Barbara,
I agree with Milton on the 3 e-mail accesses that he pointed out to
you. Although, as most people know if you are affilated with any major
University, and a growing number public and private schools at the K-12
level, you can get a direct "hard wire" to all internet connections. These
are generally free services to the public at the University libraries and
computer labs and other school libraries and/or lab.
June
At 8:54 AM 7/19/95, Milton McLain wrote:
>Barbara,
>
>Here is some "input", or responses to your e-mail access questions:
>
> 1. All of the on-line services that you mention, plus several
>others have toll-free phone no.'s for information and are happy to send
>literature describing their services, including e-mail activities. In fact,
>the 3 major vendors of these services offer an introductory 5 or 10 hours of
>on-line time to new customers. After these free hours are depleted, typical
>costs are about $10 per month, with 5 "free" hours per month, and about $3
>per hour after that.
>
> 2. The only needs required for access to our list-server are
>hardware. Specifically, a modem. The modem costs keep coming down. The
>last check that I made indicated that a 2400 baud modem was available for
>about $50, and for the higher speed, 14,400 baud units about $100. The
>on-line services provider will supply, at no extra costs, the software
>needed to go between the modem-equipped PC and the on-line service provider.
>
> 3. How about using our info exchange capabilities to accumulate a
>data base of "environmental factors" to which our participants have been
>exposed, e.g. toxic chemicals, etc.? It would be interesting to look for
>apparent correlations between such exposures and PD incidence.
>
>Bye for now!
>
>
>
>Milton McLain
