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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

1275.0. "Q-Link connection" by GENRAL::WARDELL () Fri Mar 25 1988 21:31

    Has anyone out there accessed Q-Link.  I understand it has a large
    selection of pubic domain s/w including a lot of Amiga specific
    stuff.  I called their 800 number to get details and they advised
    me that they are for c64's and 128's.  They are planning to add 
    capabilty for Amiga's sometime in the future.  So, do I need a
    c64/128 terminal emulator program or what?   
    
    JW
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1275.1Why Q-Link?LEDS::ACCIARDISat Mar 26 1988 03:487
    Why would you want to bother with Q-Link when you have Genie or
    Plink to choose from?  Both have massive Amiga libraries and
    ridiculously reasonable connect charges ($5.00/hr @ 1200 bps)
    
    I personally prefer Plink, but have an account on Genie also.
    
    Ed.
1275.2Q-Link is really for C=64/128ULTRA::KINDELBill Kindel @ LTN2Mon Mar 28 1988 12:4811
    Indeed, Quantum Link is almost exclusively aimed at C=64 and C=128
    users.  Amiga is accomodated (a bit) for those who also have one of the
    8-bit systems.  For an Amiga user, I'm not sure Q-Link is worth the
    trouble to download files to a C=1541 formatted diskette and then fight
    to move the file to the Amiga environment. 
    
    While Q-Link is attractively priced ($9.95/mo plus .06/minute for all
    "Plus Time" (the worth-while stuff) over 60 minutes/month), Plink and
    Genie are probably better choices for Amigans.  There are also a flock
    of local bulletin boards which support libraries of public domain
    software (much of which has been downloaded from the biggies). 
1275.3Quantum is nice, but not for Amiga...BOMBE::MOOREclose B cloths mode on Deputy DanMon Mar 28 1988 22:5717
    Q-Link has the friendliest interface of any online service because
    they use the C64/128 as an intelligent front-end, which is VERY
    nice.  Unfortunately this also means you can't use Q-Link without
    a C64 machine, with its low capacity disks, etc.  Their Amiga area
    is virtually useless.  Of the few files to be found there, most
    are quite old.  When new items do appear, it's usually long after
    they've been available on Plink, Genie, etc.
    
    They have talked about providing an Amiga-native Q-Link interface
    for some time, but the last I heard that project had been shelved.
    There was also some hope that one of the C64 emulators would work
    well enough to use Q-Link on the Amiga, but that's not looking very
    likely now either.
    
    I really like Q-Link for its "smoothness", it's hard to beat for
    C64 users, but not for Amiga stuff.  That's why I recently joined
    Plink even though I was already on Q-Link.
1275.4Plink and Genie?GENRAL::WARDELLThu Mar 31 1988 22:562
    Thanks for the help.  I'm not familiar with Plink or Genie.  Where
    can I get more info?
1275.5LEDS::ACCIARDIFri Apr 01 1988 03:543
    Type 'DIR/TITLE="*PLINK" from NOTES.  Likewise for Genie.
    
    Ed.