Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!alpert From: alpert@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: public domain software,up/down loadi - (nf) Message-ID: <235@inmet.UUCP> Date: Fri, 29-Jul-83 18:45:53 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.235 Posted: Fri Jul 29 18:45:53 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Aug-83 06:45:51 EDT Lines: 27 #R:ihuxr:-52100:inmet:5800007:000:773 inmet!alpert Jul 28 09:30:00 1983 Are you sure its Compuserve that has a $100 initial connect fee? When I first started using Compuserve (admittedly some time ago) it was just a matter of walking into the nearest Radio Shack store and paying about $20 for the "dumb terminal package." This included documentation, temporary password, and first hour of time. The reason I joined Compuserve was that its major competitor, Source, required a $100 initial fee. By the way, I've been using a Commodore 64 as a terminal for some time now; my experiences are summarized in the second reply to note #127 (TERMCAP for C64). You may want to double check your info and see if it was indeed the Source sevice that requires the $100 connect charge. Bob Alpert Intermetrics, Inc. decvax!cca!ima!inmet!alpert