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Robert Delucca writes
> This is a naive question perhaps. I want someone's opinion concerning
> the utility or advantage of installing the SLIP package available
> at the archives. I know  of course how useful it is to be on 
> the net, but what I need is a speed comparison and conveniency
> comparison between SLIP with a V.32 modem and my present setup, 
> where I use UUCP for mail and dial out with MicroPhone to access
> my account on the university's network, ftp to sites, obtain files, 
> 
> then z or x modem them here. Is it worth the money / trouble?

It is worth the money: SLIP is free!
The trouble should not be too big, as there have been hints on the net.
What I like is to be able to use NewsGrazer, rsh, rcp, ftp (and several of  
them at the same time). You might also be able to use -NXHost (although it  
is _very_ slow) and Distributed objects. (There are however installation  
problems with the last two things). 

Carsten

carsten@pizza.fb10.tu-berlin.de (Carsten Schultz) writes:

>Robert Delucca writes
>> This is a naive question perhaps. I want someone's opinion concerning
>> the utility or advantage of installing the SLIP package available
>> at the archives. I know  of course how useful it is to be on 
>> the net, but what I need is a speed comparison and conveniency
>> comparison between SLIP with a V.32 modem and my present setup, 
>> where I use UUCP for mail and dial out with MicroPhone to access
>> my account on the university's network, ftp to sites, obtain files, 
>> 

>It is worth the money: SLIP is free!
>The trouble should not be too big, as there have been hints on the net.
>What I like is to be able to use NewsGrazer, rsh, rcp, ftp (and several of  
>them at the same time). You might also be able to use -NXHost (although it  

Another consideration is whether or not SLIP is available at your
site.  Can you get it as easily as you can UUCP? (At UIUC, most
people can not get UUCP access unless they have a really good
reason, while any university-connected person can get a SLIP account
through our terminal servers)
Aside from that, I think that having SLIP is a terrific way to have
your NeXT connected -- no worries about dialing in, and best of all,
mail, news, etc. works how NeXT planned them to work - as though you
were connected via ethernet to the 'real internet'.  Of course, if
your UUCP connection works just fine now, and you don't mind having
to transfer files with zmodem or whatever in Microphone you do now,
then "if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.  You will notice a small
file transfer throughput drop with ftp and SLIP vs. zmodem (unless
you can get CSLIP at your site, which I cannot get here so I cannot
comment on that speed).  It's usually worth it, though, to be able
to have 4 internet connections going on at once with a decent speed.
(Also, you absolutely 'need' a v.32 or higher modem, and
v.32bis/v.42bis is a really nice thing to have for SLIP).
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