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To: Hal Rubel who wrote (21211)	12/14/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: HerbVic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213185

Re: Attracting Computer Illiterates In a post the other day I proposed that a large ISP offer the iMac as part of their sign up package. Well, today Earthlink called me. Actually it was a solicitation, since I had used Earthlink before. I had cancelled the account on moving to this remote lake in Texas where ELNK has no POPs. The lady wanted to offer me a special deal to come back to Earthlink. [ELNK investors take note!] I could get a free 56K modem if I came back. Without trying to explain that if I was a previous Earthlink subscriber I must necessarily already have a modem, I explained the lack of POPs in my area. She listened politely, but the girl seemed to take quite an interest when I asked her to pass a message along to management. I told her that if they really wanted to attract millions of new subscribers, they should offer an iMac as part of their signup for $49 a month for the first 36 months, then going down to $19.95 a month. She promised that they would hear about it. Right! - ; ^ ) HerbVic

To: Hal Rubel who wrote (21211)	12/14/1998 5:52:00 PM
From: WebDrone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213185

On-line etch-a-sketch -- ask and receive! etch-a-sketch.com Looks like the Javascript source code is available for hacking to your web interface! Go nuts! By the way, I'm using a new web browser, Opera3.50 for Win/NT as I post.It takes up about a meg of memory, and appears to be "ok." A little clunky, but seems to be very snappy for page loading. It did NOT like the etch-a-sketch script, though. It is sort of like CyberDog in it's interface. (woof) It's from a little Euro company- maybe someday they'll port to mac. WebDrone