How to use LSppp with modems that won't work with LSppp

2002-06-03 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
Hello: As many of us have already heard, and as many of us have already found out for ourselves, some modems just don't work with LSppp even though they work fine with EPPPD. Following up on a suggestion someone recently posted, I have just discovered tonight that LSppp can be made to work with

Migration away from Arachne?

2002-06-03 Thread howard schwartz
I have noticed a decrease in posts to arachne, survpc, and other ``older'' software/hardware listservrs. I wonder if this is a symptom of surrender to the everchanging software/hardware times? For instance, given the lack of a new version of arachne for some time, the increase of java, javascript

Re: excel & word alternatives

2002-06-03 Thread Roger Turk
Ron Clarke wrote: . > Hi Folks, . > On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 08:20:54 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: . > > On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:46:15 +1000, Kali McLaughlin wrote: . > >> Quite - the funniest thing since the P76. . > > Sorry mate, but nobody over here has any idea what a P76 might . > > be. Never heard

Re: Hardware/software problem or intrusion attempt?

2002-06-03 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Sun, 02 Jun 2002 10:24:08 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: > Ok, when I use the internal, "built-in" editor I get disconnected after > a minute or two, sometimes more. Otherwise, not. >> This is why we get disconnected from ISPs which have a specific >> "inactive time limit". > My ISP has a "no di

Re: excel & word alternatives

2002-06-03 Thread Ron Clarke
Hi Folks, On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 08:20:54 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:46:15 +1000, Kali McLaughlin wrote: >> Quite - the funniest thing since the P76. > Sorry mate, but nobody over here has any idea what a P76 might > be. Never heard of it at all. But us Aussies are grin

A new winner !

2002-06-03 Thread Clarence Verge
I have come into possession of a new DOS that has the same speed ability as IBM PC-DOS 3.3 without its 32 Mb limitation. Unless this DOS turns out to be buggy, it should be the best speed choice for anyone that doesn't need FAT32 or LFN support. That's pretty much anyone in their right mind. I

Re: excel & word alternatives

2002-06-03 Thread Roger Turk
Sam Ewalt wrote: . > On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:46:15 +1000, Kali McLaughlin wrote: . > > Quite - the funniest thing since the P76. . > Sorry mate, but nobody over here has any idea what a P76 might . > be. Never heard of it at all. I took it to be something like an Edsel. Winston Churchill wa

Re: excel & word alternatives

2002-06-03 Thread Sam Ewalt
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:46:15 +1000, Kali McLaughlin wrote: > Quite - the funniest thing since the P76. Sorry mate, but nobody over here has any idea what a P76 might be. Never heard of it at all. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://ara

Re: problem with obtaining earlier DOSes

2002-06-03 Thread Kali McLaughlin
Sam Wrote: > BTW, anyone can order faithful facsimile reproductions of owner's > manuals for old cars from J.C Whitney and other companies. Although > this is copyright material, we don't see any notices of license to > republish and redistribute the same. We never hear of any car > manufacture

Re: excel & word alternatives

2002-06-03 Thread Kali McLaughlin
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:52:35 +, Ron Clarke wrote: > Perhaps Kali should have explained. I certainly should have! I had no idea that Claytons was an Australian phenomenon. I have already apologised to Sam. > "Claytons" relates to an advertising campaign in Australia for a > product that clai