From: Aaron Wallace <aaron@IFACT.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:54:32 -0700
Subject: Re: magic cap developing
At 07:16 AM 9/10/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Does code warrior run on the windows platform? I have found a book i can order
>that comes with a lite version of cw. I just wonder if it will run on windows,
>not just mac.
Rumor has it that a Windows version is in the works, but current versions
are Mac only...
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From: Paul Linhardt <plin@SONYSOFT.COM>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:17:23 -0700
Subject: Re: Goin' wireless
>Hi Magic,
> OK, now I have a cellular phone. I made sure it had one of those
>chingaderras on the bottom to connect a computer to. Now what do I need to
>make my PIC-1000 talk over the new phone? By the end of the year, I plan on
>upgrading my PIC, so if there is a solution that is not specifically tied to
>the 1000, that would be great.
>
>TIA
>
>Kevin Fries
Kevin,
Our sister organization, Sony Electronics, has several web pages explaining
their wireless solution around:
http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/Magic/wmlinkbundle.html
Quoted below:
Wireless Modem Link Bundle
To order:
Call 1-800-571-SONY ext 333
$299.95 Suggested Retail Price
Buy the components you need to make your Magic Link communicator
wireless - software, modem card, and the appropriate cable for your
phone. (A savings of $43 compared to the price when purchased
separately.)
The Wireless Modem Link bundle consists of
Wireless Modem Link software (SRP $49.95)
Apex Mobile Plus data/fax modem (SRP $224.00)
Cable of your choice (SRP $69.00)
Choose cables from among the following:
Cable for Mitsubishi 3500, 4000, DiamondTel 20X, 22X Phones
(PICA-CC1D)
Cable for Motorola Micro TAC & Micro Digital Lite Phones
(PICA-CC1M)
Cable for Motorola Elite Phone (PICA-CC2M)
Cable for GE/Ericsson AH-2XX, AH-3XX, CT500, CT700
Phones (PICA-CC1E)
Cable for Nokia 232 Phone (PICA-CC1N)
Cable for Nokia 2120 Phone (PICA-CC2N)
Specifications and Requirements
Requires cellular phone (not included)
See descriptions of individual products for specifications
PIC-2000 | PIC-1000 | Wireless bundle | Apex Data fax/modem card | Apex Data
phone cables | Personal Print | Keyboard | Carrying case | Rechargeable
battery |
Memory card | Pager card |
Home | Feedback | Where | Hardware | Software | What
Copyright 1995 Sony Electronics Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Sony New Technologies
http://www.sonysoft.com
1-800-739-7337
E-mail: plin@sonysoft.com
From: Aaron Wallace <aaron@IFACT.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:36:09 -0700
Subject: Re: Goin' wireless
At 02:14 AM 9/10/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Magic,
> OK, now I have a cellular phone. I made sure it had one of those
>chingaderras on the bottom to connect a computer to. Now what do I need to
>make my PIC-1000 talk over the new phone? By the end of the year, I plan on
>upgrading my PIC, so if there is a solution that is not specifically tied to
>the 1000, that would be great.
For now, you need a cellular modem card that:
1) supports your phone
2) is suppored by the Sony Wireless Modem Link tool thingie
For the PIC-1000, you also need to engineer a way to fit two PCMCIA
cards into the one and only slot, since the Presto!stuff won't fit
in the internal memory. There *are* modem/memory combo cards,
but all the ones I'm aware of use flash RAM, not SRAM.
An alternative may be to find a cellular-capable pocket modem and use that,
although getting it to work with the Wireless Modem tool may not be
possible.
If you're adventurous, you might be able to hobble something together
using the internal modem and the phone, but it'll work only when
you have a perfect cellular connection and don't cross cells :~)
Slightly off topic, it appears (at first blush) that the new
Magic Internet Kit is a set of objects that are linked into
packages, as opposed to a set of separate packages that are
interfaced from other apps. Seems to me that ideally there
should be a package like Sony's Wireless tool that supports
more modems and can be used--and shared--by various apps.
Support for add-in modem strings would make it fairly universal.
Obviously it's possible. Similarly, the TCP/IP stack should be
a package that's shared between packages, much like the two Presto!
things share the PPP package and settings.
Keeping things separate would make it easier to maintain software,
so you could go to GM and download the new Modem package
and voila, *all* your comm packages now work with the Fizzblazer
wireless ISDN card, as opposed to waiting for each company
to update their packages.
More importantly, on a memory-constrained device such as the MLink,
keeping packages as small as possible is important, and extracting
out common code libraries helps a lot. There's no reason there
should be a complete TCP/IP stack or set of modem drivers in
*each* package that uses such beasts, *especially* on a PDA-type
thing.
I'm not a Magic Cap-aware developer, so there may be technical
reasons why this approach isn't feasible...
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:58:02 -0400
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From: Paul Linhardt <plin@SONYSOFT.COM>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 13:19:40 -0700
Subject: Re: Goin' wireless
>For the PIC-1000, you also need to engineer a way to fit two PCMCIA
>cards into the one and only slot, since the Presto!stuff won't fit
>in the internal memory. There *are* modem/memory combo cards,
>but all the ones I'm aware of use flash RAM, not SRAM.
>| Aaron Wallace The Internet Factory, Inc. |
Oops, good point...sounds like the Wireless Modem Link Bundle might not be
be a satisfactory solution for the PIC-1000. Anyone use it with a PIC-1000
and/or AOL?
-Paul
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http://www.sonysoft.com
1-800-739-7337
E-mail: plin@sonysoft.com
From: Wayne Sanderson <whsander@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:36:09 -0700
Subject: Love Cujoterm 4.0!!!
I'm already loving Cujoterm 4.0! It has remedies for the minor shortcomings of
3.1, such as the serial port speed setting glitch (the type in window is
replaced by a ribbon strip choice window with most common speeds as available
choices) and the lack of the necessary settings in setup to allow PPP access
through ISPs that require passwords and other info before allowing login. I've
been getting right into Netcom using the info on my Presto!Mail provider's
page, and hit all of my regular sites and BBSs with no problems. Despite the
lack of function keys, VT100 emulation, and no control over scrolling,
Cujoterm is fun as all getout. All of this added functionality for only a 20k
increase, up now to around 75k. It is certainly more than adequate for logging
into the local free BBS via PPP and reading hatemail from the Sysop!
From: Aaron Wallace <aaron@IFACT.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:55:08 -0700
Subject: Re: Goin' wireless
At 01:19 PM 9/11/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Oops, good point...sounds like the Wireless Modem Link Bundle might not be
>be a satisfactory solution for the PIC-1000.
> -Paul
Unless the original poster lives in an area serviced by the Ricochet
network. If so, this would be faster and cheaper than a cellular
connection. The main problem then would be how to connect the Ricochet to
the PIC, a problem for which a solution does exist, albeit an elusive
one...
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From: James Hedrick <jahedrick@INFOAVE.NET>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 19:50:19 -0400
Subject: cujoterm question
I have a problem with cujoterm, both 3.1 & 4.0. I enter all the info for a modem connection, hit connect, it picks up the phone, but wont dial. Any ideas?
Jimmy
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:34:59 -0700
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From: Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV maintainer
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 02:04:49 +0000
Subject: Re: Anyone developing for the Magic Link?
Being a professional law enforcement type and a technology addict, I tend to
look for ways to utilize my hobby in my career field. Unfortunately for this
wish, I work the muscle end of the business in places where my ML cannot go.
On my off time I occasionally prepare and print out or fax reports to my
superiors on my ML, but for the most part it gets used for amusement: web
browsing, Klondike, and listhopping. I have not been idle, however. I have an
idea that I want to float around.
One of the biggest concerns in LE communications is, at least in regards to
information systems, data and system security. An example is the NCIC
(National Crime Information Center) which the federal gov't maintains as a
national criminal information database. Terminals on this most secure and well
guarded of intranets can be found in the offices of agencies across this
nation and the world, and I can assure you that access is well guarded and all
logons are recorded. It's pretty busy too. It handles thousands of criminal
history queries a day, replying with detailed information. It has only one
weak link. The personnel in the field who need the information the NCIC
provides do not have access to it, as the numbered terminal is back at the
office. They have to rely on others to make queries, and any info received
back is by necessity due to the above described system filtered and second
hand.
Some agencies are equiping vehicles with hardmounted laptops with private
network radio modems; Motorola markets one of the best of these. Care to
speculate on the price per unit plus setting up a gateway, training personnel,
etc?
My idea is along these lines: what if regional telescript based intranets were
set up, possibly with radiomodem support, or maybe a cheaper alternative
exists, that would allow authorized individuals in the field to log in to NCIC
and other secure intranets for instant access to vital information and other
assets, using MC communicators? Information they currently have to receive
filtered due to the insecurity of voice transmission, or have to wait until
they get back to the office to receive would be almost instantly available,
along with the ability to act on analytical insight in developing situations
by making instant followup queries.
I know that device authentication is integral in Telescript; this coresponds
with the current numbered terminal system. They could track usage to specific
times on specific terminals. Use of passwords would authenticate the
authorized user. Encoding schemes could be used to keep any radiomodem
transmission private from scanner bugs with laptops plugged into their digital
scanners.
In short, I think that the above scheme could fly, and will be way cheaper
than the current isolated efforts that individual agencies are paying out big
bucks for, simply by using capable, commercially available equipment in a
different way. I'd like to see that equipment be MagicCap based.
From: Scott Yoshinaga <scott@HISURF.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:42:06 -1000
Subject: Classic Star Trek game?
Anyone know if there is a Classic Startrek game? I love that old text
version im sure someone can make a magic-cap version of it!
just an idea...
aloha!
\\scott\\
From: Dan Winkler <heydan@TIAC.NET>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 00:27:06 -0400
Subject: Re: magic cap developing
>Does code warrior run on the windows platform?
You might download the Mac emulator from http://www.ardi.com/ to see if
it can run the little CodeWarrior you've got. They have a free version
of the Mac emulator that runs for 10 minutes at a time so you can see if
your favorite software works on it.
From: "Tim J. Clevenger" <TClevenger@AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 01:03:33 -0400
Subject: cujoterm question
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I had the same problem. Make sure the phone number you're dialing includes
the area code. It appears that cujo will only dial 10-digit phone numbers.
(Fortunately, it's smart enough to strip off the area code you're dialing
from.)
From: Greg Satz <satz@CISCO.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 23:32:29 -0700
Subject: Presto!Mail and Sprint Internet Passport
I am becoming more convinced that the problems I am experiencing with the
Sprint Internet Passport service are Presto!Mail related. MacSlip and Win95
work reliably. Presto!Mail only works one out of ten and sometimes less
often. What I think is occuring is that Presto!Mail is resolving the pop
host name and caching the resulting IP address. The Sprint service resolver
returns different pop IP addresses each time you log in based on some
security model or load sharing scheme. I called Sprint support but you
can't get to anyone who understands the network architecture let alone how
it works. Each time I define a new pop stamp on my service provider card I
can talk to the pop host. This must flush the IP address and allow me to
get another one.
To test my theory I have a call into Sprint support asking them which IP
address for the pop host I should use (there are four). If Sprint is really
changing pop host IP addresses I won't be able to hard code an IP address
at all. If someone within GM or AP can confirm/deny that Presto!Mail is
caching the pop/smtp IP addresses that would be helpful too.
The only work around is to find a way to delete the saved IP address that
Presto!Mail is so helpfully retaining. Is there a better way then resetting
a package or deleting the pop/smtp stamps?
The fact that Presto!Mail is simple to configure sure makes it difficult to
track down problems such as this. There needs to be some internal debugging
information made available. I'll bet anyone who supports Presto!Mail would
agree. The email condemning it on this list might be less.
For the record, I get the following messages when my mail retrieval attempt
fails.
Connecting to server
Checking for messages
Time out logging in to pop server pop.a001.sprintmail.com
It sure would be nice to get a fix for this so I could use the Sprint
service. I suppose I should start looking for another service provider...
Greg
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