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EE:114 Outline |
EE:114 Personal Computer Communications
I. Choosing a service
A. CompuServe
1. Features
2. Cost
B. America OnLine
1. Features
2. Cost
C. Prodigy
1. Features
2. Cost
D. The Internet
1. What is it?
2. Where is it?
3. Features
4. Cost
II. Getting connected
A. Hardware
1. The PC
a. Operating system
b. Speed
c. Memory
2. Modems
a. Speed
b. Internal or external
c. COM ports
d. IRQ addresses
3. ISDN adapters
B. Software
1. DOS
2. Windows
3. OS/2
III. The information
A. E-mail
1. Microsoft
2. POP3
B. Recreation
C. Science and technology
D. Business and finance
E. Education
F. Search engines