There were ways around that, though I never found the experience to be worth the hassle. The Internet Adapter [1] was the one my shell account supported back in

There were ways around that, though I never found the experience to be worth the hassle. The Internet Adapter [1] was the one my shell account supported back in the mid-90s. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Adapter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Adapter