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valerie
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response 75 of 181:
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Oct 17 13:18 UTC 1998 |
This response has been erased.
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keesan
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response 76 of 181:
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Oct 17 14:30 UTC 1998 |
Just in case we are doing something wrong, would someone check out if they
can upload with Ymodem or Kermit (dialup) and list for us exactly how they
do this, one step after another? Thanks. Jim will check all the settings,
or maybe even load another copy of Procomm without settings set.
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aruba
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response 77 of 181:
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Oct 17 14:41 UTC 1998 |
I just uploaded something successfully. At my UNIX prompt I typed
kermit -r
then I escaped back to my local communication software's prompt (I use
Kermit for DOS) and typed
send trip.txt
And that was it. I was sending a text file; if I had been sending a binary
file, instead of "kermit -r" I would have typed
kermit
set file type binary
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dsmith
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response 78 of 181:
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Oct 17 14:53 UTC 1998 |
Jim just found the problem, he had somehow told Procomm to download the
file to a nonexistent directory, he may have overwritten Procomm at some
pooint and forgotten. It was very useful to know that download was working,
which means the problem was at this end. Since the comptuer and modem had
not changed (Valerie suggested checking theses) it had to be our software.
Thanks to everyone for ideas. Hope not to do too many stupid things like
this.
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other
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response 79 of 181:
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Oct 17 15:36 UTC 1998 |
re #75: Then we'll have a real "family" of backtalk interfaces! ;)
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jep
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response 80 of 181:
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Oct 23 13:39 UTC 1998 |
I get an error when I try to reach Grex using the pistachio version of
Backtalk, however the vanilla version works fine.
I reported the error in pistachio to backtalk@hvcn.org. I'm noting that
the vanilla version works for anyone who would prefer to use Grex via
the WWW, but thought they had to use telnet to get in.
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senna
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response 81 of 181:
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Oct 23 22:26 UTC 1998 |
Grex was experiencing slowdown earlier today, STeve informed me it was a bomb.
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remmers
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response 82 of 181:
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Oct 24 13:10 UTC 1998 |
I use pistachio frequently (right now, in fact) and have never had
errors. It might be a problem with a config file in your home directory,
jep. I think pistachio might use a file called .backtalk, so you might
want to have a look at that.
Speaking of pistachio, the default background color seems to have
changed from pistachio green to a pastel shade of yellow sometime in the
last few days. Actually, I consider this an improvement, not a problem.
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rywfol
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response 83 of 181:
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Oct 24 13:22 UTC 1998 |
Yeah, I'd wondered about the color change. I thought maybe I'd broken
something. =)
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hhsrat
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response 84 of 181:
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Oct 25 03:03 UTC 1998 |
New color is easier on the eyes
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valerie
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response 85 of 181:
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Oct 26 12:58 UTC 1998 |
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eieio
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response 86 of 181:
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Oct 26 13:05 UTC 1998 |
(So then shouldn't it be called something like "French Vanilla" instead of
Pistachio?)
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jep
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response 87 of 181:
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Oct 26 17:05 UTC 1998 |
The error I reported in #80 appears to be a problem with the Arbortext
proxy server, not with Backtalk. I explained this to backtalk@hvcn.org.
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remmers
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response 88 of 181:
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Oct 26 18:38 UTC 1998 |
Re resp:86 - Indeed. It looks pretty close to french vanilla on my screen.
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mcnally
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response 89 of 181:
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Oct 26 20:02 UTC 1998 |
maybe, in keeping with the nut-theme established with pistachio,
you should use "blanched almond"
(according to X11's rgb.txt file [maps RGB values to names] BlanchedAlmond
is Red:255 Green:235 Blue:205. actually, that makes it a little too pink
for my tastes..)
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keesan
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response 90 of 181:
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Oct 27 00:21 UTC 1998 |
How many colors are color monitors displaying nowadays? I thought 256 was
the maximum. I have two colors - amber and black - but can't use pistachio
anyway because I access the web via grex/lynx.
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mcnally
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response 91 of 181:
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Oct 27 01:15 UTC 1998 |
Generally the number of colors displayable isn't a function of the monitor
(at least not the number of colors you're referring to, though there
presumably is a finite number of colors to which the monitor is limited,
based on such things as the properties of the phosphors used and the amount
of control over the electron gun..)
I assume, though, that you're talking about the number of simultaneous
displayable colors. Although many people still use 256-color modes most
new computers have enough video memory to display millions of colors at
high resolutions. (common numbers are 2^16 = 65536 colors, and 2^24 =
16.7 million colors..)
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response 92 of 181:
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Oct 27 01:20 UTC 1998 |
Butter Pecan!
Flat-panel displays often do limit the number of colors that can be
displayed.....pity those rich enough to own flat panels.
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keesan
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response 93 of 181:
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Oct 27 02:23 UTC 1998 |
How many colors does a color TV display?
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janc
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response 94 of 181:
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Oct 27 04:26 UTC 1998 |
Three.
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omni
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response 95 of 181:
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Oct 27 07:46 UTC 1998 |
There can only be One True Color. Chocolate. Learn it, Live it, Love it.
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senna
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response 96 of 181:
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Oct 27 11:39 UTC 1998 |
I deleted a nice piece of spam that someone sent to everybody who was on grex
at the time asking for help. Are there policies about this?
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eieio
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response 97 of 181:
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Oct 27 15:19 UTC 1998 |
(And I won't leave until I get my chocolate back.)
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rcurl
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response 98 of 181:
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Oct 27 16:17 UTC 1998 |
I was #85 in the queue this morning. Has a new floodgate opened? :)
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mcnally
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response 99 of 181:
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Oct 27 17:04 UTC 1998 |
re #92: Since she said "monitor" I decided not to go into the limitations
of the LCD display devices but yeah, you're right..
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