filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela Lubkin) (06/30/90)
In <12953@cbmvax.commodore.com> George Robbins wrote: >Unfortunatly, Commodore isn't on the Internet, which makes anonymous FTP >a bit on the difficult side. Perhaps something could be done with a BBS >but offering upgrade packs seems to be the preferred method. Why isn't Commodore on the Internet? You have the technology. All it should take is a single machine running SLIP to a cooperative neighbor. It could be CBMVAX, an Amiga running UNIX SysVr4, or an Amiga under AmigaDOS running the Commodore TCP/IP package. Security may be an issue so this machine (obviously not CBMVAX, in this case) could be isolated at CBM. It could act as a mail forwarder, accepting .commodore.com domain mail from the Internet and sending outbound mail, and also an FTP server. FTP over SLIP is going to be slow, but so what? Use a T2500 or better connection. CBM being on the net would be convenient for Internet users as well as being somewhat beneficial to CBM's image among certain people... Bela Lubkin * * // filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us Why do I mention CI$?? @ * * // belal@sco.com ...ucbvax!ucscc!{gorn!filbo,sco!belal} R Pentomino * \X/ Filbo @ Pyrzqxgl +1 408-476-4633, XBBS +1 408-476-4945
rjz@martian.UUCP (Robert J. Zepeda) (06/30/90)
>In article <202.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela Lubkin) writes: >In <12953@cbmvax.commodore.com> George Robbins wrote: >>Unfortunatly, Commodore isn't on the Internet, which makes anonymous FTP >>a bit on the difficult side. Perhaps something could be done with a BBS >>but offering upgrade packs seems to be the preferred method. > >Why isn't Commodore on the Internet? > [comments on ho to do it deleated] I would like to point out. Try to FTP anything from IBM. -- -Jim- ***************************************************************************** * Jim Zepeda UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!martian!rjz * * C.T.A.C.S. -- Central Texas Amiga Computer Society * * Any opinions are my own. My employer can speak for itself. * *****************************************************************************