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- WHICH VERSION TO CHOOSE :
-
- In this directory you will now see two directories with
- acornet archives in :
-
- acorn-stack-version
- freenet-stack-version
-
- Both these versions are currently at v0.21 and essentially
- contain the same freeware applications.
-
-
-
- What's the different between them :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The Freenet version :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The major difference between them is that the
- freenet version is a complete version and will
- work on its own without you having to add anything
- (unless you want to add Segio Monesi's shareware
- driver which is available from
- ftp://freenet.barnet.ac.uk/pub/freenet/s.monesi/)
-
- The freenet version also now defaults to TTFN as
- its main reader although I've included a copy of
- Messenger as well and instuctions on how to swap
- over to it.
-
-
- The Acorn stack version :
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The acorn stack version requires you to already have
- the !Internet and !InetSetup applications that are
- now supplied as standard with new RCP's and version
- 5.04 of the internet module.
-
- Currently the only way to get hold of theses if you
- do not already have them, is to buy the Acorn Web
- Browser, or Java CD's on which there is also a copy
- of the new !Boot structure which also contains the
- latest !Internet and !InetSetup bits.
-
- If you are not sure whether you have this already or
- not, then double click on your existing !Boot and
- see whether you have Internet under the Network option.
- If not, then you will need the freenet version.
-
- Press F12 and type 'help internet' and that should tell
- you what version you have.
-
- The acorn stack version is also perhaps a little trickier
- to get up and running with as it has to integrate with
- the InetSetup configuration and although it now attempts
- to do this for you as part of the configuration process
- (and in testing does this fine) reports seem to indicate
- that a few prople are having the occasional problem.
-
-
-
-
- Which is better ?
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The only real advantage of using the Acorn stack version
- is that there is also a PPP driver that comes with it and I
- have fouond that it is noticeably faster than using SLIP
- with the freenet version. In terms of reliability, I have
- not yet found any problems using it with my Demon Account.
-
- But if you want something that is tried and tested and the
- least potential problem - then stick with the freenet
- version.
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