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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Quantum Link
Message-ID: <1143@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 12:27:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 18 12:27:42 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Dec-86 07:02:13 EST
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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> 
> [sorry about the previous empty article]
> 
> Does anyone know anything about a BBS for Commodore users called the
> "Quantum Link".  A friend of mine keeps telling me "You've got to get
> into this".  I know for sure that it supports C64 and C128 users but
> am not sure about Amiga users.  Again my friend proclaims, "Sure it 
> does, it has a HUGE base of PD software for the Amiga".  It evidently 
> has a special interface program that was developed by Lucasfilms. 
> 
> 	Mike	

QuantumLink  does indeed support SIGs for C64, C128, and Amiga.  The main
problem with it is that it requires you to use a custom terminal program,
which currently runs only on a C64 (or the C128's C64 mode).  This of
course limits you to a 40 column display.  And all your downloads will
of course go only to a C64; you'll have to transfer them over to your
Amiga on your own time (providing you have a C64 in the first place).  

The whole idea behind QuantumLink is this custom software.  Just about
everything that goes between QL and you is sent in small packets.  All
your typing occurs locally on your C64, and gets sent over once a packet
is full.  The entire thing is menu driven, which again requires the C64
to generate the menus.  Apparently, the end result of this packeting
is lower operating costs for QuantumLink, and generally lower operating
speeds for you (I may be a bit biased on this one.  I use QL once a
month, when I do a C128 conference.  The system often has 70 or so people
just at the conference at that time; normal use may be faster).  The
servise costs about $10.00 a month as a flat fee, though various services
on the system will add to this cost.

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	"Laws to supress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit.
	 This is the fine point on which all the legal professions of
	 history have based their job security."
						-Bene Gesserit Coda

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