Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: UKTONY@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Free Terminals From USW Message-ID: <11087@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 20 Aug 90 20:00:21 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 99 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 582, Message 4 of 11 FREE TERMINAL OFFER ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mnematics Videotex and U.S. West are giving away 200 terminals. The terminals are being given away to introduce you to Mnematics Videotex, an international online information service and Community Link, U.S. WEST's gateway service that provides access to Mnematics and other online services. If you qualify, you get a terminal (described below) NO STRINGS ATTACHED!!! There is no obligation of any kind other than to meet the requirements set forth below. ***** Even if you do not qualify, you may know someone who does, so please pass this information on! ***** WHO QUALIFIES: * You must live in the Omaha, Nebraska area * You must be a U.S. WEST Customer * You must NOT be a Mnematics Videotex subscriber or user * You must NOT be a Community Link user * You must show ID and pick up your terminal in Omaha * This offer expires the end of August, so get moving! HOW TO GET THE TERMINAL: ---> * Send EMAIL to: mneuxg!service@uunet ...!philabs!mneuxg!service ...!lamont!mneuxg!service * Include the name, address, and home phone number of the elegible individual. * Qualifying individuals will be mailed a certificate for the terminal. You simply pick up the terminal in Omaha as directed. DESCRIPTION OF THE TERMINAL: The terminal being given away is the Phillips M2. This terminal is designed to handle Minitel and VT100 ("ANSI") formats. It has a built-in 1200 baud modem. You plug it into a grounded outlet, plug in a modular telephone connection, and you're ready to go online. The screen is 9" diagonal, and can display 80 columns by 24 rows and 16 shades of grey in Minitel mode. It has a chicklet type keyboard suitable for casual use of online services, mounted in a drawer that conceals and protects it when the unit is not in use. The foot- print is about 12 square inches. It has a screen-saver function, can autodial one telephone number (or you can dial any number using the numeric keypad). The terminals are brand-new and unused. They currently sell for $150 or more. This is a no-cost way to introduce someone you know to the online world. Caveats: * 7 bits, even parity, 1200 baud **ONLY** * Single-chip design, not suitable for hardware hacking and/or modification * No RS-232 interface SUMMARY: * First come, first served. * When they're gone, they're gone. That's all there is to it. Mnematics Videotex 722 Main Street Sparkill, NY 10976-0019 (914) 365-0184 mneuxg!service@uunet ...!philabs!mneuxg!service ...!lamont!mneuxg!service Since 1983 "The people you've been wanting to meet are online with Mnematics" Mnematics Videotex is a Service Mark of Mnematics, Incorporated Community Link is a Service Mark of U.S. WEST [Moderator's Note: This sounds almost too good to be true. Will someone in the Omaha area who takes up these folks on their offer please get back to us with details? Is it for real? PAT]