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Subject: Re: Genie?
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Date: 11 Sep 88 17:37:12 GMT
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GEnie is General Electric Network for Information Exchange, and yes,
it's much like CI$ in the fact that it has software libraries and
a bulletin board area.  (Obviously, the system software is different,
however.)

GEnie is $5 an hour during non-primetime (6PM to 8AM I believe) for
300/1200 baud.  For 2400 baud, it gets expensive.  There is a signup
fee of about $30 which includes a spiral bound manual on getting around
GEnie.  There are usually deals that can be found to signon without the
fee.  Atari has one, but I don't know the access code to use offhand.
Perhaps someone else can supply it.  Intersect also offers one, I believe.
(I believe you do not get the manual in these cases either.)

Client Services (real people) can be reached at 800-638-9636.  They
can give you information on local access numbers and signing up.