Re: [NTLK] internet/network problems

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Thu May 13 2004 - 10:49:26 PDT


On May 13, 2004, at 7:25 AM, Thomas Isenbarger wrote:
<snip>
> first, can anyone help with using Escale or NewTen over a wireless
> Appletalk connection (or TCP/IP for Escale) to a Powerbook with Airport
> (no external base station)?
It's still in ongoing development, but it does work at least once in a
while... What is your problem exactly?
>
> can Mail V be used with .mac mail?
Yes, but it does do some weird stuff.
> when i try to connect to it, i end
> up with a slip/box on the screen that says "connected" but as far as i
> can tell nothing else is happening. i see that i now have a .mac
> mailbox in my InOut, but no messages are in it. also, i cannot stop or
> close this "connected" alert so i have to get rid of it by turning the
> newton off and back on (and clicking yes on the "do you really want to
> shut down while an internet app is running?" alerts that pop up. by
> the way, what kind of deleterious effects does this have?)
None. But that's not the weird behaviuor that .mac has here. Don't
you have the star pulsing at the top of the Newton screen to disconnect
from?
> i have
> successfully used Mail V with another (POP) mail account, so i know
> that at least something is working.
mail V doesn't support POP so there is something whacked about the
above statement.
> <snip>
> also, does anyone have experience with newtVNC? when i open it, i am
> presented with a box for entering my connection information. i haven't
> been successful in connecting to my powerbook (runnning Share My
> Desktop), so that is one problem.
I use OsxVNC which seems to work AOK. Make sure your ports are not
blocked (ie not firewalled)
> the other is how do i try to start
> another connection without quitting and restarting NewtVNC again?
This sounds like you are still connected (at least in it's little
pinhead).
> how
> do i get that connection box back from within the program? any other
> hints for controlling my powerbook with my newton over VNC? in a
> previous post, i asked if anyone has had success with controlling an OS
> X machine with a newton via Soybo. i am surprised that i haven't had
> any response to that, so i am asking again.
I didn't think that was what Soybo was about, but I could be wrong.
>
> this is probably in the FAQ, but i will ask it here for people's
> different opinions. what kind of steps for memory management do you
> take?
Not many. Not any actually.
> how much internal memory should be free to keep response snappy
> and everything running smoothly?
I like to have over 250K free usually.

marty

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