versions of AOL - how about a class action >> > lawsuit. I >> > have done personally class action lawsuits - they are very doable >> > and most of >> > the time work in getting the relief desired. >> > >> > I have to find as many online Mac groups as I can and see who cares >> > about >> > AOL 4.0 and 5.0 >> > >> > Thanks for listening and any help offered. >> > >> > Michael Smith >> > Palm Desert CA >> > >> > In a message dated 10/18/2015 10:55:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> > cockatoo.syst...@bigpond.com writes: >> >> May I ask a question about Macs on this board? >> > >> > O course, that is why we are here! >> ------------------ >> You originally asked about a question. What is it? >> >> You appear to have a gripe about AOL refusing support for a free >> service. As a user, your option appears to be to stop using the >> service and thus deny them the advertising revenue they might gain >> from your patronage. Requiring them to maintain dial-up access for a >> service that provides no revenue seems a bit self serving. >> >> Ken >> >> -- >> -- >> ----- >> You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs >> group. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com >> To leave this group, send email to >> vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Vintage Macs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Charles -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
