Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!


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Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!




Please stop

~Adamman

:-P

In a message dated 98-07-02 12:55:08 EDT, you write:

>  "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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