humtech@ucschu.UCSC.EDU (Mark Frost) (09/12/88)
Thanx to the many people who responded to my request for info about gettint GEnie. What I'd really like to know, however, is how valuable is GEnie? What do I get other than some files to download and maybe a little mail? I can ftp from just about to just about any archive sites, so downloading software isn't a big concern (unless the stuff on GEnie is unique). I can also send mail to just about anyone who gets e-mail. So what does GEnie offer me that I don't already have. Also a lot of GEnie info (I take it) is forwarded to UseNet by readers of GEnie anyway. For those of you who do get GEnie, how valuable is it to you? I'd like to know users opinions before I try to sign up because as I understand it I don't get an evaluation period to decide whether it's really useful or not. Thanx again Mark Frost (humtech@ucschu.UCSC.EDU) or humtech@ucschu.bitnet
kline@arizona.edu (Nick Kline) (09/13/88)
In article <4802@saturn.ucsc.edu> humtech@ucschu.ucsc.edu (Mark Frost) writes: >GEnie. What I'd really like to know, however, is how valuable is GEnie? What do Genie is great. Several thousand files in the atari RT as well as a very active group of people answering questions, flaming, and generally having a good time. There are atari reps who actually answer questions there. Also, you can get other services besides the Atari RT, like airline tickets and similar things. But the best thing is it's price: an incredible $5/hour at 1200 baud. Wow. Nick