-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> It's so simplified I'm having a difficult time setting up a
 WC> browser with the OEM software package :-( There doesn't
 WC> appear to be an option to enter your own mail, news, and
 WC> identity except for a automated piece of crud software that
 WC> dials a number no longer in service.

 CA> I suspect that completely configuring any browser with your
 CA> real username/email address is one way spammers grab your email
 CA> address. 
 
Got it configured about an hour after I posted, NS 7.0
is quite a bit different from 4.08.
Since I've been screening my e-maiil at the server
my spam has dropped off dramatically.
Netscape 7.0 has a filter provision as well allowing
you to block spam from fixed addresses.

 CA> I've changed my website contact address to a graphic
 CA> to stop spammers but I didn't immediately recall that my
 CA> address was configured into my browsers. The spam slowed down
 CA> but never stopped completely.

 Noticed that.

 WC> I've got to find a way to download Netscape 7.0 so I can
 WC> function until I get a full featured Linux operating.

 CA> Your suggestion to use BasicLinux 1.8 is a good one. The
 CA> transfers are quite fast and I suspect it may be a more stable
 CA> connection than _some_ Windows software?

 Already got it using 98, there was just so much crap
 in the OEM install and so few folders it was all jammed into on
 the desktop finding anything has been a bear.
 
 CA>> Maybe this is a partial reward for good deeds done?
 
 WC> Now as I'm looking to buy more RAM for
 WC> the Pentium one I get a 433 MHz Celeron dropped on my
 WC> doorstep with 96 Meg. of RAM! Even as this keyboard is
 WC> wearing out someone just happened to offer me one, again
 WC> while walking the dog and that keyboard is now on the H.P.

 CA> I'm still waiting for my next bit of good luck but haven't
 CA> given up yet. :-)

My landlady is a sweatheart and snagged the machine for me
when a friend upgraded. I'm now hardware tech support for
her new machine so she can get onto AOL.
In the next couple of days I'll have her system over here
and set it up properly for her.

 WC> You know I've met more people and woman walking my gentle
 WC> macho Pit Bull than ever was a draw with any of my
 WC> superbikes?

 CA> I tried to take the kitten out for a walk on a leash/harness
 CA> (cat's need a body harness contraption). Once she noticed there
 CA> was no ceiling over her she panicked and refused to move. I had
 CA> to pick her up (shivering) and take her back inside. Being
 CA> allowed to go outside is extremely dangerous for a cat and
 CA> shortens their lifespan to 1/4 their potential. :-\

 I would very much think so.

 CA> My neighbor mentioned to me that where I live is not 'cat
 CA> country' and most have dogs and not cats. I'd probably be
 CA> 'shunned' if seen walking a cat. :-)

  Get a Komodo dragon 
  Actually unbelievable as it might seem a Komodo of respectible
  size, 7', was found under a deck of someones house in
  Tampa a year or two ago, animal control officers were 
  stunned. Wonder how it was smuggled into the country?
 
 CA> For a full newer Linux install to use certain software packages
 CA> requires 128 meg but a newer faster hard drive will make the
 CA> most significant contribution to ALL OS that you use on the
 CA> machine.

 If I had money I'd follow Roy's lead and go SCSI.
 Than again I'm still waiting for non-volitile 100 Gig
 random access RAM drives ;-)
 Once SciFi such may soon be available.
 I've actually already seen substantial RAM _drives_ at sub-thousand
 dollar levels. Don't know the data retention power requirements
 though.

 WC> I mean just glancing at my H.P. handbook and 98 manual
 WC> there's stuff about watching T.V. from the video card

 CA> I think Warren Hrach said he is watching TV on his new machine.
 CA> I tend to think TVs are cheap and good monitors are not but
 CA> that's just me. :-)

 I don't actually have a T.V. card but can snag one
 anytime I feel like it.
 There are some HDTV T.V. cards already out there and a great
 software option that should be made available IMO is 
 built in conversion to standard NTSC T.V. signals and a
 software adjustable aspect ratio to allow you to tailor
 the screen.
 Monitors are coming down in price.
 
 WC> and using up to nine monitors on the one box!

 CA> Someone mentioned using more than one monitor on the computer
 CA> to me as a way to do programming without having to flip the
 CA> screen back and forth as often. I'm thinking about it. :-)

My mind is trying to deal with so much the last few days I
forgot for a time my password for fidotel.
 
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