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From: milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: How to Signup for GEnie
Message-ID: <1458@ndmath.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 89 14:58:06 GMT
Organization: Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame
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In response to one of my earlier postings, a bunch of people asked me for
info on how to signup for the GEnie on-line system...here's the procedure
do signup using computer and modem.

1. Have credit card or checking account number handy.
2. Select 300 or 1200 baud (2400 probably works too) with local echo on.
3. Dial 1-800-638-8369
4. When you get the connect message, type 3 h characters (ie: HHH)
5. At the #U= prompt type the following (without the quotes)
   "XTX99644,AMAZEING" and press return.
6. The computer will take you through a step by step procedure to sign up.

GEnie has a LARGE Mac software library and supports ZMODEM batch uploading
of up to 20 files in one command.  I've found ZMODEM saves a LOT of
downloading time over XMODEM...I get about 107 characters per second
throughput using ZMODEM!  The batch uploading is nice to, if you want to
download a lot of files without having to sit around and watch.

Oh, I should say, GEnie is available in USA, Canada and Japan...and probably
a few other places I don't know about yet!

Disclaimer:  I don't work for GEnie and don't make any money from this...but
I do have 4 games on GEnie you can play (A-Maze-ing, Chess, Reversi and GOMOKU)

Greg Corson
19141 Summers Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
(219) 277-5306 
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