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Alan W. Frame <alan.frame@acm.org> wrote:

[snip]

> > > ObMoreSeriousd.t.m: I just replaced my old GeoPort with a GV 56K modem
> > > tonight - 3 mins from box open to connect, including re-boot and choose
> > > new modem in Modem Control Panel - it "just did it" :-)
> > 
> > Delighted to read something good about GV modems.  At last.
> 
> Well, I'd skimmed most of the stuff here about them, and assumed
> (perhaps correctly) that most of the problems were caused by *not* using
> OT/PPP 

It depends.  OT/PPP seems to be a better bet for people with DMA serial
ports and PowerMacs.  If you've got a non-DMA Mac, or a 68K Mac, FreePPP
is a better idea.

>- the scripting connects[1] are trivial, and the only thing
> missing is not automatically opening a connection when I fire up
> NutScrape 3.0.1[2], but I can live with that.
> 
> rgds, Alan
> [1] MacShoup & Emailer 2[3][4]
> [2] Yeah! Call me a Luddite, but *it works*. :-)

Netscape 4 and Netscape 2 are both significantly faster than Netscape 3.
Downgrade or upgrade - don't stick with it.

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Rowland.

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