Current as of: July 1993

International Availability

Germany


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   City    Area Code        300 Baud   1200 Baud    2400 Baud
-------------------------------------------------------------
Augsburg       0821            36791       36781        36971 
Berlin (West)   030           210601     2700534      2791583 
Berlin (East)    02                      2791583              
                 02                      2791836              
Bielefeld      0521            59011       59021              
Bielefeld*     0521           139622      139622       139622 
Bremen         0421           170131       14291              
Chemnitz        071                        32244              
Chemnitz*      0371           903090      903090       903090 
Cologne*       0221           273000      273000       273000 
Cottbus        0355           535353      535353       535353 
Dortmund       0231            57011       52011        52021 
Dresden        0351                      4873521      4873528 
Duesseldorf    0211           329318        8631       134533 
Duesseldorf*   0211          6802802     6802802      6802802 
Erfurt         0361           669434      669434       669434 
Essen          0201           787051      791021       223920 
Frankfurt       069            20281       20291        20251 
Frankfurt*      069          7393580     7393580      7393580 
Gera           0365            38116       38116        38116 
Halle          0345            37641       37641        37641 
Hamburg*        040          8509041     8509041      8509041 
Hannover*      0511           858604      858604       858604 
Karlsruhe      0721            60241       60381       358780 
Kiel           0431            17740       17740        17740 
Koeln*         0221           273000      273000       273000 
Leipzig        0341                       288812              
Mannheim       0621           409085       39941              
Mannheim*      0621          1565926     1565926      1565926 
Muenchen*       089           131777      131777       131777 
Neubrandenburg 0395           442780      442780       442780 
Nuernberg      0911            20571       20541        66051 
Potsdam        0331          2801082     2801082      2801082 
Rostock        0381           455485      455485       455485 
Saarbruecken   0681           810011      810031       810081 
Schwerin       0385          5812720     5812720      5812720 
Stuttgart*     0711           610471      610471       610471 
Suhl          03681             5607        5607         5607 
Wiesbaden      0611            36011       36041        36041
 
Datex-P Access Procedure for GEnie access:
Communications Setup: 8N1 (8 bits,No parity, 1 stop bit)

Step       From Network     Type to Network     Comments
--------------------------------------------------------
    
 1.   {Upon Connection}     .[RETURN]         Full-Stop (period)
                                              + Return Key
 2.   Wait for "Datex-P:" SET 2:0,5:1,12:1,21:0    Set PAD parameters
                                              2:0 is ECHO OFF
                                              5:1,12:1 is flow control
 3.   Wait for Carriage   R 45221040880       GEIS NUA for West Germany
                                or
      Return              R 45221090880       alternate GEIS NUA
 
 4.   Wait for U#=        XAA12345,PASSWORD   User# & password. 
 
 
 
Procedure for GEnie access for cities above marked with '*' (Not Datex-P
)

GE Network Access: 
\ 
Communications Setup:8n1 (8 bits, No parity, 1 stop bit) 
  \  
 1.   {Upon Connection}
       CONNECT              .[RETURN]            Wait approx. 5 sec. bet
ween 
                                                 "CONNECT" and full stop
. 
                                                 Please note: wait 750 m
s-1000 ms 
                                                 between each point..  
 \       
 2.   Wait for *          Set 2:0,5:1,12:1,21:0  Set PAD parameters  
                          [RETURN]
 
 3.                       45221040880            GEIS NUA alternate 
                     or   45221090880            GEIS NUA for Germany 
 
 4.   Wait for U#=        XAA12345,PASSWORD      Type in user#, a comma,
 
                                                 and password \