[Ti] two hopefully minor problems

[David DelMonte]

Thank you Sir!

David

On Apr 10, 2004, at 10:58 PM, Steve Wozniak wrote:

> At 9:01 PM +0300 4/10/04, David DelMonte wrote:
>
>> Steve, how do you get internet access on airplanes..?
>
> When there's a phone, which is getting rarer and rarer, you connect 
> your laptop to the airplane phone with a normal (RJ-11) phone cable 
> and use a modem call as normal. Most often it doesn't work because 
> these systems are not well maintained. When it does work, most often 
> you get disconnected after a few seconds, time and again. Once in a 
> while you establish a usable connection. Sometimes it helps to use the 
> v.34 modem script instead of the v.90 ones. You might even try scripts 
> that force even slower connections.
>
> As a side note, many of us do rely on Ross Barkman's modem scripts for 
> the Macintosh. Ross has done an incredible job over the years with 
> scripts for MacOS (7, 8, 9 and probably before) and OS X. He has 
> created modem scripts that make Macintoshes and PowerBooks work when 
> they don't with the standard ones. He also provides scripts for GPRS 
> internet connections through GSM cell phones. In addition, Ross has 
> been incredible helpful to many many of us, including myself. On 
> planes it sometimes helps to try slower scripts.
>
> <http://www.taniwha.org.uk/>
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve  (is tv wake zone?)