Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!
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Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!
why :P
>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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