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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