Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!

To: assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:11:48 -0900
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umm...  And you wonder why network people like linux...  :)


>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.

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A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!

From: "Thomas J. Hruska" <thruska@tir.com>