-=> Ray Edester wrote to A'rillia Daetindaquetlin <=-

 RE> I am hoping this is the conf. in which you sent me instructions
 RE> for the configuration of Arachne. ??

Sorry, you appear to have guessed wrong. But as long as you're here:

 RE> a clue to whether this is a Terminal prompt or whatever.  When
 RE> I enter "PPP" it is ignored and the string continues.

The "chicken tracks" are PPP, already starting; on your system, you get it
automatically when you log in. There's no need for you to type "PPP".

... Enter any 12-digit prime number to continue.
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