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Re: changes to tether home page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Susan B. Jones)
Fri Jun 18 15:47:33 1999
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:47:29 -0400
To: Kris Nyzio <knyzio@mit.edu>, cg@mit.edu
From: "Susan B. Jones" <sbjones@MIT.EDU>
Cc: is-home@mit.edu
I have made the requested changes.
Susan
At 3:14 PM -0400 6/18/1999, Kris Nyzio wrote:
>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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>>Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:43:53 -0400
>>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).
>>
