From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@comcat.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 03:06:27 -0400
Subject: Re: IRC Help
Kevin, I used mIRC for quite awhile until switching to PIRCH32 (32-bit app for Win95), so maybe I can assist. First, I knew your name because in addition to your nickname, your connection address is also available and is often displayed when a person joins or leaves a channel. This was something like kevin_fr@blahblah.com so I ventured to guess it was you. :) As for the long delay before a response happened, that's probably just IRC for ya. IRC is a pretty big, clunky, overloaded mess, and lag-times are common. Because of the countless servers running, supporting any particular IRC network (EFnet, Undernet, DALnet, etc.), you basically just have to surf around until you find a server that has low lag to the people/channel you wish to converse with/in. Just as an example, very shortly after you 'slapped Josh around with a large trout' (a default macro-button in mIRC for those who aren't familiar :) I responded to your original 'Hello' message. I also sent several others, but probably due to lag, you never saw them. The bottom line in your case was that everything seemed to be working pretty normaly. The only suggestion would be to find a server with lesser lag. I often use irc.neosoft.net, irc.nol.net and irc.magic.ca to name a few. (Be warned, CujoChatters, that the latter two of these servers require 'identD' running, an IRC feature that CujoChat doesn't support at this time, so you'll get booted from either of those servers with an error message.) Anyone who will be attempting to establish a connection to IRC for the first time tomorrow to attend the BAMCUG simulcast may want to start early, to get the hang of things. I will most likely be active in #magic-cap from noon PDT on, in case anyone has questions, and will be watching incoming Email and the lists closely for anyone unable to get onto IRC for help. :) Regards, Luke Derossi for General Magic, Inc. Kevin Fries wrote: > > Hi guys, > Without flying to California, again, (I got out of Ventura just in time > to miss the barbeque, why would I go back) I would like to listen in on the > BAMCUG proceedings. Now my link is in San Jose at the Magic Link Hospital, > so I have to rely on my lap top and mIRC. I spent this evening trying to > get it to connect to the Magic-Cap channel. I will explain what happened > to the best of my ability to comprehend. Luke Derrossi and Josh Carter was > there. I got one brief line in response from Luke but it was quite some > time after I sent the original message. I clicked on so many things on the > screen, but could get no further response. Both Luke and Josh has a star > by their names and I did not. However, Luke did call me Kevin even though > I signed in as MileHighCapper. Can someone familure with mIRC (Win 3.1 > version) please help. > > Thanks
From: Tommy Thorn <Tommy.Thorn@IRISA.FR>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 19:08:05 +0200
Subject: CujoTerm no longer available?
I have searched all over for CujoTerm, but it seems it's no longer available. Anyone know if and why? /Tommy
From: Colby Kraybill <colby@BIGBOOK.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:41:24 -0700
Subject: Re: CujoTerm no longer available?
On Oct 24, 7:08pm, Tommy Thorn wrote:
> Subject: CujoTerm no longer available?
> I have searched all over for CujoTerm, but it seems it's no longer
> available. Anyone know if and why?
>
> /Tommy
>-- End of excerpt from Tommy Thorn
I just got it last night, found it right away off an altavista search.
Here it is : http://www.genmagic.com/Develop/MagicCap/Internet/
On that note, is it possible to change the display area in cujoterm
without having to dive into the source of it?
- Colby
--
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened
or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I
cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to
go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.
-- Mark Twain
From: Colby Kraybill <colby@BIGBOOK.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:52:22 -0700
Subject: Keyboard and serial cable connection...
I've been futzing around with a PIC-1000 for the last year or so.
I hadn't made much effort to use its full capabilities until recently.
I have a keyboard for it and I just got xchange for it.
Is there no possible way to have the keyboard and the serial
cable hooked up to the magic link? Am I being blindingly
stupid?
- Colby
--
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened
or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I
cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to
go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.
-- Mark Twain
From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@comcat.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:14:41 -0400
Subject: Re: CujoTerm no longer available?
Tommy Thorn wrote: > > I have searched all over for CujoTerm, but it seems it's no longer > available. Anyone know if and why? > > /Tommy Tommy, The pre-built version of CujoTerm is available on the Magic Internet Kit download page, which is: http://www.genmagic.com/Develop/MagicCap/Internet/Downloads/index.html Regards, Luke Derossi for General Magic, Inc.
From: Luke Derossi <lderossi@comcat.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:47:00 -0400
Subject: Re: Keyboard and serial cable connection...
Colby Kraybill wrote: > > I've been futzing around with a PIC-1000 for the last year or so. > I hadn't made much effort to use its full capabilities until recently. > I have a keyboard for it and I just got xchange for it. > > Is there no possible way to have the keyboard and the serial > cable hooked up to the magic link? Am I being blindingly > stupid? > > - Colby Colby, No there is no way to have both connected simultaneously, however if you are actively connected to your desktop machine via Magic XChange, you can use it to enter text into the device real-time by selecting the 'keyboard' option. Regards, Luke Derossi for General Magic, Inc.
From: Colby Kraybill <colby@BIGBOOK.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:30:41 -0700
Subject: Re: Keyboard and serial cable connection...
On Oct 24, 2:47pm, Luke Derossi wrote:
> Subject: Re: Keyboard and serial cable connection...
> Colby Kraybill wrote:
> >
> > I've been futzing around with a PIC-1000 for the last year or so.
> > I hadn't made much effort to use its full capabilities until recently.
> > I have a keyboard for it and I just got xchange for it.
> >
> > Is there no possible way to have the keyboard and the serial
> > cable hooked up to the magic link? Am I being blindingly
> > stupid?
> >
> > - Colby
>
> Colby,
>
> No there is no way to have both connected simultaneously, however if
> you are actively connected to your desktop machine via Magic XChange,
> you can use it to enter text into the device real-time by selecting the
> 'keyboard' option.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Luke Derossi
> for
> General Magic, Inc.
>-- End of excerpt from Luke Derossi
That's fine, however, I was hoping that I'd be able to use the keyboard
and the serial cable to a ricochet modem. It'd be nice to easily respond
to "ANSWER THIS NOW" e-mail.
I think I'd feel less annoyed about this if there was integrated hand
writing recognition software.
- Colby
--
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened
or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I
cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to
go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.
-- Mark Twain
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