I'm doing some long-distance telephone and snail-mail consulting with a
friend who bought an old computer and would like to have e-mail access.
She mailed me what little information she could find, literally on the
computer: It's a Leading Edge whose startup screen reads as follows:
Leading Edge
Phoenix 8088 ROM Bios
Version 3.00
Copyright 1984, 1985, 1986
Leading Edge Model D with Enhanced Video BIOS
RAM Test 152K
Echo off
Word Perfect Version 4.2
There are four ports, and below is her description of location and labels.
Mono Color Serial Paper
(Plug) (free) (free) (plug)
The DOS version is 3.0
So, can she connect a modem (albeit a slow one) to that computer?
How difficult could it be to locate communications software that would
run on that computer, assuming that the modem is possible?
Her only interest at this time is to have an e-mail account with access
from home to her colleagues at her college. Color, Windows, Netscape, etc.
are all far in her financial future.
I'll be eagerly awaiting your replies.
TIA
Kathy Hintz Hintz@vaxa.sunycgcc.edu