InfoMagic Internet Tools 1995 April/Internet Tools.iso/dos_win/winsock/maillist/94-06/text0004.txt

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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Greg
Kaisen) says:

>Hello,  I am using Trumpet vers. 1.0a and dialing into a SLIP server.

>I have a 14.4K baud modem and wonder what is the maximum speed I can use
>to connect with.

We can usually run the COM port at 57.6 if there is a 16550A UART; but
some 14.4 modems require a slower speed.

>I suspect my modem isn't 'negotiating' with the answering modem
>in order to obtain 56.7 baud.

A 14.4K modem isn't going to go faster than that!  But if the two modems
can both do v.42bis, where the maximum (highly theoretical!) compression
is 4x, you want the speed between your PC and your modem to be 57.6.
                          ------------------------------
But most people don't see a difference between 38.4 and 57.6.  For a lot
of traffic, 19.2 should be sufficient.

>I have set CSLIP compression on, and am using a hardware Handshaking cable.
The modem may need a setting to turn on hardware handshaking.
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From: [e-mail] (Greg Segallis)
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Subject: WfWG Vx Drivers

This may not be the best newsgroup for this but it is related to the loading of WfWG
network drivers so here goes:

For several reasons (including maximizing RAM) I need to load several TSR's and device
drivers (such as mouse.sys and ansi.sys) in a particular order.  Specifically, I
want to load my mouse.sys driver (was in my config.sys) after I load smartdrv.exe
(was in my autoexec.bat).  This will maximize the use of upper memory and leave
the most lower RAM.  So I tried something - I put my mouse.sys in my \windows\
systyem.ini file in the 'transport=netbeui,(etc)' line.  So now smartdrive loads first,
then the 'net start' command loads mouse.sys.  Everything 'seems' to work.

My question is this, is there any danger in using the 'transport' line as a device
driver loader for drivers that are unrelated to network operations?  Are there any
other tricks that can be played with WfWG similar to this (like unloading drivers)?

Thanks,
Greg
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From: [e-mail] (Alun Jones)
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Subject: Re: Cookie server documentation

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Cliff Addy) writes:
>I downloaded the CookSocker cookie server, but there's no documentation
>with it, on-line or otherwise.  Are the dox elsewhere?
>
>How *do* you use it?  I see the file format and all (that's rather obvious)
>but how does a user on another system *get* a cookie?

telnet cookie.server.addr.com 17

If your telnet program clears the screen on a disconnect, you won't
see the message, since the cookie standard is to display the text, and
then disconnect.

Documentation for the cookie standard (quote/qotd) is in one of the RFC's.

Alun.
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From: [e-mail] (Chad W. German)
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Subject: PC Eudora

I'm using the public domain version of Eudora and would like to specify my
mail messages to be stored in a different area other than the application
itself.  Any suggestions and examples would be greatly appreciated...
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From: [e-mail] (Traci Collins)
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Subject: Re: ALL SLIP USERS AND WINSOCK DEVELOPERS SHOULD READ THIS!!!

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Laurence Chiu) writes:
>: The problem isn't the speed of the connecting modems, the problem is the
>: requirement that the articles be read and replied to online. If you are
>: downloading yours I would be extremely eager to know what winsock compatible
>: news program you are using because I want it too.

>WEll I don't know if this would apply to you but my SLIP provider
>also throws in a shell account. SO I use that to gather all the news
>I want to read and download to read offline. My daily news packets
>are usually about 1.2MB (compressed). I use uqwk on the Unix box to
>gather the news into SOUP format and read offline using YARN.
>Since SLIP is charged by the hour, this is a cost saving for me.

It would be wonderful if all Internet providers made offline reading tools
like UQWK available. In a way, I would never have discovered the web and
multimedia tools like Cello if that had been the case. Because all I wanted
was a qwk packet, but now it would be an ideal combination. Unfortunately many
net providers don't know enough about pc based networking to provide the tools
for offline mail and news reading, mine certainly doesn't even come close to
understanding what they need to know, let alone know it. They do provide the
shell account, but no way to package the mail and the news.

They charge a second monthly fee for uucp access or I would consider going
back to that. I probably would go back to that despite the second fee if there
were a good Windows uucp transport instead of the current dos/Windows
transport/reader kludge.

It isn't just SLIP users and WINSOCK developers who need to consider the needs
of the individual who pays for their net use by the hour, it's the whole
system.
Traci Collins, Professor of Computer Education
Colorado Mountain College                                 Fax - [phone]
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Subject: Re: Internet-in-a-box


>Does anyone know the e-mail addresses of contact persons of
>Spry Inc. I'd like to try out their Internet-in-a-box
>package.

Contact person is Joel Blatt, e-mail address is [e-mail]

Spry also has an anonymous ftp site: ftp.spry.com