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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

246.0. "GEnie" by AUTHOR::MACDONALD () Wed Jan 07 1987 10:17

    Does anyone know anything about GEnie (General Electric Network
    for Information Exchange)?
    
    I know they charge $5/hr at 1200 baud.
    
    They advertise their signup account ... 1-800-638-8369 
                                            Enter XJM11916,GENIE at
                                            the U#= prompt.
    
    They use HALF DUPLEX which VT100_DBW doesn't seem to support. I
    imagine local echo can be turned on the modem to simulate half duplex.
    
    At any rate, does anyone know about this system and what they have
    for the Amiga?
    
    Paul
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246.1toads, all of them.VIKING::BANKSLife is just entropy poopWed Jan 07 1987 11:4011
    It sounds like the old GE network, which is a piece of archaic old
    s___.  May have recently been warmed over to X.25/X.29 spec.  The
    only really exciting thing may be the coverage it gets you.
    
    Half duplex is and will be hardwired into their network, as they
    think that full duplex is a thing of the past, which has no place
    in a modern data communications network.
    
    Excuse me.  I have a several ton chip on my shoulder when it comes
    to those barracudas.  Sign me ex-GEISCO (General Electric Information
    Services Co) employee.