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In article <4dmovb$bk7@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>, rkswamy@unity.ncsu.edu (Ravi Krishna Swamy) writes:

|> Sigh...  Explain to me how your damn Mac is going to connect to the
|> stinking URL when you are connected to the Internet via a terminal
|> program running through a 2400 baud modem?  

First of all, the Mac uses the 2400 baud modem and the built-in
text-to-speach to call a mail-order house and order a 28.8 modem.
Then it uses the built-in actualReality manipulator to sign for the
package, and install the modem.  Then it uses the 28.8 modem to
automatically download MacTCP (if you're running earlier than system
7.5, and it's not installed), FreePPP, and Anarchie.  Then it sends a
service request to your Internet provider telling it to convert your
account to PPP. [Downloading TIA will be added in the next release.]
Then it downloads NewsWatcher and an evaluation copy of the latest
Netscape Beta [we used to download Mosaic; this change is an upgrade].
Then it opens up NewsWatcher, and command-clicks on the URL; Netscape
is launched automatically, and the page at that URL is displayed.
Simple, really.

Chris
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Speaking only for myself, of course.
Chris Wood    christw@lexis-nexis.com   ChrisCWood@eworld.com