There are 5 messages totalling 302 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Atari anyone? 2. Daily Brief 960711 3. Modem Question (2) 4. SSL patches for Lynx? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:57:00 EST From: Christopher McLeod Subject: Atari anyone? Here is another message from the person who is selling the Atari equipment. Please let me know if you are interested in it! :-) Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris, Please contact your friend(s)about the Atari equipment and software.I have two computers,(800 and x1200) hard drive, printer,lots of software and manuels everything works but this system is the victim of newer technology. I just bought a new Packard Bell Multimedia System and we don't use the Atari any more. The Atari is just taking up space and is going to be damaged. Thank You for asking around. Joel Kaplan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:51:00 EST From: Christopher McLeod Subject: Re: Daily Brief 960711 This is a great daily email I receive. It is a nice summary of world news events. It includes US and world news, financial news, entertainment news, and sports. If you would like to subscribe to it (free of charge), follow the directions at the end of this email. Enjoy! :-) Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod) ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Daily Brief 960711 Author: incinc (Intelligent Network Concepts, Inc.) {NAME:Intelligent Network Concepts, Inc.|EMS:INTERNET|MBX:incinc@tiac.net} Date: 11/07/96 08:19 THE DAILY BRIEF from INTELLIGENT NETWORK CONCEPTS, INC. 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You know, a thingy with a slot to insert an internal modem, just like installing one in a computer. It would have a plug for a power supply and a cable slot for the cable. That way, come upgrade time, all the Commie user would have to do is unplug the old modem, put it on sale, and plug in the new one. Just wondering. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 13:44:08 -0500 From: Aaron Baugher Subject: Re: Modem Question Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 11:14:13 PDT From: carrillo@CARRILLO.TINKER.AF.MIL OK, I know that there are external modems available out there, but my question is, what is the feasability of creating a box that replicates a computer slot? You know, a thingy with a slot to insert an internal modem, just like installing one in a computer. It would have a plug for a power supply and a cable slot for the cable. That way, come upgrade time, all the Commie user would have to do is unplug the old modem, put it on sale, and plug in the new one. Just wondering. I can see one possible problem with that: internal modems are actually a combination of modem and serial card, including a UART chip. The card-edge interface on an internal PC modem probably doesn't provide the signals you'd need to interface it to a Commodore, and certainly not to a Swiftlink. You'd probably have to interface to solder points on the card to deal with the modem itself directly. Aaron -------------------------------------------------------- Aaron J. Baugher http://www.bcl.net/~abaugher Software Engineer abaugher@bcl.net Basic Communications, Ltd. _Roark_ on IRC -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 15:17:08 -0500 From: Aaron Baugher Subject: Re: SSL patches for Lynx? Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 12:33:00 EST From: Christopher McLeod Any news on the SSL patches for Lynx? If I understand Aaron correctly, these patches would allow a Lynx user (e.g., someone with a C64 w/ NovaTerm and a UNIX shell account) to access on-line banking AND have that banking info safely encrypted yet readable to the user. Aaron, is that correct? Yes, that's correct, assuming that the bank is using SSL encryption. I'm working on installing the Lynx patches, but having a little trouble with them. It shouldn't be long now; I'll let you know how it works for me. Aaron -------------------------------------------------------- Aaron J. Baugher http://www.bcl.net/~abaugher Software Engineer abaugher@bcl.net Basic Communications, Ltd. _Roark_ on IRC -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of COMMODOR Digest - 11 Jul 1996 to 12 Jul 1996 *************************************************** =END=