Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!

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Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!


Bryan Rabeler wrote:
> 
> Thomas J. Hruska wrote:
> 
> > Whew!  I finally got a stupid TCP/IP connection.  Okay, here's the low-down
> > on what's been going on my end of things.  First, I got to Taylor and I
> > "discovered" that I needed a 10Base-T network card.  I borrowed one at
> > first, but that didn't really work very well because I couldn't find
> > drivers for it.  So, I had to order a network card.  When it arrived, I had
> > to swap network cards with someone who had to swap cards with someone else
> > and give that network card to me (if that made any sense, I'd like to know
> > :)  Next came the problem of figuring out which drivers to use out of about
> > 25 in about 30 directories.  That was fun...no, it was a riot.  After
> > typing "win /n" in about 50 bazillion times (doesn't load network drivers
> > on loading), I finally got a nice little prompt that asked me to type in my
> > password (around this point I finally get some cable long enough to run to
> > the socket).  I type it in and then it said I couldn't access the DHCP
> > server.  So, I had to get on someone else's machine and download the TCP/IP
> > protocol drivers and then install them on my machine.  After experimenting
> > for a while, I finally got access to my POP3 server which is supposed to be
> > a T1 connection, but acts like a 33.6 connection (blame Micro$oft as usual
> > :)  Then I couldn't open an SMTP connection to my ISP's mail server.  So, I
> > had to go through geocities.  Finally, I could send messages to everyone.
> > So, the result of all this is this message.
> >
> > Just to be slightly on topic, and not get flamed, SQRXZ 82 was on the
> > backburner for the time I've been unable to get access to my e-mail.  I
> > plan on working on SQRXZ some if I can stay awake that long.
> 
> Was all that really necessary for us to know?  Anyway, at least upgrade your
> Windows to 95 or 98.  Sure Windows 9x sucks at times, but not as much as
> Windows 3.x.  Do you have sole access to that T1 or is that the connection for
> the entire network at Taylor Univ?
> 
> --
> Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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If you do upgrade make sure to get 98 (which, despite popular belief, is
actually the REAL 95, the original was always just a BBB (Big Buggy
Beta))...
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