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At times, I feel that to understand the net, you have to be a rocket
scientist. I'll second Jason Huang's comments. I'm certainly not a beginner
when it comes to telecomm, but I'm totally lost when it comes to anything
other than comp.sys.apple2 or comp.binaries.apple2.

Is there, or could there be, a FAQ devoted to some of the other aspects of
the net? I've read about FTP and IRC, and as much as it kinda makes sense, I
have no idea how to access or use FTP or IRC.

When I used to run the Apple forums on the Source, I found it very helpful
to provide step-by-step instructions for novices. Well, I'm a net novice,
and I could sure use some hand holding. Any volunteers?

Joe Kohn
(Sig. I don;t need no stinking sig)

When I type /list, it scrolls off the screen too fast.  How do you deal with this?

- Jeff

In article <JEFFT.92Oct13193657@chirality.rsa.com> jefft@chirality.rsa.com (Jeff Thompson) writes:
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>When I type /list, it scrolls off the screen too fast.  How do you deal with this?
>
>- Jeff

On most terminals, ^S pauses and ^Q unpauses....other ways to deal with this
include scrollback if your terminal program supports it.


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In article <Bw3FqL.AyL@news.iastate.edu> irsman@iastate.edu (That Ian Guy) writes:
>In article <JEFFT.92Oct13193657@chirality.rsa.com> jefft@chirality.rsa.com (Jeff Thompson) writes:
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>>When I type /list, it scrolls off the screen too fast.  How do you deal with this?
>>
>>- Jeff
>
>On most terminals, ^S pauses and ^Q unpauses....other ways to deal with this
>include scrollback if your terminal program supports it.

Hmmm ... here, if I type ^S, it stops -- in about 30 seconds.  No answer there.

Scrollback ... works like a charm under Telemate ... :)

But how to *really* deal with /list ?

 - Before the fact: 1) Don't do it.
                    2) If you *must* do it, limit it.  I personally like
       to see only channels with a few people, so I type: /list -min 5
       which greatly reduces the flood ... (besides, who cares if
       JizzBot is the only 'person' on #JizzBot ?)
                    
 - After the fact:  1) Walk away, run, hide, go look up prices for high
       speed modems, consider registering that copy of Telemate you have...
                    2) Type /flush ...
                    3) hit ^C a bunch of times.
                    4) disconnect the modem, shut off the power, etc ...
       (#3 & #4 are really appropriate if you have something like a 300 baud
       modem ... :)

Of course, these ideas may only apply to ircII ... if so, so be it ...
-- 
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In article <JEFFT.92Oct13193657@chirality.rsa.com> jefft@chirality.rsa.com (Jeff Thompson) writes:
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>When I type /list, it scrolls off the screen too fast.  How do you deal with this?
>
>- Jeff

Try doing the following:
/set hold_mode on