| 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 |
Has anyone out there accessed Q-Link. I understand it has a large
selection of pubic domain s/w including a lot of Amiga specific
stuff. I called their 800 number to get details and they advised
me that they are for c64's and 128's. They are planning to add
capabilty for Amiga's sometime in the future. So, do I need a
c64/128 terminal emulator program or what?
JW
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| 1275.1 | Why Q-Link? | LEDS::ACCIARDI | Sat Mar 26 1988 00:48 | 7 | |
Why would you want to bother with Q-Link when you have Genie or
Plink to choose from? Both have massive Amiga libraries and
ridiculously reasonable connect charges ($5.00/hr @ 1200 bps)
I personally prefer Plink, but have an account on Genie also.
Ed.
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| 1275.2 | Q-Link is really for C=64/128 | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ LTN2 | Mon Mar 28 1988 08:48 | 11 |
Indeed, Quantum Link is almost exclusively aimed at C=64 and C=128
users. Amiga is accomodated (a bit) for those who also have one of the
8-bit systems. For an Amiga user, I'm not sure Q-Link is worth the
trouble to download files to a C=1541 formatted diskette and then fight
to move the file to the Amiga environment.
While Q-Link is attractively priced ($9.95/mo plus .06/minute for all
"Plus Time" (the worth-while stuff) over 60 minutes/month), Plink and
Genie are probably better choices for Amigans. There are also a flock
of local bulletin boards which support libraries of public domain
software (much of which has been downloaded from the biggies).
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| 1275.3 | Quantum is nice, but not for Amiga... | BOMBE::MOORE | close B cloths mode on Deputy Dan | Mon Mar 28 1988 18:57 | 17 |
Q-Link has the friendliest interface of any online service because
they use the C64/128 as an intelligent front-end, which is VERY
nice. Unfortunately this also means you can't use Q-Link without
a C64 machine, with its low capacity disks, etc. Their Amiga area
is virtually useless. Of the few files to be found there, most
are quite old. When new items do appear, it's usually long after
they've been available on Plink, Genie, etc.
They have talked about providing an Amiga-native Q-Link interface
for some time, but the last I heard that project had been shelved.
There was also some hope that one of the C64 emulators would work
well enough to use Q-Link on the Amiga, but that's not looking very
likely now either.
I really like Q-Link for its "smoothness", it's hard to beat for
C64 users, but not for Amiga stuff. That's why I recently joined
Plink even though I was already on Q-Link.
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| 1275.4 | Plink and Genie? | GENRAL::WARDELL | Thu Mar 31 1988 18:56 | 2 | |
Thanks for the help. I'm not familiar with Plink or Genie. Where
can I get more info?
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| 1275.5 | LEDS::ACCIARDI | Thu Mar 31 1988 23:54 | 3 | ||
Type 'DIR/TITLE="*PLINK" from NOTES. Likewise for Genie.
Ed.
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