Re: TI-H: OT: And the felling blow...
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Re: TI-H: OT: And the felling blow...
Why must Mac users go to third party software for features which come
standard with Win98?
>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
>Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject: Re: TI-H: OT: And the felling blow...
>Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 12:28:22 -0800
>
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Paul Kafasis <Punkrock17@home.net>
> >To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
> >Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 12:47 PM
> >Subject: Re: TI-H: OT: And the felling blow...
> >> 6.Windows supports mult-linking modems; Mac-OS does not- "The
> >> original modems could only transmit up to 2400 baud - a small text
> >> document would take over aminute to download! " My original modem was a
> >> 300 baud, to nitpick...Anyway, this is all well and good, but my Mac
> >> broke the 56 k wall with my cable modem. I don't need two of those, let
> >> me tell you. Now, I spend my tiem waiting for servers, not my modem.
> >> Telephone modems are dying, at least the standard ones, like 56k. Also,
> >> Macs CAN do this, if they want. It just needs 3rd party software.
> >> Windows users need to get a separate pack for this anyway.
> >
> >WRONG!!!! Go to a win98 pc, and look up Multilink. BAM! it's built in.
>
>So, you're comparing Win98 (new) to an old release of MacOS? MacOSX is the
>latest release of MacOS. It can handle multilink.
>
> >
> >> 7.Networking is more powerful with Windows- "AppleTalk is an old
> >> slow and inefficient format. It is not used in any professional
> >> setting." Hmm...is NASA a "professional setting" Cuz their networks are
> >> based on Appletalk. And Macs can connect to any network as well.
> >> Advanced path capabilities? BULL. And I DARE you to set up a PC
>network,
> >> then a Mac. Better, ask someone who has done both which is easier. This
> >> is ridiculous.
> >
> >Hmm... Our work uses AppleTalk, and it seems like anything that uses that
> >protocol always needs resetting, like our macs, and our laserwriter
> >printer(the only things that still use this). Everything that does the
>big
> >time graphic processing is all TCP/IP(all our ibms, and the 3 xerox
>servers)
> >And if you live almost anywhere in the US, you can go prove this, just go
> >over to a Kinko's copy shop.
>
>The kinkos in alaska use Macs and the Macs are on Ethernet. Not 17 year
>old serial netowrks.
>
>AppleTalk uses the serial port! Whats available for the PC like this?
>Interlink, but not very good.
>
> >And I don't know who you've talked to about setting up a PC network, but
> >I've never had a problem. Yes, you already have a built-in 10baseT net
>card,
> >but other than that, it's about the same difficulty.
>
>Not realy. You plug a mac into an ethernet hub or switch, restart it (it
>will find the new network connection) and then ask if you want to use it.
>Done.
>
>This is what its like with MacOS 7.0 and above.
>
>
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