Oldest computer on the internet?

From: Scarletdown <gsutton9503_at_wavecable.com>
Date: Mon Dec 20 18:39:38 2004

Glen Goodwin wrote:

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>From: Scarletdown <gsutton9503_at_wavecable.com>
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>Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 1:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Oldest computer on the internet?
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>>And if I ever get around to playing with SLIP and PLIP, I plan on
>>eventually hooking up old systems (such as my TI-99/4a and KayPro II) to
>>a Linux box so that they can access the Internet via a shell account.
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>Why the Linux box? Can't you just dial in directly to a shell account with
>the
>Kaypro and/or TI-99/4a?
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I don't think there are any local ISPs around here that offer shell
accounts anymore. And even if there was, I would really have no desire
to go back to dialup.
Received on Mon Dec 20 2004 - 18:39:38 GMT