AOL connection on floppy demo but not on windows QRTP

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I was wondering why the floppy demo of QNX has an option for AOL
connection and QNX6.1.0 (29MB windows version) does not.
I have an AOL account and it is far faster from any free (and
standard) ISP. I still haven’t tested the floppy connection, but as
soon as I do it, I’ll post the results here. Does anyone know how to
include that option on my windows install?

Thanks.

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Carlos Augusto <vassora_at@zipmail.com.br> escreveu nas notícias de
mensagem:9p0een$6qn$1@inn.qnx.com…
| I was wondering why the floppy demo of QNX has an option for AOL
| connection and QNX6.1.0 (29MB windows version) does not.
| I have an AOL account and it is far faster from any free (and
| standard) ISP. I still haven’t tested the floppy connection, but as
| soon as I do it, I’ll post the results here. Does anyone know how to
| include that option on my windows install?

I’ve finally tried the floppy’s AOL option. It didn’t work.
In a AOL support chat, I’ve asked if they have or will have any Unix
connection option, and if they have support for standard protocols. He
answered no, because of the proprietary protocol they use, only their
(damned) windows program is able to connect to them.
Note that it applies to Brazil’s AOL.

Fortunatelly, I am on a 30-day free demo access to AOL, and will move
to a free (and lame, slow, occupied, damned) standard ISP. Why not to
pay a std. ISP? 'Cause they ain’t as fast as AOL, but have near
pricing. (Conclusion: AOL’s protocol is really faster, and it doesn’t
want it to be open source :neutral_face: )

Hope this help somebody.

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Previously, Carlos Augusto wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.os:

Fortunatelly, I am on a 30-day free demo access to AOL, and will move
to a free (and lame, slow, occupied, damned) standard ISP. Why not to
pay a std. ISP? 'Cause they ain’t as fast as AOL, but have near
pricing. (Conclusion: AOL’s protocol is really faster, and it doesn’t
want it to be open source > :neutral_face: > )

There are many possible reasons that AOL may be faster in
your area. Fewer customers, faster modems… However it
almost surely is not because their protocol is faster. Once
traffic gets beyond AOL, it must be converted back to
standard TCP/IP to reach the rest of the Internet.


Mitchell Schoenbrun --------- maschoen@pobox.com

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Mitchell Schoenbrun <maschoen@pobox.com> wrote:
| Previously, Carlos Augusto wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.os:
|
| > Fortunatelly, I am on a 30-day free demo access to AOL, and will
move
| > to a free (and lame, slow, occupied, damned) standard ISP. Why not
to
| > pay a std. ISP? 'Cause they ain’t as fast as AOL, but have near
| > pricing. (Conclusion: AOL’s protocol is really faster, and it
doesn’t
| > want it to be open source :neutral_face: )
|
| There are many possible reasons that AOL may be faster in
| your area. Fewer customers, faster modems… However it
| almost surely is not because their protocol is faster. Once
| traffic gets beyond AOL, it must be converted back to
| standard TCP/IP to reach the rest of the Internet.

Hmm… That’s right :slight_smile: