Re: A89: Internet Link
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Re: A89: Internet Link
That's a good idea!
I think though, that it also would be nice with a client program on the computer
(as I described earlier) for guys like me that don't use a modem to connect...
ofcourse they would be compatible, but that shouldn't be very hard to fix..
(that's what tcp/ip is for ;)
//Olle
Miles Raymond wrote:
>
> What about making a two-part connection program that I described earlier on the A89 list. One
> program would be run on the calc to interpret a datastream, and one program on the computer to
> translate tcp/ip and ppp stuff. If the 89 could be hooked to a modem through the GL, and not use
> the computer, and dial up an ISP through VT100 emulation or something just to connect, you could
> then run the program on your ISP, and it would send something to the calc to take it out of VT100
> mode and into it's own, simple mode. I don't know what this mode would be, but it would be
> something that the calc could easily handle, and the program running on your ISP would really do all
> of the work.
>
> -Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olle Hedman <oh@hem.passagen.se>
> To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: A89: Internet Link
>
> >TurboSoft@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> In a message dated 1/7/99 6:33:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >> bentensai@yahoo.com writes:
> >>
> >> > Wouldn't it be possible to set up a form of link from one calculator
> >> > to another using the internet? Couldn't a website be used as a medium
> >> > for such a thing and you could use a parralel cable or something?
> >>
> >> l think that it would be a lot better if you could just connect to the
> >> internet...
> >
> >That is _a_lot_ more work... having to implement the tcp/ip stack on the calc
> >and ppp/slip and so on...
> >
> >//Olle
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