lukose@cm.deakin.oz.au (Dickson Lukose) (06/13/91)
Dear Colleague, Thanks you very much to all of you who have kindly responded to my request for information as to the access to COMPUSERVE AIEXPERT forum. From all the responses I received, I conclude that currently there is no way to access information from AIEXPERT without an account on COMPUSERVE. The following abstract summarises the situation very clearly. ======================================================================= From: folta@cs.UMD.EDU (Wayne Folta) Subject: Re: Access to AI Expert Compuserve On CIS (as it is known), there are various forums, on of which is the AI Expert Forum. After logging in to CIS, you type "GO AIEXPERT" at the prompt and you are there. (You will probably be asked to enter some information to "join" the group.) From there, follow the menus to the Libraries area, and then to the appropriate library. The cost is $12.50/hr at 2400-baud, $22.50/hr at 9600-baud. In addition, you pay the commercial network its hourly fees, too. If you can connect to CIS' network (maybe not outside the US), you pay only $.30/hr. Other networks are more expensive. If you use a Macintosh, I would highly recommend CompuServe Navigator. It is a *very* nice package that lets you do most everything off-line, then it jumps on-line to get the stuff you want. You thus only spend a few minutes on-line. The big Mac mail-order places (MacConnection) feature a bundle that includes Navigator and a CIS sign-up for about $50 or so. ====================================================================== Once again thank you very much for all the pointers. regards lukose@deakin.oz.au