Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!

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Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!


 "Cory R. Crooks" <badman@velocity.net> wrote:
>
>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>
>>    File Archives, HTML, and Support
>>    the ticalc.org project - http://www.ticalc.org/
>
>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))...

Man, if we keep up this no clipping thing our presence on the listuse
graph will finally be noticed by those in Ti hardware.

Oh yeah, I'm working on some asm stuff.

There it's on-topic.

Please reply, quoting this whole message.

~Larry C
Larry1492@juno.com

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