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Sunday October 20, 1996

From: Jacqueline Curry <Live4Words@AOL.COM>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 16:47:03 -0400
Subject: interesting 'doodad'

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Dear MAGICCAP List and MAGICDST List,

I was on the 'Pencomputing' website and found an interesting little thing
that you can do with the ML.

From the desk, hit the phone icon.
Option-tap the keyboard.
Type TMBG and rip the coupon and drop on a speed dial slot.
That's the number (a NY 718 number) to 'They Might Be Giants'

There's 2 other little quirks you can do, including having a 'parade'
downtown.  At www.pencomputing.com

From: Charles Ashley <charlesa@netventures.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 22:26:13 +0100
Subject: MCW without a modem?

Hi all -

I'm wondering if it's possible for MCW to connect to a POP server
without a modem?  I've got an ethernet link to my POP mail server, which
other mail progs seem to use happily.  But other programs just go
looking for an IP network, rather than a modem specifically, and
windows95 just seems to point either to 1) the modem or 2) the
ethernet.  Is it possible to get MCW to use an IP network, rather mthan
a modem specifically?  That way we could just point MCW at Windows95
DialUp Networking to get it to use a modem connection...

Any thoughts?

Thx,

C.
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 Charles Ashley    charlesa@netventures.co.uk    www.netventures.co.uk
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From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@comcat.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 21:37:00 -0400
Subject: Re: MCW without a modem?

Charles Ashley wrote:
>
> Hi all -
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible for MCW to connect to a POP server
> without a modem?  I've got an ethernet link to my POP mail server, which
> other mail progs seem to use happily.  But other programs just go
> looking for an IP network, rather than a modem specifically, and
> windows95 just seems to point either to 1) the modem or 2) the
> ethernet.  Is it possible to get MCW to use an IP network, rather mthan
> a modem specifically?  That way we could just point MCW at Windows95
> DialUp Networking to get it to use a modem connection...
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thx,
>
> C.
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Charles Ashley    charlesa@netventures.co.uk    www.netventures.co.uk
> ======================================================================


   Charles,

   There sure is!  If you go to the Network Center building downtown and
use the 'Sign Up' form to create a new Internet Provider profile, you
can select the last option in the list, 'Network Connection' and fill in
the blanks.  I believe this will accomplish what you're trying to do.


Regards,

Luke Derossi
 for
  General Magic, Inc.

From: Robert Fischer <fischer@FOKUS.GMD.DE>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 08:07:03 +0000
Subject: Re: Presto! and static IP

Thank you all,

after I have found the place where the debug output of Presto! goes
to (the notebook), I have played around with my settings and: IT
WORKS! As I understand my sysadmin correctly one IP adress is
statically bound to my login so Presto! get one, when it asks for!
Great. It's slow but it works.

Magic!


Robert

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