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remmers
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response 66 of 181:
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Oct 15 23:03 UTC 1998 |
Re resp:64 - To enable frames in Pistachio, go to the Entrance Page,
click on the "Personal Info" link, then on the "Set Options" link. On
the form that comes up, you can select whether or not you want frames.
Select "Yes". Then the navigation buttons will appear in a visible frame
that doesn't scroll.
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saw
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response 67 of 181:
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Oct 16 01:06 UTC 1998 |
Re rest:58 and resp:65 : I've not had that problem with Grex, although
I *have* had a problem with being dumped. I start typing something then
backspace and then decide to hit CTRL+C and it closes the connection. I've
had this happen 2 or 3 times, but I've never been able to recreate the
problem. In other words, when I *try* to get booted, it doesn't work, but
when I least expect it, boom! Also, there have been times when Grex just
stops, but usually it starts working after a few minutes. This is probably
due to either (1) some route between me and Grex broke temporarily or (2)
Grex's ISDN link dropped and has to redial.. other than that, I have no
problems using Grex. (And really I don't consider those untolerable
problems.)
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senna
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response 68 of 181:
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Oct 16 05:15 UTC 1998 |
Really? I had no idea that Pistachio was configurable.
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rywfol
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response 69 of 181:
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Oct 16 07:31 UTC 1998 |
I'm using Pistachio for the first time right now, having previously
always used PicoSpan, and I'm amazed at how smooth it is.
This is going to make conferencing a lot easier.
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valerie
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response 70 of 181:
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Oct 16 13:57 UTC 1998 |
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keesan
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response 71 of 181:
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Oct 17 01:05 UTC 1998 |
Does anyone know why today we cannot download, using Ymodem (batch) or
Kermit, from home directory or email to our computer? It worked yesterday
and suddenly all attempts Abort. We have to get this woring withi two days.
Thanks.
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kentn
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response 72 of 181:
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Oct 17 01:13 UTC 1998 |
Is that on a dialup connection?
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dsmith
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response 73 of 181:
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Oct 17 01:24 UTC 1998 |
Yes, long distance dialup from N. Ohio. I can upload just fine but cannot
download. I tried this account and my own (this is Keesan typing). Kermit
and Ymodem. Ymodem worked yesterday okay. I could upload a file and then
not download the same file, it Aborted. We have only a dialup connection,
and an expensive one at that. Any ideas? Kent, can you try sb filename etc
and see if you can make it work and email us about what happens? Use this
email address, please. Thanks
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janc
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response 74 of 181:
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Oct 17 02:33 UTC 1998 |
(Using frames with Backtalk slows it down considerably, but it is kind
of nice not to have the buttons scroll off your screen all the time. I
made them default off on Grex back when the net connection was really
really slow, and still haven't been tempted to change that. Yes, there
are several things you can configure in Pistachio Backtalk. Perhaps not
as many as one would like.)
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valerie
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response 75 of 181:
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Oct 17 13:18 UTC 1998 |
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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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