| 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).
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| 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.
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