[626] in IS Home Pages
Draft of reformatted Tether page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kris Nyzio)
Mon Jun 21 14:20:27 1999
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 14:19:06 -0400
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From: Kris Nyzio <knyzio@MIT.EDU>
Cc: is-home@mit.edu
Hi,
I have placed a copy of the reformatted Tether home page in a draft locker
at the following url:
http://web.mit.edu/is/dontindex/draft/pubs/tether-index.html
This page reflects the updates that Chris suggested and Susan implemented,
as well as formatting changes, meta tags and doctype added to the source
code.
Please review and notify me of any further updates, omissions, suggestions.
I'll post it tomorrow (Tuesday) if no one objects.
Thanks,
Kris
>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).
