From: ziplock@yabbs
To: buddha@yabbs
Subject: re: processes
Date: Tue Feb 16 18:42:00 1993

In message re: processes, buddha said:
> re: PPP or SLIP!?! What are those... Could you go into a bit more detail?

those are protocols for routing IP packets over serial lines (direct or
modem).  check /pub/ppp on merit.edu and you will find some stuff there (DOS
and Mac) that is PD.  NCSA Telnet/PPP and KA9Q/SLFP are both IP-ready.  You
need a host that will support the protocol, but finding SLIP hosts is not
too tough.  Then you can have multiple telnet sessions as well as ftp. 
MacPPP runs in conjunction with MacTCP so you can run any MacTCP apps, like
Fetch or Telnet or VersaTerm (with telnet tools).ÿ