From: JBrandt@AAA.UOregon.EDU (Jay Brandt (Jason))
Subject: Re: MonTemplar makes the connection!
Organization: University of Oregon, Architecture
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 16:10:04 GMT

In article <717494969snx@redunser.demon.co.uk>,
mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk (Alan Ralph) writes:
> 
> (This'll be my first posting using CPPNEWS, a rather nifty combined mail/news
> reader written by Nikki Trumphurst, a Demon Internet user, to replace the
> somewhat plain PCELM and SNEWS that come as standard with the KA9Q package.
> The CPP bit is for 'C Plus Plus', by the way. -me)
> 
> MonTemplar's feet are now nicely warmed up, and he's finally got to the
> of the pile of postings sat on the table.
> 
> "*PHEW!* I've now skimmed thru about 3-4 days of alt.callahans, so I'm sort
> of up-to-date on what's going on. First off, greetings to Feather and any
> other newcomers to the Place - hope you're having fun here. Secondly, a big
> 'WELCOME BACK' to Her -Sprite-ness :-) let me know if there's any upcoming
> VR birthday bashes I should gate-crash."
> 
> "I've now sussed out most of the ins and outs of KA9Q, and how to get it to
> do things for me. Quite literally, thanks to KA9Q and Demon, I am now my
> own Internet site, sort of. From my PC I can go by FTP and Telnet to just
> about anywhere, AND collect news and mail at the same time. Neat, huh? And
> all this for 10 Pounds + ValueAddedTax a month! (Actually, I pay even less
> than that, as I was amongst the 200-odd 'founder members' who put a year's
> sub up-front, before Demon was VAT-registered, ie. 120 Pounds, 10 a month)"
> 
> "About my new PC - I originally wanted to get a 386sx system. However the
> firm in Watford I went to offered me a 386dx-33MHz system for about 80 Pounds
> more. I agreed to the idea, had my order amended, and took delivery the next
> day. :-) However, when I opened the box, inside was a considerably smaller
> 386sx system! :-( So I went back and informed them of my dissatisfaction, and
> they went to my home and took back the system box. Turned out they'd sent out
> the wrong system box. After much deliberation in the storeroom, and some
> serious grief from their boss (!) they gave me a 486sx box at no extra cost!
> :-) :-) Suffice to say I was very happy with this arrangement!"
> 
> "Anyhow that's enough wittering from me for now. Tomorrow I'll tell you all
> about the joys of C and Unix!"
> --
> Alan Ralph, AKA Kimberley MonTemplar (when in alt.callahans)
> aralph@cix.compulink.co.uk  OR  mtemplar@redunser.demon.co.uk
> Cominatcha' c/o Demon Internet Services - Internet for a tenner a month!
> 
> 

<Ping!>
<Jason delurks and flickers into existance near MonTemplar's table, and
sets down his PowerBook.>

     Congratulations, MonTemplar! Sounds like a great way to access the
Matrix for those who aren't able to get an account through their work or
college.

     Does anyone here know of a similar service in Canada or the USA? It
might help people like Alfvaen, and others threatened with or suffering
under being ABEND. I wouldn't mind using such a service from my home as
well. 

     Using  "Timbuktu" software to control my office system from home,I
have such a long delay on keyboard entry that I can type several words and
than have to wait for them to appear on my screen so I can continue without
overfilling the entry buffer. Most of the time I just compose responses
off-line, do a file transfer to the office, open it remotely there, and
paste it to my reply. It's a hassle but less frustrating. Now if my site
would just allow its dial-in lines for the VAX to allow access to alt.* and
rec.* newsgroups, I wouldn't have to jump through so many hoops for home
access. Maybe I can convince them to either do that or to fix the ARA
access for Mac Dial-in so it works with TCP. Oh well, I can't complain too
much, at least I -have- access.

     I'll be around, or you can direct replies to Thyra and she will relay
them to me. She is usually around.


<With that, Jason walks over to Thyra and gives her a brief hug and a
scratch behind her ears. Then he presses the button on his PowerBook, and
fades back into lurker mode with a soft <Ping!>>

Jason