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Making your own Connection:
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
I read the news group alt.internet. access. wanted primarily to watch
the rapidly expanding list of Internet providers as well as the
increasing numbers of messages requesting information. ItÆs interesting
to see what a ôlow end tripö on the super InterState is going to cost.
The list of requests for information to establish individual TIA (The
Internet Adapter) or SLIP/IP accounts is only exceeded by the
exaggerated claims of excellence and low cost.
At a very personal level, the Channel One bunch, at least some of us,
have responded to the following announcement by our Sysops Brian and
Tess Miller. It all began with this Channel One announcement.
Date: 01-03-95 (17:09) Number: 13
From: SYSOP
Subj: Free TIA Trial Info
FREE TIA TRIALs FREE TIA TRIALs FREE TIA TRIAL
thru 1.15.95 on Channel 1 - 16 lines 617-000-0000
Here's the info you will need to try the FREE trial TIA (The Internet
Adaptor) graphical Internet connections on Channel 1 during the first
two weeks of Jan. 1995.
Phone number: 617-000-0000
Your (client) IP address : 000.0.0.0
Our (server) IP address : 000.00.00.00
User ID: testtia
User Password: testtia
Unlike the BBS Internet access which requires NO special software, IA
requires Windows 3.1 plus any SLIP package. Those of you ho already
have SLIP accounts can probably use your SLIP package. For those of you
who haven't set up SLIP yet, you are welcome to set up your own from the
following software downloadable from the GO FREE area on Channel 1.
TWSK20B.ZIP Trumpet WINSOCK TIA/SLIP/PPP driver (TIA uses SLIP)
NS16-100.EXE Netscape 1.00 - World Wide Web viewer for Windows.
Free for non-commercial use.*
QVTWS398.ZIP Telnet/FTP/News
NX10B2.ZIP Net Express News Reader
* get graphics viewers (external) from the default NCSA
home page
With this we were off and running. We are all experienced modem users
and have configured communications software. Some have even helped new
users while others have written scripts for their own use and friends.
Had we not had each other and the excellent support from the Channel
One sysops I expect some would have become discouraged and thrown in
the towel. A smattering of messages should give you the flavor of our
collective agony, embarassment and fumblings.
Date: 01-04-95 (09:21) Number: 18
From: LOIS LAULICHT
Subj: Configuration
Have set up winsock and it is in my path staterment. I can access
trumpet and dial the Channel1 tele # assigned.. What happens next at
login? Cannot make Netscape work. I get the error message "Undefined
dynalink". What am I missing?
For those who don't know what a Winsocket is
(twsk20b.zip) think of it as a bare bones
communications program. This one, is dubbed
Trumpet. Trumpet must be activated to dial
the server ,login is completed using a script,
and then the winsocket is minimized.
Date: 01-04-95 (10:23) Number: 20
From: WAYNE MCGUIRE
Subj: TCPMAN Problem
I am trying to run Trumpet Winsock 2.0 Revision B with DOS 6.20 and
Windows for Workgroups 3.11. All my Trumpet files are in the directory
C:\TRUMPET and this directory is in my path. When I try to run
TCPMAN.EXE I receive the following three error messages, in order:
1. Unable to load TCP
2. Error--Unable to locate WINPKT or PKTDRV virtual packet driver
3. TCPMAN caused a General Protection Fault in module WINSOCK.DLL at
0007:04EC I'm stuck and stumped and can't experiment using Netscape
with a TIA connection, as planned. Any suggestions?
Date: 01-04-95 (18:21) Number: 24
From: TIM MCKENNA
Subj: testtia,netscape,"unable to locate host"msg
After loging in as testtia and [esc] back to slip and starting netscape
there is what appears to be an unsuccessful search culminating in an
"unable to locate host" message. This is what is printing over and over
from trace WSAIsBlocking recvfrom [2,09CF:0000,1024,0,2C9F:59B2,(16)
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Date: 01-05-95 (16:17) Number: 37
From: ART LAURIE
Subj: Phone Number
When I dial 000-0000 I get a recording saying ask the operator for
assistance. I tried dialing with a 1 and 1-617. I'm calling from 783
exchange in Boston. ?? All of the above were typical starting points
for most of us.
Date: 01-05-95 (20:05) Number: 56
From: GEORGE MEALY
Subj: Stuff
Apologies for what I sent to LAURIE earlier today. QVT is now working
fine for me -- just make sure that it can find the Trumpet files. The
easy way is to make the QVT directory c:\trumpet, and then do the
setup. None of these guys have foolproof directions -- Trumpet does not
even attempt to supply a help file!
The Trumpet login.cmd file needs $prompt="software.". Also, "login"
for the $username or whatever. I am still fiddling with it to make all
work without attention.
Date: 01-05-95 (21:18) Number: 59
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: PAUL KINNALY
Subj: Configuration
LL>Have set up winsock and it is in my path statement. I can access
trumpet and LL>dial the channel 1 tele # assigned.. What happens next at
login? Cannot make LL>netscape work. Get the error message "Undefined
dynalink". What am I LL>missing? I learned later that Winsock had NOT
been installed.
I _believe_ one common cause of that is if an earlier version of a
given dll has already been loaded. Any chance you have more than one
version of winsock on the system? Or multiple versions of TCP/IP? Check
your Windows and windows\system directories. Don't try to run trumpet
winsock if you have another tcp/ip driver already on the system. For
reference trumpet installs *nothing* in windows or windows\system;
everything is in its own directory. Hope this helps!
Date: 01-06-95 (07:33) Number: 64
From: WAYNE MCGUIRE
Subj: Installing Winsock
Some probably stupid questions: (No question at this point is
stupid!) 1. Do you need to install a network card on your machine to
install Winsock? 2. Do you need to install the Windows networking
software on your machine to install Winsock? 3. Do you need to install a
network card on your machine to install the Windows networking software?
And - could anyone here who has successfully installed Winsock on their
machine, and got Netscape to run via TIA on Channel One, list the exact
commands in his or her autoexec.bat, config.sys, and system.ini files
that relate directly to the process?
Date: 01-06-95 (08:56) Number: 68
From: WAYNE MCGUIRE
Subj: Winsock Problem Solved
OK--my Winsock installation problem was solved by Dale Smoak in a
message on the mainboard. No matter how smart and intuitive you are, and
no matter how much you know about computers, you probably can't solve
this particular problem without knowing two simple settings to change.
Grrrr...
Now, when I doubleclick on the Netscape icon, the Trumpet icon pops up,
there is a long, long wait, then the Netscape window opens, then there
is another long, long wait, and then I receive a message, "Unable to
connect to host."
Here are the key settings in my ini file:(The correct Id numbers were
included.)
Date: 01-06-95 (09:28) Number: 71
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: JAMIE WALSH
Subj: Stuff
LL> When you get your script files working, will you please make them
available LL> to doe-doe's like me. I am clearly frustrated. I'm at
the prompt online LL> and dead in the water.
I haven't quite worked out my script yet, but manual login works fine.
After manual dial and login, hit the [Esc] to enable SLIP, then minimize
and start your Netscape. After Netscape comes up and tells you it can't
find the host, hit the WELCOME button.
Date: 01-06-95 (16:22) Number: 75
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: GEORGE MEALY
Subj: Stuff
LL> When you get your script files working, will you please make them
available to LL>doe-doe's like me. I am clearly frustrated. I'm at
the prompt online and dead LL>in the water. I know I need a script or
batch file but where does it get placed?
Sure will. I'll post the .cmd files I end up with. Also, a text file
with some hints on how to install the stuff reliably. By the way, for
anyone who has JP Take Command, I almost have a neat batch file for it
that loads TCPMAN and QVT in the right order. Also Mosaic, if you want
that to come up. Still needs a bit more work on login.cmd before it
will work right.
Date: 01-06-95 (20:33) Number: 86
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: PAUL KINNALY
Subj: Configuration
LL>1. I call up TCPMAN.EXE from the Run command. It does its thing and I
LL>place it in the background while it's dialing. I get the login prompt and
LL>nothing... I can open netscape but not much happens. I get a sense I'm
LL>either missing a step, need an old fashioned batch file or script to
LL>proceed.
Okay, the first time you ran TCPMAN, you should have gotten a setup
script for you to fill in the IP addresses, etc. Did that work okay?
Use the settings in Jamie's posting plus the ones in INSTALL.DOC (in
the zip file).
If so, next thing to do is edit the login script (Dialler | Edit
Scripts). Here's an excerpt of the opening part (corrected!):
#trace on
#
# set up some strings for dialling up
#
if ![load $number]
if [query $number "Enter your dial up phone number"]
save $number
end
end
if ![load $username]
if [username "Enter your login username"]
save $username
end
end
if ![load $password]
if [password "Enter your login password"]
save $password
end
end
$modemsetup = "&c1&k3"
$prompt = ">"
$userprompt = "login:"
$passprompt = "assword:"
$slipcmd = "slip"
$addrtarg = "Your address is"
$pppcmd = "ppp"
%attempts = 10
#
See (about 11 lines up from here) where it says $userprompt...? Change
the word in quotes to "login" and save the script.
Now run Dialler | Login. The script should ask you for the phone
number, user id, and password. Then it begins dialling. DO NOT
MINIMIZE YET! When the script runs to completion (connects, etc.),
you'll see the message "Ready to start your SLIP software". Press ESC.
You'll get a message "script aborted" then "SLIP enabled". NOW you can
minimize Trumpet and go to Netscape. As soon as you start Netscape, it
should immediately be trying to connect to the NCSA Home Page.
That should do it.
And indeed it did ! Another tip: you might want to run Trumpet
setup again if you are having login or password error messages.My
password entry was incorrect.
Date: 01-07-95 (09:53) Number: 94
From: WAYNE MCGUIRE
Subj: Bingo!
Finally--the durned thing works--and it was worth all the trouble.
Thanks to Paul and everyone else here who helped me get Winsock and Netscape
set up. If anyone else here needs help (Lois?), I'll be happy to take
you by the hand and show you what small steps in sequence worked for
me.
It's interesting: last night I also set up a TIA account on another
provider, and it seems that Channel One's Web connections are faster
and snappier! (With due respect to Wayne and the other provider...It is
because the Channel One circuits were being utilized at about 1% at
this point. IÆm sure the traffic from the other provider were very
close to a traffic jam. It will happen to all of us!)The screens here
really popped into view with extraordinary speed.
Try going directly to the cool sites on the Netscape button, andjump
around to a number of the cool sites. If seeing all these glorious
screens materialize on your machine from points all around the globe
doesn't give you the biggest "Oh wow!" experience in your life, I'll be
surprised.
The Web and Netscape are what computers were made for....
Date: 01-07-95 (12:40) Number: 96
From: LOIS LAULICHT
Subj: Progress
I think it's progress! I now get invalid login at prompt instead of
nothing and then get cut off. Should hardware control be enabled?(Yes!
And setup Trumpet again)
Date: 01-06-95 (19:58) Number: 99
From: J.D. KALISH
I called (voice) today to sign up for internet service and was told it
was still in BETA through the 15th. I tried to connect up per the online
instructions for TESTTIA ( using the WARP slip application) but could
not (apparantly) get a connection, although the modem "connected. My
Warp applications seems to need NETMASK, DOMAIN NAME SERVER and DOMAIN
NAME. The only information I had was the client IP and srver IP. Any
help would be appreciated.
Date: 01-07-95 (14:05) Number: 101
From: LOIS LAULICHT
Subj: Logged IN!
Finally logged on -thanks to Paul Kinnaly- All was normal but it seems
that Netscape was unable to log onto the site. Probably filled with
other people !
Date: 01-07-95 (14:11) Number: 102
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: WAYNE MCGUIRE
Subj: Progress
LL>I think it's progress! I now get invalid login at prompt instead of
nothing and LL>then get cut off. Should hardware control be enabled?
But whatever you do, don't give up. Think of yourself trying to hack
your way through a dense forest. All of a sudden you come to a clearing
and what greets your eyes is the most spectacular view of the Pacific
Ocean from the West Coast that you can possibly imagine. That is what it
will be like when you finally manage to connect to the Web via Netscape.
What is really amazing me is how very fast new pages from one site
after another scattered around the world are painting themselves on my
screen, in Windows no less. The age of the BBS is definitely
defunct--one can navigate directories and files on the Web with much
greater ease and speed than on any BBS.
It's also also apparent that plain vanilla FTP and Gopher sites can't
hold a candle to HTML sites in terms of the user interface. Everyone is
going to have to go HTML to survive on the Web.
When you finally connect, try jumping to http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/
and use that as a base from which to explore the Web and add cool
bookmarks to your bookmark file.
Date: 01-07-95 (13:16) Number: 103
From: WAYNE MCGUIRE
Subj: The Web
A few questions:
1) Is there any easy way to convert Lynx bookmark files to Netscape
bookmark files? Or to import Lynx bookmark files into Netscape bookmark
files? 2) Is the complete documentation for Netscape available on
Channel One? 3) Does anyone have any good pointers to movie files--AVI
or MPG--on the Web that will demonstrate the Web's multimedia potential?
And a remark:
If you are trying to get Winsock, Netscape and TIA set up, don't be
confused by the fact that MCOM, the home page, seems to be down or
inaccessible this morning (and perhaps this afternoon). Try clicking on
"STOP" and then opening another address--any address. I had no trouble
jumping to Microsoft, the CIA, and Project Gutenberg in quick
succession. Try opening, for instance, http://www.microsoft.com
Once you get a look at Netscape in action on a decent machine, you will
never look back. I guarantee it. This is the minimum acceptable level
in the online world these days--everyone will have to catch up real
quick or look dowdy and fade away into the cybergraveyard. The Web and
Netscape rule.
Date: 01-07-95 (15:38) Number: 107
From: PAUL KINNALY
Subj: Progress
LL>I think it's progress! I now get invalid login at the prompt
instead of nothing and then get cut off. Should hardware control be
enabled?
Edit the "login.cmd" script as per my message to you last night. If
you're using a high speed modem (14.4 or 28.8) Hardware flow control is
generally preferable.
Date: 01-07-95 (15:54) Number: 108
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: GEORGE MEALY
Subj: Stuff
I seem to have simplified things about as much as seems plausible. My
results are uploaded as TESTTIA.ZIP. Use hardware handshaking.
Date: 01-07-95 (21:14) Number: 115
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: BRIAN MCGOVERN(Channel1 Unix System administrator)
Subj: Problems with login.
Lois, I unfortunately have missed parts of your conversation, but it
appears youÆre having problems connecting. The settings I use for TIA
are: 57600 baud, 8 data, 1 stop, no parity, hardware flow control,
X/ON X/Off ignored, v.32 and/or v.34, depending on modem.
If you have problems even seeing the Channel1 login prompt, let me
know. I'll try to ask the right questions to get you up and working.
To: ALL
From: TIM MIRANDA
Subj: New Versions of OS/2 Warp Internet apps
WebExplorer/2, the WWW browser for OS/2 Warp, has finally gone out of
beta testing mode, and is now at v1.00. Newsreader/2 is now at version
1.09.
Both can be retrieved via "Retrieve Software Updates" under the "IBM
Internet Connection of OS/2" folder in Warp.
Date: 01-08-95 (00:15) Number: 120
From: MARK CORDONNIER
Subj: Questions.
(Here Mark expresses our collective gratitude to one another)
After many hours of struggling with Netscape and Trumpet I have finally
gotten it to work properly. I need to say a big thank you to many people
who have helped. Thanks to Jamie Walsh for her many insightful answers
that have helped guide me to the right track. Thanks to Wayne McGuire
who was experiencing many of the same problems I was encountering with
Trumpet. You saved me much typing. Thanks to Paul Kinnaly for fixing my
login script. Funny how changing one little word can make everything hum
along. Thanks also to Phred for his answers. (Some were even helpful
Phred :) Also thanks to Lois Laulicht for her messages that also pointed
me in the right direction. Funny how much a person can learn by just
reading. Thanks one and all.
Now for a couple of question from me. Will upgrading to a 28.8 modem
help me any or am I limited to a 14.4 modem? Any idea on your pricing
structure? Also any help with the long distance bills? ( an 800
number)Please give me one or the other but both are killing my wife.
She hates the large phone bills .
In netscape there is a command under file that says mail document.If I
choose this option it brings up my name in the from field and then asks
for a to field. Probably a stupid question but will this actually email
the current page I am on to whoevers email address I put in that field?
Date: 01-08-95 (08:17) Number: 125
From: LOIS LAULICHT
Subj: I need a reaction from my
Paul Kinnaly and I are presently getting together a piece by Harry Kriz
from the Virginia Tech Library service(w/his blessing of course) for
WindoWatch...(next issue - late but coming) He focuses on setting up
connections from a network but much of what he has to say I think will
be interesting to single PC users. He discusses software and where it
can be found. ftp addresses etc. Paul is going to link the discussion of
main topics to the cited references so that we end up with a useful
reference.
What we have gone through here this past week is happening in many
other places. I want some feedback on how all of you would feel about
my capturing these messages of the last week and publishing the more
salient with prudent editing. Real names if you say ok or aliases?
This has been a very helpful experience. Any volunteers to do the
editing job on these messages. Usual rate of course! An electronic hug
and kiss!
Date: 01-08-95 (11:05) Number: 128
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: WAYNE MCGUIRE
Subj: Progress
LL>Got on this AM early while the rest of you were sleeping. It is
everything you LL>are saying and more.
Congratulations! I demoed Netscape via Channel One's TIA line to a
number of friends and family members yesterday, and blew their minds
within a few minutes. We jumped from the Central Intelligence Agency, to
Microsoft, to Harvard University, to Boston Movie Listings, and by then
their jaws were hanging open and they were exclaiming, I want it! They
really thought it was unbelievable. Then we did some browsing and
jumping in the Whole Internet Catalog, did some searching and jumping in
Webcrawler and Webworm, and then they really flipped out with
excitement.
>>WM>The age of the BBS is definitely defunct--one can navigate
directories and files on the Web with much greater ease and speed than
on any BBS. LL>Wayne...we were doing this from a BBS...remember? Now a
very special BBS with lots of skill and foresight...but a BBS
nonetheless.
Nein, nein, Lois! This TIA account is running on a Unix host, not a
BBS. There is no way you could run this experiment from a DOS BBS that I
know of. Channel One needs to transfer all their assets over to a
Unix-based HTML- framed platform as soon as possible--yesterday, in
fact. BBS's are dead, period. Sure, they'll hang in there for a time,
but the big game now is on the Web, and you can't build state of the art
Web pages on a BBS like PCBoard or any other DOS BBS that I know of. All
that BBS stuff, including the QWK standards and software, looks antique
and musty. The BBS era is over!
Date: 01-07-95 (17:16) Number: 129
From: MAURICIO GIL
Subj: Winsock config
This is The Network Configuration Screen in Winsock Trumpet.
IP address: IP ID
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Name server: Default Gateway:
Domain Suffix: <blank> Time server: <blank>
Packet vector: 00 MTU: 1500 TCP RWIN: 4096 TCP MSS: 1460
Demand Load Timeout (secs): 5 TCP RTO MAX: 60
'X' Internal Slip ' ' Internal PPP
SLIP Port: 1
Baud Rate: 38400
'X' Hardware Handshake
Van Jacobson CSLIP compression
Online Status Detection = 'None'
This is the screen of Trumpet Winsock when I use: 'Dialler' Login.
SLIP ENABLED
Internal SLIP driver COM1 Baud rate = 38400 Hardware handshaking
IP buffers = 32
My IP = 000.0.0.0 netmask = 255.255.255.0 gateway = 000.0.00.00
Executing script c:\tia\winsock\login.cmd. Type <esc> to abort
SLIP DISABLED
atz
OK
at&c1&k3
OK
atdt6000000
CONNECT 14400/ARQ/V32/LAPM/V42BIS
Channel1 Communications
Internet Services
login:
At this time I can't enter the login name nor the password. So, what am
I doing wrong ? ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGG!! ( -A very normal reaction - !)
Date: 01-08-95 (05:27) Number: 135
From: LOIS LAULICHT
Subj: Surfing the Net
Many thanks to those who helped me get started using the new TIA
service. I spent an hour "out there" having a great time! It was a
perfect connection using Netscape with no problems at all! Given all
the fits and starts the software functioned flawlessly. Perhaps
starting one's day at 3AM does have virtue because the line was clean
and the graphics altho a bit slow on my monitor (plain vanilla) were
perfect. I bopped all over the map and it was wonderful.
I have never used a graphical surf board before and it sure beats
straight text.
A couple questions. The links between servers I assume are flawless
because they have been prearranged and are on dedicated machines?
***MUST EDIT MY PRIOR IGNORANCE. The servers make port calls as opposed
to traditional logins. They each know each others identities and it is
not flawless when crowded but under optimum conditions...very fast.
How often are these pages changed? Is there a way to load a prewritten
list of URL's into the software? If so ...how? The Channel One home
page was quite improved from the original simple and text files I saw
some months back. Congratulations!
Date: 01-08-95 (10:20) Number: 140
From: WAYNE MCGUIRE
Subj: Netscape
1. When I click on newsgroups in Netscape, I receive the error message
"Unable to locate host." Is there a way to read newsgroups under
Netscape? 2. How does one play AU files directly from Netscape? Has
anyone here configured Netscape to play any multimedia files, audio or
audiovisual?
Date: 01-08-95 (14:32) Number: 147
From: TIM MIRANDA
Subj: Warp Telnet & Zmodem downloads: it can be done!
The major problem I found with using Warp IAK was that I couldn't
download anything in a telnet session. But that is fixed! The process is
a pain, but this is what I did.
Connect to Channel 1 through a regular phone call (disable slip
connection first), use yer favorite comm program, and dowlnoad P204.ZIP.
Keep that in a temp dir until you do the following FTP: FTP
kermit.columbia.edu cd/kermit/archives set mode to BINARY (type BINARY)
GET cko190.zip Unzip it to a temp dir, and type INSTALL. After install,
change to the dir you installed to, and unzip P204.ZIP into that dir.
There's a file in the CKERMIT dir called CKERMOD.INI. Edit that, and
in the "external protocol" section, add the line: take ckop200.ini
You are all set now. Just run CKERMIT.CMD from the OS/2 prompt,or
click on the C-Kermit icon. To connect to channel 1, just type TELNET
bbs.channel1.com from the C-kermit prompt. Select "U" for your transfer
protocol, and try to download something. When the download starts, hit
ALT-X, and type RZ. It will download. Refer to the INF file that comes
with C-Kermit and the P204.DOC if I just confused the hell out of you.
It explains it all. A walk in the park, Tim!
Date: 01-08-95 (13:54) Number: 148
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: MAURICIO GIL
Subj: Winsock config
Problem solved. It has something to do with the Automatic login. I use
manual login and eveything seems to work perfectly.
Date: 01-08-95 (14:29) Number: 149
From: TINA PFEIFFER
Subj: SLIP and PPP
I'm trying to use Mosaic with the Slip-PPP-Support. I downloaded the
twsk20.b.zip which is the Trumpet Winsock but I don't know exactly what
I have to write in the setup-programm. Another question. When I dial in
with Winsock and it tells that the SLIP is enabled, what do I have to
do with Mosaic then, just start it or are there some other procedures.
Date: 01-08-95 (15:17) Number: 151
To: LOIS LAULICHT
From: BRIAN MCGOVERN
Subj: Problems with login. -( A genuine pearl from our new Unix Sysop!
Hi, Lois. Actually, all of my TIPs are on a per application/problem
basis. Unfortunately, most writers on such topics make SLIP and PPP
connections seem easy, because they've had a technician do the setup,
and they're reviewing the results. Its actually quite more complex.
Anyhow, feel free to ask any questions you may have. If you're running
some obscure shareware, I'll see what I can do about downloading it and
finding the answers for you.
And a FAQ that we could post would be great
Date: 01-07-95 (15:49) Number: 154
From: MARGO PALMER
Subj: Any MAC SLIP users out there? We need help.
I've tested the SLIP, TIA, & PPP for the Mac. So far, I've found that
I can connect to TIA, but as soon as Mosaic attempt to connect to a
remote server, I drop the connection. I can maintain a connection
using PPP, but Mosaic comes back with "Unable to Connect to Remote
Host". The remote host is the home site of the Mosaic browser...
Anyway, I've tried numerous settings, but no luck yet. Mark R (Mark
White) contacted me, but all I could do was share his frustration--the
same thing happens to him with TIA (and the Mac and Mosaic). Do you
have any Mac users who are successful (100%) yet?
Date: 01-07-95 (15:51) Number: 156
From: MARK R
Subj: Any MAC SLIP users out there? Need help.
I'm going to try TIA (haven't yet) and SLIP hasn't provided me the
"way" through the net either! What software are you using? How have
you configured it? What OS are you running under and what kind of Mac
are you running it on? I have lots of questions too. Do you have a
clue about the three different Server Classes in MacTCP? A,B,C? I'm
trying out C...
Well, sounds like you're all having the same problems I am! I feel much
better! Less dumb anyway. Well, lets see.. I'm using MacTCP of course,
and MacSLIP. The way I understand it, TIA allows you to forego PPP, as a
matter of fact I think it allows people with shell accounts (as opposed
to SLIP or PPP accounts) to get the full functionality of SLIP without
having a SLIP account. On the other hand, I've never had a SLIP or PPP
account so I could'nt tell you what's the difference! I'm running system
7.1 on a Quadra 700. I have MacTCP setup with a IP address of 000.0.0.0,
this I got from the TIA Mac companion (I can tell you where I got it if
you're interested) As for the rest of the configuration, I haven't a
clue! Whatever I'm doing doesn't work! My hunch is that we need some
info, such as domain name and class, from the service provider. I'm
damned if I can figure out who to ask! Jamie told me to ask you. If you
don't know, then I wonder who the heck does!? I think if I could get
MacTCP working right then getting MacSLIP to operate would follow.
Date: 01-09-95 (14:41) Number: 174
To: ALL
From: BURT MODEL
Subj: netscape
I finally got Netscape up and running but am having some difficulty
connecting. Clicking on the Netscape icon causes Trumpet winsock to load
minimized and dial. The modem connects to the host modem and Netscape
loads. All good so far, but moments after Netscape loads, the modem
drops carrier! Trumpet redials about thirty seconds later and this time
I have a live connection to WWW when the modems connect. I've checked
the s7 register (wait for connect) in my modem (a USR v.34 Courier) and
bumping it from 60 to 90 made no difference. Help here will be greatly
appreciated.
Also, when I attempt to Telnet to Channel 1 at Channel 1's home page
I'm told that I have no viewer selected. Could someone fill me in on
exactly what I need to do here? Thanks to all of you for your help in
getting up and running, especially George Mealy for posting your
configs. I dropped them in, changed the com port, and presto!
* * * *
Moral to this story if there is one..... Take up golf! Nah-I'm kidding!
Understand that this is very tough stuff--- until you're successful and
then the light miraculously breaks through. When working with
computers.... just be ready for the next challenge.
For those working alone. Form a loose group of buddies for moral
support. You are neither stupid or slow. The bloody computers are
literal and demand their danged dots and dashes with Unix refusals to
recognize the number sign and more! Further they are punitive and
either blink at you with nonrepsonsive regularity or toss you into the
drink with nary a backward glance.
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