k1te@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Bradshaw Lupton) (01/17/90)
Anyone know of a gateway from/to quantum link to/from internet? My dear elderly father in Chapel Hill, NC would like to e-mail to his favorite and only son in MA. tnx, bradshaw -- *-----------------------*---------------------------*------------------------* | Bradshaw B. Lupton Jr.| Stratus Computer, Marlboro| Ma 01752 508 490 6484 | | Lupton@es.stratus.com | uunet!lectroid!es!Lupton | es!Lupton@uunet.uu.net | *-----------------------*---------------------------*------------------------*
bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) (01/18/90)
In article <579@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Bradshaw_Lupton@es.stratus.com (Bradshaw Lupton) writes: >Anyone know of a gateway from/to quantum link to/from internet? Ha! Sadly, QuantumLink is its own little world. Neither mail nor files can make their way between it and the glorious InterNet. It would be reallyReallyREALLY nice if there were some sort of a bridge - p'raps have Q-Link be a UUCP node, or something. And I would be *ecstatic* if I could reach Q-Link's file libraries from here. Sure, I could subscribe - I did for a year and a half, until I kinda ran out of money. Compared to Compu$erve, Q-Link is cheap; compared to any reasonable sense of that money is worth today, it's incredibly expensive. I think that having some sort of link with the InterNet would be a wise move for Q. Althought there are thousands of people out here who can reach the net without a second thought, there are just as many out there who own Commodores but have no way to reach the net. If Q were to even carry just UseNet articles, it would open up a whole new dimension to its use! BTW, I wonder how ol' Q is doing these days. I heard rumors that it's come upon hard times. Is there any truth to this? >My dear elderly father in Chapel Hill, NC would like to e-mail to >his favorite and only son in MA. It's a sad commentary on modern times when a father loses touch with his son for lack of a good serial gateway. << Brian >> -- | Brian S. Kendig \ Macintosh | Engineering, | bskendig | | Computer Engineering |\ Thought | USS Enterprise | @phoenix.Princeton.EDU | Princeton University |_\ Police | -= NCC-1701-D =- | @PUCC.BITNET | | Systems Engineering, NASA Space Station Freedom / General Electric WP3 |