Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!

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Re: A82: I'M BAAACCCKKK!!!


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?

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