There are 6 messages totalling 170 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. uuxfer.sfx (2) 2. On-line banking 3. Old Time Computers.. (2) 4. fidonet << Internet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 07:15:04 EST From: David Erickson Subject: uuxfer.sfx Has anyone found the fpt site of the file uuxfer.sfx, the uuencode-decode file for sending binary files through e-mail? Davide (davide@ncinet.com) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 11:24:52 -0800 From: "Bruce J. Skelly" Subject: Re: On-line banking According to PacBell.COM!UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU!owner-commodor: > > CO> But (we, all KNEW there was a big "BUT" coming) when I called customer > CO> service (being the computer LITERATE people the are, hehe) they > CO> insisted that I could not bank on-line with them unless I was using > CO> Netscape. I stated that I received a SS# and password prompt, and > CO> was, thus, ABLE to access on-line banking w/out Netscape. > > CO> They were adamant about it, citing "encryption" reasons for me not > CO> being able to access this info via my ISP. > > CO> True to C= form, I don't believe a word of it. :-) > > WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF HACKING.... However you will be required to > break the encryption program which they have devised... It will be > included with your startup software. Also be advised that they have > defensive measures to seriously hinder your efforts...including viruses, > power spikes, etc.... > Please for your own sake believe your bank. The internet is like a huge party line. With out encryption software you should not consider anything you send or receive over the internet to be private. If your bank is doing it's job, you shouldn't even be allowed to enter your password until the datastream between you and the bank is encrypted. Do you need netscape no, you need to be using a web browser that supports the SHTTP (secure hiper text transport protocol, I think). I don't know about you, but if someone got into my bank account and did something as simple as sending me a check for the balance of my account, it would cause my checks to bounce and leave me with both a bad mark on my credit, and charges that can amount to three times the value of the checks. If you are using a shell account from your internet service provider, and it is on a UNIX system, any system administra- tor can capture all of the data that flows between their machine and you. The service rep at your bank may not be a computer wiz, but you can bet that the people that wrote the procedures that he/she follows are. Again, your bank is doing this to protect you, not them. When you get your password from the bank you will probably find that you have accepted all of the responsibility for any transaction against your account via the internet. Yours, Bruce (I am not affiliated with any bank) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 14:40:00 PST From: Steven A Cavanaugh Subject: Old Time Computers.. Hi.My name is Steven,and I have a computer question.Is there a way to access ,ajor on line services like AOL,or Prodigy on a Commodore 64 computer system?And also,is the Commodore computer compatible with a Windows,or an IBM?Please reply soon. Steven stevenc1@juno.com P.S.Thanks for the time to respond to me letter.. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 17:23:49 -0230 From: Adam Vardy Subject: Re: fidonet << Internet On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Gaelyne Moranec wrote: > > area. I know that Fidonet is supposed to be widely available, but it is > > Heck, I was in a "remote" area of Australia and it has Fidonet boards. Yes, I do suspect that most anyone probably has access to Fidonet in their area. I wasn't defining lack of Fidonet boards by any "remote"ness of any area. All I can say is that I really investigated a few months ago to determine the status of Fidonet in my area. There is no Fidonet feed coming into the province of Newfoundland at all right now. As I said, I asked a local BBS sysop about it. I think that perhaps the long distance charges may be more expensive to bring the Fidofeed from the mainland, than between other places. > > > not here where I live. I am aware of all the BBSs in my area. I even > > Ok. But my offer still stands. I wouldn't want you to go through the trouble of finding out any such BBSs, since at least in my case it would not help me. Thanks for the offer though. > > > > CL> A little while ago someone told me he thought that it was possible > > > CL> to access Fidonet through the Internet. So can I do this? > > > > I looked back at the e-mail message from the guy who told me this. Kirk > > Cowen says that there is a gateway/door to the Fidonet conferences from > > any Internet gateway. That is what he said verbatim. He wasn't able to > > tell me how to do it. He said he never bothered to check out how because > > he already has access to Fidonet from BBSs. > > Some BBS's that happen to carry Fidonet have gateways to receive/send > the USENET newsgroups. It's possible that this is what he meant. The Yes. I've heard of this - if you have a BBS that has Fidonet. But I don't think this is what he meant. Maybe someone can ask around for me. - Adam ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 16:03:14 PST From: Steven A Cavanaugh Subject: Re: uuxfer.sfx HI.I have the program,but I don't know where to get it on the internet.Sorry!!! Steven C stevenc1@juno.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 16:34:52 -0400 From: Gaelyne Moranec Subject: Re: Old Time Computers.. On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Steven A Cavanaugh wrote: > Hi.My name is Steven,and I have a computer question.Is there a way to > access ,ajor on line services like AOL,or Prodigy on a Commodore 64 > computer system? We can't access the two you mention, but we can access Genie, Delphi and Compuserve using our terminal programs. > And also,is the Commodore computer compatible with a Windows,or an > IBM? They are not compatible, but there are many Commodore programs that allow us to copy files to the an MS-DOS/Windows computer. Files that are shared are usually text files (saved in ASCII format on the Commodore), and graphic files. There are "emulators" that let the MS-DOS/Windows computer act like a C64, but I don't know much about them. Cheers, Gaelyne ------------------------------ End of COMMODOR Digest - 3 Jul 1996 to 4 Jul 1996 ************************************************* =END=