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changes to tether home page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kris Nyzio)
Fri Jun 18 15:16:16 1999
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:14:54 -0400
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From: Kris Nyzio <knyzio@MIT.EDU>
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Hi,
Chris Griffith sent over some suggested changes/updates to the Tether home
page that I am forwarding along. If you have any additions, comments,
suggestions please let me know. I will try to begin making the updates on
Monday or Tuesday, depending on my workload.
Kris
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>To: Kris Nyzio <knyzio@mit.edu>
>From: Chris Griffith <cg@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: changes to tether home page
>
>At 12:29 PM -0400 6/17/99, Kris Nyzio wrote:
>>Hi Chris,
>>Thanks, send over whatever you think needs to be updated.
>>I can't work on the page today anyhow because I am working on the
>>Newsletter. I will probably get to it tomorrow afternoon, so take your
>>time gathering info.
>>Kris
>
>
>Hi Kris-
>
>Below are my suggestions. I ran them by Chris Murphy at Netops (who does
>much of the work keeping Tether running. He OK'ed the changes.
>
>These suggestions only cover technical issues and aren't meant to be
>exclusive. If you see anything else that could be improved, feel free to
>do so.
>
>Thanks for your help with this!
>
>Chris
>
>------
>
>
>Suggested corrections to: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/tether/
>
>
>Section: What is Tether?
> - Remove the current reference to maximum speed and replace with
>something like this:
>
>>>>>
>The maximum speed can range between 28.8 and 44kbps depending on modem
>model and other conditions. Supported modem protocols include V.34 and
>K56Flex. (Support for V.90 protocol is forthcoming. In the meantime, most
>V.90 modems will automatically fall back to a protocol that we currently
>support.)
><<<<
>
>
>
>Section: Related Documentation
> - It might be nice to put the word "unsupported" next to the links for
>LAN Workplace and MacPPP. Or perhaps group them separately from the others
>to indicate what is supported and what is not.
>
>
>
>Section: What you'll need BEFORE you can use Tether
> - Remove dead link to "Boston Area ISDN ISP's".
> - I consulted with my colleagues and we would change the machine
>requirements to this:
>
>>>>>>>
>* A PC running Windows 95/98 with at least 16MB of RAM. (Windows 3.1 and
>other configurations may work but are not supported.)
>or
>* A PC running Windows NT with at least 32MB of RAM.
>or
>* A Macintosh running Mac OS 7.6 or later, with at least 16MB of RAM.
>(Older versions of the Mac OS may work but are not fully supported.)
><<<<<<<
>
>
>Section: Tether software
> - Replace intro statement with something like this:
>
>>>>>>
>You do not need to install software for connecting to Tether if you have
>one of the following operating systems: Mac OS 7.6 or later; Windows 95, 98
>or NT. These operating systems come with built-in PPP dialup software.
>The following software is for machines with older operating systems, and is
>not fully supported:
> * MacPPP (for older Macintosh computers that do not have Open Transport)
> * LAN WorkPlace for Windows 3.1
><<<<<
>
>
>Section: For more information
> - Contact email address for the Help Desk should be
>computing-help@mit.edu, not net-help@mit.edu. (it works, but it's
>deprecated).
>
