Magic Cap Users Mailing List

Friday August 30, 1996

From: Shawn Jipp <sjipp@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 01:06:17 -0700
Subject: External Modem Tests

Preliminary External 28.8 Modem Throughput Comparison Results

Definitions:

1)  A custom homemade cable connects from Magic Port to external Cardinal 28.8
modem.

2)  Sony Wireless Modem Link (WMLink) software is used to talk with external
modem.

3)  Baud rate must be set at 19200 as 38400 did not work.

4)  AOL will not work at all with WMlink software.

5)  External modem cannot be used to send faxes.

6)  Some external modems work while others do not.  Possibly unexpected result
codes are sent back to Magic Link and then WMLink gets confused.

7)  All times below timed with graphics receive enabled unless otherwise
noted.

8)  Netcom is ISP.

9)  Tests done in San Diego.

10)  I provide the web page addresses in case anyone wants to try duplicating
tests with PIC-2000 and it's internal 14.4 modem.  Can someone try this
please?

11)  All tests done with PIC-1000 and 1.0f firmware and used 2 Meg Grid SRAM
card.

12)  I time download from when receiving from server appears until it
disappears and i.e. downloading is complete for that particular web page.

13)  Feel free to reproduce this post.

TIMES
*****

www.ual.com initial page
2400 baud=3:55
28.8k baud=2:39
Improvement=32.3%

www.genmagic.com initial page
2400 baud=7:47
28.8k baud=4:42
Improvement=39.6%

(text only)
2400 baud=1:33
28.8k baud=0:59
Improvement=36.6%

www.nanometrics.com/nanometrics initial page
2400 baud=1:08
28.8k baud=0:57
Improvement=16.2%

www.electriciti.com/~cathans/booklets.html
(text only)
2400 baud=2:13
28.8k baud=2:08
Improvement=3.8%

///////Shawn Jipp
sjipp@ix.netcom.com

From: MCW Beta <mcwbeta@genmagic.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:50:00 -0700
Subject: Looking for MCW AOL Beta testers

Greetings,

We are looking for folks ineterested in testing the new Magic Cap for Windows AOL package.

Interested testers must have an existing valid AOL account, Win95 with a min of 8mb of Ram.

Folks interested in testing please send email to this account.

Magic Cap for Windows
Beta Coordinator
MCWBeta@genmagic.com

From: Tom Anderson <toma@HALCYON.COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 13:59:51 -0700
Subject: Re: Looking for MCW AOL Beta testers

I'd like to test MCW AOL.

Tom Anderson
TomA HP

From: MCW Online <mcwonline@genmagic.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 14:05:20 -0700
Subject: MDW Beta now available

Posted on behlaf of Magic Cap Tools:

As promised we have released the newest Beta version of Magic Developer for
Windows. Please feel free to download the new Beta and give it a try.

The Beta is C++ 4.0 compatable.

To download FTP to:

FTP.Genmagic.com

The file is in /PUB/MDW, it is called MDWbeta2.zip.

Thanks for your time.

Magic Cap Tools

Posted By:


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Joel Connors   / Magic Cap For Windows Support
Email at: mcwonline@genmagic.com
Phone at: (408) 774-4041
Fax at: 800-774-3311
Support hours are 9am to 5pm (PST) Monday through Friday, excluding holidays

From: Robert Kantor <r.kantor@POSTOFFICE.WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 21:53:05 +0000
Subject: Re: Looking for MCW AOL Beta testers

Most definitely interested.  I used the last version and still do and am an
avid Magic Link user.
At 04:50 PM 8/30/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>We are looking for folks ineterested in testing the new Magic Cap for
Windows AOL package.
>
>Interested testers must have an existing valid AOL account, Win95 with a
min of 8mb of Ram.
>
>Folks interested in testing please send email to this account.
>
>Magic Cap for Windows
>Beta Coordinator
>MCWBeta@genmagic.com
>

From: Mark Eggers <MarkE23@AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 18:16:12 -0400
Subject: Re: Looking for MCW AOL Beta testers

I am interested. I have a P133 with 16 meg and Win 95.

Thanks, Mark

From: "Matthew Y. Richardson" <yakko@VOICENET.COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 18:23:36 -0400
Subject: Re: MDW Beta now available

You say it's C++ 4.0 compatible... does this mean C++ is required?

thanks for your help,
Matt

On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, MCW Online wrote:

> Posted on behlaf of Magic Cap Tools:
>
> As promised we have released the newest Beta version of Magic Developer for
> Windows. Please feel free to download the new Beta and give it a try.
>
> The Beta is C++ 4.0 compatable.
>
> To download FTP to:
>
> FTP.Genmagic.com
>
> The file is in /PUB/MDW, it is called MDWbeta2.zip.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Magic Cap Tools
>
> Posted By:
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Joel Connors   / Magic Cap For Windows Support
> Email at: mcwonline@genmagic.com
> Phone at: (408) 774-4041
> Fax at: 800-774-3311
> Support hours are 9am to 5pm (PST) Monday through Friday, excluding holidays
>

From: MCW Online <mcwonline@genmagic.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:48:13 -0700
Subject: Re: MDW Beta now available

You must be running C++ 4.0 on a Win95 or NT 3.5.1.

Best
Joel
MCW

At 06:23 PM 8/30/96 -0400, Matthew Y. Richardson wrote:
>You say it's C++ 4.0 compatible... does this mean C++ is required?
>
>thanks for your help,
>Matt
>
>On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, MCW Online wrote:
>
>> Posted on behlaf of Magic Cap Tools:
>>
>> As promised we have released the newest Beta version of Magic Developer for
>> Windows. Please feel free to download the new Beta and give it a try.
>>
>> The Beta is C++ 4.0 compatable.
>>
>> To download FTP to:
>>
>> FTP.Genmagic.com
>>
>> The file is in /PUB/MDW, it is called MDWbeta2.zip.
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
>> Magic Cap Tools
>>
>> Posted By:
>>
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Joel Connors   / Magic Cap For Windows Support
>> Email at: mcwonline@genmagic.com
>> Phone at: (408) 774-4041
>> Fax at: 800-774-3311
>> Support hours are 9am to 5pm (PST) Monday through Friday, excluding holidays
>>
>

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Joel Connors   / Magic Cap For Windows Support
Email at: mcwonline@genmagic.com
Phone at: (408) 774-4041
Fax at: 800-774-3311
Support hours are 9am to 5pm (PST) Monday through Friday, excluding holidays

From: Johnny Culver <MrsTroi@AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 20:59:33 -0400
Subject: before it is too late

[This message may have contained graphics created by a Magic Cap device on
America Online.]

Dear MAGICCAP@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU
can someone send me the att patch

any freeware is appreciated, too