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Not so long ago, Derek Vaile wrote:

>1.What is the best value modem he should buy for use with the Amiga?

Any external modem should work on the Amiga.  (although it might take a
bit of fiddling with init strings and so on to get it working since on
the PCs this is usually done transparently by the software). So see PC
magazines etc. for reviews.  I'm not convinced there's *that*
much to choose between them these days.  Personally I have a Supra
DiamondExpress 56e PRO which works nicely although the manual is on CDROM
(in HTML format) and doesn't have all the info.  It's not hard to get
working though, and the manual does even tell you how to change the
country code on a computer other than a PC (if you look hard).

>2.Things having moved on no doubt what software should we get him and
>where from?

AmiTCP Genesis or Miami are the two main TCP/IP stacks (which is
essential). Although if he gets OS3.5 I believe there's one with it.

Both of these have limited demo versions on the Internet but have to be
bought.

The best thing to do is buy a package like NetConnect 3 which contains
full registered versions of AmiTCP Genesis and a whole stack of other
Internet software (web browser, e-mail/news client, telnet client, IRC
client, ICQ client etc.)

>3.What ISP should he sign up with?

Again, *most* ISPs should work with the Amiga (fundamentally they're all
basically the same although there are "issues" with one or two).  If they
don't directly support the Amiga then often it's easier to sign up with a
PC, get the connection info off there and transfer it to the Amiga.

Don't have that much experience, but Free4All support Amigas so they may
be a good choice for a free ISP (or the associated redhotant which is 0808
dialup)

>4. Any other advice. Are there any net pages I should be visiting?

http://www.vapor.com/
http://www.omnipresence.com/
http://www.active-net.co.uk/
http://www.free4all.co.uk/
http://www.redhotant.com/


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