Mac Online!: Making the Connection

In this work, Mac users discover hundreds of things they can do online, like getting the latest-breaking news and weather information, researching using online encyclopaedias and periodical databases, banking and shopping by modem, buying and selling stocks, making travel reservations, playing games, and more. Readers learn not only how to "make the connection", but also how to find what they are looking for fast and inexpensively, how to remain a welcome online visitor, and how to interpret all the confusing terms, abbreviations and symbols they are likely to encounter. Illustrated with charts, diagrams and screen shots, it includes coverage of: modems and cables - types, installation and use; commercial and shareware telecommunications software - how to use White Knight, Microphone II, FreeTerm, Red Ryder, and more; online services - how to access and use GEnie, Prodigy, CompuServe, America Online, BIX, and others, and how to download and upload files; bulletin boards and BBS networks - how to join one or start your own, and free Mac BBSs in the USA; and E-mail - sending and receiving E-mail by services such as MCI-mail, and conducting "real-time" conferences.