macmillm@ewc.bitnet (08/03/89)
Here's another query about the Turbow 286 board. Is anyone
running one of these in a Rainbow that is also connected to an
RB-Link? My first concern has been whether the Turbow board would
fit into the Rainbow box with the RB-Link board, memory board,
etc. installed. There just doesn't seem to be much room left.
Julie Starr at Suitable Solutions told me she had talked to
someone using this combination but could not remember who. So, I
ask, is anybody doing it? Are you running it with the original
RB-Link or the 286 version? Aside from the physical fit, are
there any operational problems?
Incidentally, it is now possible to send messages to Suitable
Solutions through a new CompuServe-internet link. The SS
principals are regulars on CIS and provide vendor support through
the DEC PC SIG there. They can be addressed as
76666.3003@CompuServe.com. Whether they can figure out how to
reply to you may be another matter (in the end, nothing beats a
simple phone call).
Michael E. Macmillan
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-----------------------------------------------GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) (08/07/89)
From: <@vma.cc.cmu.edu:macmillm@ewc.bitnet> >Incidentally, it is now possible to send messages to Suitable >Solutions through a new CompuServe-internet link. The SS >principals are regulars on CIS and provide vendor support through >the DEC PC SIG there. They can be addressed as >76666.3003@CompuServe.com. Whether they can figure out how to >reply to you may be another matter (in the end, nothing beats a >simple phone call). A recent thread of discussion on INFO-NETS concerned e-mail access to Compu$erve. The conclusions were: - Compuserve mailboxes can be addressed from the Internet by changing the comma to a period and appending the domain address. Thus, to send mail to Suitable Solutions on Compuserve, use: 76666.3003@Compuserve.Com (see the header at the top of this message.) - Compuserve users can send mail to the Internet by prepending the string "'>INET:" to the e-mail address. For instance, Suitable Solutions could contact me as: >INET:GTHEALL@Penndrls.Upenn.Edu I have not tested this method before so I only know that in principle it should work. Further, I do not know whether Compuserve charges users to gateway mail in this fashion. So, it appears that Rainbow users on the nets (BITNET/Internet/uucp) and Compuserve can now be united. I'd like to propose that Suitable Solutions subscribe to INFO-DEC-MICRO. I believe their participation in this forum would be mutually beneficial, though I don't know whether it would violate ARPA guidelines prohibiting use of BITNET/Internet for commercial gain. Additionally, we might investigate the possibility of gatewaying (sp?) some portion of the messages from INFO-DEC-MICRO to Compuserve's DEC PC forum and vice versa. Anyone know who to speak to about this? George +------------------------------------------+---------------------------+ | GTHEALL@PENNDRLS (BITNET) | Dept. of Economics | | GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (INTERNET) | Univ. of Pennsylvania | | | 3718 Locust Walk /6297 | | (215) 898-3419 (AT+TNet) | Philadelphia, PA. 19104 | +------------------------------------------+---------------------------+