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From: "Shawn Jipp Sr. Applications Engineer" <sjipp@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 01:06:46 -0700
Subject: BAMCUG#3 Guest Speaker
Our very own Mark Perreira will be demonstrating his homemade cable that allows the Magic Port to be connected to either a Ricochet wireless modem or an external landline standard modem (both situations also require the Sony Wireless software for $49). The modified Magic Exchange cable can also then be used once again as a standard Magic Exchange cable. (This is surely a major accomplishment as both General Magic and Ricochet have been unable to procure/fabricate/kludge such a cable for the last 3+ months!) By the end of the meeting we hope to have some preliminary thruput comparisons of the Ricochet, Internal 14.4, external 14.4 and 28.8 external modems. Once again the meeting will be at 7:00 PM this Thursday at General Magic in Sunnyvale, CA. Re posting of this message is encouraged for AOL, Compuserve, newsgroups, BBS's, etc. Feel free. See you there! ///////Shawn Jipp Personal Email=sjipp@ix.netcom.com Work Email=apps@nanometrics.com Home=(408)736-5477
From: "Shawn Jipp Sr. Applications Engineer" <sjipp@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 01:16:38 -0700
Subject: flaming names
I also would like to ask Scott to tone it down a bit. Personal barbs on names should not be tolerated (I should know...just look at my last name!). ///////Shawn Jipp Personal Email=sjipp@ix.netcom.com Work Email=apps@nanometrics.com Home=(408)736-5477
From: "Shawn Jipp Sr. Applications Engineer" <sjipp@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 01:24:15 -0700
Subject: Three questions
Stupid #1: This may be a stupid question but what does this new alarm clock software do? Why is it better than just setting my ML to alarm at a specific time in the morning via the calendar book/scheduler? I must be missing something here... Stupid question of the day#2: When I retrieve msgs from this mail list with my Magic Link using PrestoMail! I never see any 'Magic' enhanced stuff in the messages. Is this normal? Does no one include such things in their posts? Last question(not so stupid): Has anyone subscribed to Earthlink as their ISP? If so, how does it work with PrestoLinks? ///////Shawn Jipp Personal Email=sjipp@ix.netcom.com Work Email=apps@nanometrics.com Home=(408)736-5477
From: Mike Lombrozo <Lombroma@mail.fia.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 01:26:39 -0700
Subject: Re: Magic Cap for Windows 2.0 beta 1
Scott Doniger wrote: > > Dear Magic, > I cant beleive the are doing MCW ONLY for 95. 95 has been such a flop in corp > america... Now NT poss..... Corp america refuses to go to 95.. Just > another nail in the coffin of GM... > > Schramm or Scam..... From the desk of Scott Doniger... Scott FYI, Corporate america is very interested in Win95. I work for a Fortune 500 company and network with other corporate ITs. The holdup on moving to Win95 is based on driver support from 3rd party vendors, not Win95 itself. Novell's 32 bit drivers are still in beta and WordPerfect, the standard in many companies, just came out with their Win95 version in June. We also have some mainframe apps and specialized printers that still don't have Win95 drivers. Most corporations are going to move to Win95 because of better memory management and a more reliable OS. Note that this is based on our internal tests, not marketing or media hype. While it's not perfect by a long shot, it's good enough for business as evidenced by the number of workers that want to use it. We're also planning on moving to NT and realize that Win95 is an interim step that will get users used to the NT interface. Since it's an interim step, we're not writing many custom drivers and are waiting for vendors to supply the upgrades under their maintenance contracts. I think GM is very smart to concentrate their resources on Win95. They won't be hurt by the few whiners like you that are out of the mainstream and can't see the big picture. -- Mike Lombrozo San Clemente, CA
From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@COMCAT.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 06:49:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Three Questions
Shawn Jipp writes: >This may be a stupid question but what does this new alarm clock >software do? Why is it better than just setting my ML to alarm at a >specific time in the morning via the calendar book/scheduler? >I must be missing something here... Check out http://www.tradingtech.com/~people/mphillips/magic.html for a nice screen shot and description of the TravelClock. Its a very clever package! It displays the time with nearly full-screen digits (you're supposed to plug it in and tell your link not to turn off when connected to power), and as you know has an alarm and more recently a snooze feature. Very slick indeed! Regards, Luke Derossi for General Magic, Inc.
From: "Dennis D. Giguere" <giguere@LR.NET>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:30:47 -0300
Subject: Please remove me from the Magic Cap Discussion List.
Please remove me from the Magic Cap Discussion List. Dennis Giguere giguere@lr.net
From: Dave Courvoisier <COURVO@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:34:49 -0400
Subject: coupla dumb questions
Greetings from Las Vegas, 'Two weeks, now, into ownership of my new PIC-2000. I've read most of the FAQ's, visited all the web sites I could find, joined this list, poured over my manual, looked at the help files, signed on with AOL, shared your frustration with the loss of AT&T, and still I'm without answers on a couple of things. What the heck are coupons? Is there a synonymous word in the world of DOS or Windows that would help explain, or could someone please tell me what they are and what they do? Also, would appreciate a word from the wealth of your experience as to what most of you are going to as an internet link (other than AOL) to replace AT&T, that is proving to be reliable and friendly. Finally, now that AT&T is vamoose, is there a way to clear it out of memory and make more space....get it off Downtown? Thanks in advance for your patience with this new user Dave Courvoisier Courvo@aol.com dcourvo@kvbc.com http://www.kvbc.com/kvbc/personal_daves.htm (702) 657-3156
From: Roderick Sprattling <A5833644656@ATTPLS.NET>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 15:46:39 +0000
Subject:
Dear MAGICCAP List, Several requests: Would someone please send a copy of Tinker Tool to me at either A5833644656@attpls.net or, on AOL, Sprattling? Where is the best (read: least expensive) place to get MagicXchange and a Magic Link cable? Anyone have a pin-out for the Magic Port they can share with me? Thank you very much. Rod
From: Petr Vyhnak <pvyhnak@ATTBCS.ANET.CZ>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 17:56:37 +0200
Subject: Re: Magic Port
>Anyone have a pin-out for the Magic Port they can share with me? > This is probably a deep secret (I have no idea why). I wish you good luck getting this information ! (I have not succeeded in getting this piece of information). Petr
From: Richard Brown <A5403644662@ATTPLS.NET>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 16:18:28 +0000
Subject: Tinker Tool ?
Could someone please send me the tinker tool , at your leisure. Thanks for your time Richard Name card-----------> ATTACHMENT:
From: "Lily N. Koessel" <lily@KOESSEL.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:56:12 +0000
Subject: Re: coupla dumb questions
Dave Courvoisier writes: > Greetings from Las Vegas, > > 'Two weeks, now, into ownership of my new PIC-2000. I've read most of > the FAQ's, visited all the web sites I could find, joined this list, poured > over my manual, looked at the help files, signed on with AOL, shared your > frustration with the loss of AT&T, and still I'm without answers on a couple > of things. > > What the heck are coupons? Is there a synonymous word in the world of DOS > or Windows that would help explain, or could someone please tell me what they > are and what they do? "Coupons hold attributes that you can apply to viewable objects." like relabel a door, or change a font... _Magic Cap Complete_, Addison-Wesley Pulishing, by General Magic, Inc. Get this book to answer this and many other questions. Has a lot of things you probaly won't find/know about without someone specifically telling you... Also, a good starter book is _Presenting Magic Cap_, Addison-Wesley, Barbara Knaster... > > Also, would appreciate a word from the wealth of your experience as to > what most of you are going to as an internet link (other than AOL) to replace > AT&T, that is proving to be reliable and friendly. I am using dial-in service from my ISDN provider, and wireless service with a Ricochet modem by Metricom. The Ricochet has been fun! > > Finally, now that AT&T is vamoose, is there a way to clear it out of > memory and make more space....get it off Downtown? Get the Bastille patch on General Magic's web site. Lily Koessel lily@koessel.com
From: Lee Butler <leebu@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 12:50:39 -0700
Subject: Re: Three questions
Shawn Jipp Sr. Applications Engineer writes: > Has anyone subscribed to Earthlink as their ISP? If so, how > does it work with PrestoLinks? I tried Earthlink for a month but I saw over an 80% call failure rate. This was with a pic and win95. When I did get connected everything worked great. I'm using Netcom now with good results except occasional busy signals. Thanks, Lee Butler Consultant leebu@ix.netcom.com Phone:303.843.1738 Pager:800.480.9079
From: Scott Wood <swood@WWNET.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 19:04:42 -0400
Subject: Re: Magic Cap for Windows 2.0 beta 1
Mike Lombrozo wrote: > > Scott Doniger wrote: > > > > Dear Magic, > > I cant beleive the are doing MCW ONLY for 95. 95 has been such a flop in corp > > america... Now NT poss..... Corp america refuses to go to 95.. Just > > another nail in the coffin of GM... > > > > Schramm or Scam..... From the desk of Scott Doniger... > > Scott > > FYI, Corporate america is very interested in Win95. I work for a > Fortune 500 company and network with other corporate ITs. The holdup on > moving to Win95 is based on driver support from 3rd party vendors, not > Win95 itself. Novell's 32 bit drivers are still in beta and > WordPerfect, the standard in many companies, just came out with their > Win95 version in June. We also have some mainframe apps and specialized > printers that still don't have Win95 drivers. > > Most corporations are going to move to Win95 because of better memory > management and a more reliable OS. Note that this is based on our > internal tests, not marketing or media hype. While it's not perfect by > a long shot, it's good enough for business as evidenced by the number of > workers that want to use it. We're also planning on moving to NT and > realize that Win95 is an interim step that will get users used to the NT > interface. Since it's an interim step, we're not writing many custom > drivers and are waiting for vendors to supply the upgrades under their > maintenance contracts. > > I think GM is very smart to concentrate their resources on Win95. They > won't be hurt by the few whiners like you that are out of the mainstream > and can't see the big picture. > > -- > Mike Lombrozo > San Clemente, CA Well said!! I also work for a fortune 500 company that is planning on using this also. I use Win 95 at home and like it a lot! It is not perfect but it is much better than 3.1. Scott Wood
From: "Mark D. Nomady" <trustno1@USA.NET>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 17:46:46 -0700
Subject: Re: Three questions
