Hi, Terry You are so busy! Your name is behind so many topics? Do you do this full-time? I am a CIS student and part-time instructor at a Jr. College here in Irving, TX. My previous life I was a nurse, did some sales, home taught my kids a couple of years and now I'm back at school. My short-term goal: AA in CIS, concentration: programming. My long-term goal: BA in Math--I would like to help in the dispelling of "Math Anxiety"... Yesterday at North Lake College Computer lab, we received a call from a doctor (psychotherapist) who needed some help getting onto the web. I went to her home office this afternoon and ran into a snag...after installing Trumpet Winsock (Win 3.1), we got "Modem not responding"...but, I won't get into all the details here...just need to know what to do to help this person... Terry, where should I post my problem? I have been surfing the 'net for months now, but have never participated in a new group, conference or chat...so be gentle! :-) And, I have a few questions: first of all, can I change my "handle"? I would rather not use my real name... Oh, how did I find you? By doing a search on "winsock", "modem" in the WebCrawler. What does the bottom of the screen mean? "Redisplay starting from response number:" Thanks! Hope to hear from 'ya soon....Pat

Last question first. Redisplay from bottom of screen is cryptonerdtalk for pick the number rnage of the responses you want to see. In other words, if a topic had 31 responses and you only wanted to see 16-21 you would type this in to that box. As far as another name goes, just re-register. The best place to ask would be in a topic labeled questionx or something in this conference. If there isn't one, I'll create one. No, I don't do this full time but I'm trying to pump a little life into this place by setting the table and putting out the silverware for the guests.

Topics 9 and 18 would be good places to post questions!

Hello, I was just out browsing and ran across this site. I'm interested in the Web and was looking for some answers. Thought maybe this would be a good place to look. I'm a graduate of Eldorado College in their Computer Service & Installation Technician course. A+ certified. Had 29 years working with mainframe computers until November of 1995 when I was downsized out of the business. Looking for another nitch to fit into.

What kind of niches are you looking at?

I good with computers so I'm looking for anything dealing with them. I reacently took my A+ test for techinicians and passed, with pretty good scores I might add. I've been fooling around with HTML and have my Home Page out on the Web. The Internet seems to be "hot" and I'm interested in that. I guess with the years that I have in the business I'm interested in gettting other people hooked on computers. I started with computers back in 1996. Worked for IBM at the time. What would fill a whole room ba k then you can get in a laptop. On second thought you can get more in the laptop now. What I need is something fun and just enough income to live on. No more killer jobs.

Uh, are you sure it was '96?

It should have been 66. These darn computers keep turning these number upside down.

Just 30 years off, no biggie.

Hi, Terry, You seem to the only one surfing at the front on this site. I am totally new to this site, in fact I am new to the Inter net itself. I came across you while I was surfing through the sites. I have introduced myself earlier. But only briefly. I am basically a computer graduate. I want to know a lot more about the recent things that are happening in the field of computers and especially internet. Will you please help me giving a right direction? Wating for a response. Thanks..

Hi Terry..... Truthfully, I found you by mistake...I need some help....... Are there any normal chat rooms...you know, like the ones on America Online????? If so, how do I get to them? This is the first day that I have used Erols. PLease Respond......

Terry...Are you out there?????? Why aren't you answering????????????????? ??????????????????

This isn't really a chat Suellen. There is a chat room linked to the Austen conference however, called the Pemberly chat room or something. Check out austen ok?

Hi Terry Yet another novice here, I wanted to comment on MS FrontPage am I in the right area? My comment is that after 4-5 attempts to download from variuos sites, I finally received the software which died a dramatic death after two weeks (fatal errors on opening). Once again I tried to download 4-5 time, but recevied corrupt copies each time? Anyone else had any problems? I have just downloaded Hot Dog with no problems, I,ll see how I go. PS I checked the obvious virus, memory, etc..

Hi Terry Yet another novice here, I wanted to comment on MS FrontPage am I in the right area? My comment is that after 4-5 attempts to download from variuos sites, I finally received the software which died a dramatic death after two weeks (fatal errors on opening). Once again I tried to download 4-5 time, but recevied corrupt copies each time? Anyone else had any problems? I have just downloaded Hot Dog with no problems, I,ll see how I go. PS I checked the obvious virus, memory, etc..

Well, why not post this in the apps conference in the FrontPage item!

Hiya, I'm a webhead from Urbana, Illinois and a partner in a new web/intranet development company with a woman in Chicago. Right now we've been slogging our way through AT&T contracts -- much fun. I discovered this place on Terry's invitation, so I'm mostly lurking for now. I've been hanging out predominantly at EMinds, but I'm always looking for new communities. I look forward to picking other web brains.

And I look forward to picking yours! Welcome! Glad you made it by.

Bonjour Terry! I'm a 26 year old Nerd-Jock meaning I love my computer just as much as my hockey stick. I live in Montreal where I study computer science at L'Universite du Quebec. I guess my involment in Eminds got me here...I was under the impression this site was about HAM RADIO (witch I don't no much about) but I see that it involves threaded discussion. I like anything that has to do with Sports,Computers,Technology in general. I'm also interessted in meeting people who can help me, and people that I can help. For nstace Mouzaca,you should try www.talk.com if you really want to chat. Sorry for spelling mistakes I really speak French. Hey, maybe I should post a subject on French huuuum. Later!

You may want to visit the 'austen' conference wherein lies a French speaking topic. This is quite the little community too.

Hi Terry, I am Ms Archana Sharma from INDIA.I am Computer engg and CNE(certified novell engg) an working for past 1 year.I am interested in latest tech in computer science.Can U help me in finding out these things.Tell me one thing (as I am using this conference first time) whenever I will attend ur conference, when U will reply me back.Suppose I have send U this message when U will reply me back .Please let me know fast as I have many-many things to discuss with all of U.So, be quick.... Archana

What do you want to talk about Archana? What interests you the most. Let me know and I'll make a bunch of suggestions about how you can get what you need from the Spring.

Terry, I am interested in finding job in USA or in Austriala.And since I am network professional I want to know more about Networking.Can you help me in these areas Thanks

Sure, we just opened a new conference called windows and we'll be talking about Windows 95 and Windows NT networking there. Also, the the computer conference we'll have some networking hardware topics and there will be serveral other areas opening up around the spring dealing with networking.

Hi, I found your site through drake.dnet, my internet server here in North Carolina, was looking for a bull. board or a site to post seasonal rental not costing an arm and leg. I write poetry for a past time, periodically, must be my scottish heritage and am an artist, work in watercolors and acrylics, realism only. Was also looking for a site to go on web and have a web site for my art but have not found one yet that looks like it gets many hits and I have e mailed some of the artists listed and gotten no reply. I like to meet people from other places and doing whatever. I am retired early from the Med. Technology field, we burn out early and moved to North Carolina, born in Ohio and could'nt get the hills and mountains out of my blood, so here I am. The dogwoods and red buds are blooming here and it really looks like spring.

I'm not clear what you mean about posting a rental. Probably if your're trying to rent something your local newsgroups would be the most effective place. Will you post some snippets of your work, or more, in our poetry conference? And perhaps post some of your vision of art in our art conference? If you plan on being a regular here, we'll give you a website. This is the Spring's standing offer. You pump us up with conversation and we'll bend over backward to help you however we can, and websites are something we can easily provide. Just email with the username and password you would like and I'll set it up. You can also start a N Carolina topic in the travel conference if you like. We're always glad when folks like you jump in to our virtual watering hole.

I got your e-mail. Somewhat belatedly, I realized I'd seen this site before as it is linked to Forrest Stroud's site. I do webs for the University of Denver Campus Safety Department among others. I'm always interested in what other webmonsters...I mean masters are doing as well. I started out with an IBM XT Clone and progressed through everything up to and including Windows 95 and the Pentium because I didn't know any better. Tried out the Mac Plus through PowerMac as well, but found the lack of threading frustrating when doing network stuff. "Insanely Great" became "Great Insanity" and I decided to concentrate on Windows stuff. Cartoon Operating Systems don't cut it unless they actually do something. It's astonishing that we're doing stuff on our desktops now that took a main rame to do not so long ago. I'm currently working on dynamic HTML and if I ever get it right, we'll be rockin' and rollin' with our databases on the web. Put it together with Windows CE and a radio modem and we might even be able to do reports while sitting in our cars or perambulating across campus. Beam me up, Scotty!

Hi Terry, I got your email, too. Good promotion! Hope it works well for you. I found this site while researching message software for my site about Hawaii. Since I'm a real newbie to a lot of this, I'm pleased to find a place to ask questions, and maybe answer a few, but probably not in this section! So, my first dumb question, which I'll try to answer myself -- how do I put links in messages? Is the URL enough http://hawaiilink.com or do I need html? Hawaii Link . Sorry to bore you all, but that should answer it. And there's probably a manual I should have read already, right? If you're ever interested in Hawaii, that's where I've lived for the past nine years, and I've spent the last two answering people's questions, first on Compuserve, and now from my websites. But that's another topic, better in Travel, right? Is this a good place to talk about website promotion? Or is it more intended toward development and authoring? Just trying to find my way around. Thanks for the invite. You're building very nice community here. That can be very hard to do in the online world. Hmmmm, perhaps that's another topic? Talk to you soon~~

Hi Kathy, to put links in message, you have to include the full html coodes like Link Only html-aware browser (like Netscape/IE) can decode the html codes. Enjoy!

Thanks for the help, Ted. Both show up for me, and it's good to know it won't work that way for everyone.

There's an html practice area somewhere in austen or middlemarch (these are conferences). Or was it drool? Anyway, there are some cool examples in the html practice topic in one of these places.

Hello all. I'm a psychotherapist and Internet trainer in New England, currently checking out all the forums online (I intend to write an article on the topic) and thriving on online companionship. I also spend a lot of time designing and updating my Windweaver web site at http://www.windweaver.com which provides dozens of Web resources (especially related to searching) and Windows 95 help (including a complete online manual). Also have a site linking to the top web cameras at http://www.geocities.com/~webwinds Am pleased to discover the Spring forums, and will include them on the Guide to Online orums pages which I'll be posting on Windweaver in June. But my interest isn't just professional...I find that mailing lists, forums, and OCCASIONALLY newsgroups are amazingly effective ways to find kindred spirits on the Net, to have very growthful and satisfying discussions, and to occasionally make real substantial ongoing friendships. Look forward to seeing discussions develop here....

Glad you're joining us Tracy. Staci L. Stewart had started a psyche conference on our original Spring and I'm thinking about regenerating that on our new spring. It may seem a little sparse here right now but that's because we archived about two years of our original posts when we switched to our news software (Yapp. 3.0). Where are you planning to publish the aforementioned article and will you be able to post it online (or excerpts)? I'd definitely like to send for a hard copy. I can't wait to look at http://www.windweaver.com. What a cool name! I have a web camera here but it's not active right now, stay tuned! It' going to show a panoramic view of gorgeous Bastrop County, some real Texas country. We have a way of linking mailing lists to our conferences that I'm working on now. Feel free to make new topics, suggest whatever ideas you have and invite your friends to join. And if there's anything we can do to make things easier for you, let us know. Welcome!

HI. I'm Ginger in Bastrop. I watched a glorious lightning storm tonight. The 6 oclock news reported tornados. Beautiful but devastating.

Welcome Ginger. That lightning was spectacular last night. Too bad out the 30 houses lost in Jarrell (sp?).

I'm Nancy from Seattle. I've been running a small Internet startup here in the Silicon Forest at http://www.bullseyeinc.com . I'm particularly interested in things like virtual communities, how the new media can contribute to the community and chocolate.

I hope you'll tell us more about bullseyeinc.com

I've got to go do the parental-dinner thing but will return and post more on BullsEye. And just as a bookmark, I think this is #22....

What about Bullseye?

hello everybody I`m from Holland and i`ve got a problem. when i click on somebody like ginger the computer respons with: You must specify a return adress in Mail and News preferences. Where the hell are they I don`t know? and a nother problem: Does any body have a program that allows to look at JPG pictures I only got a program that allows to look at GIF pictures. I realy like it if somebody response on this call. I`m from Holland so don`t look at the words YODA

JPEG viewers for Windows 95/NT, goto http://www.windows95.com and you will find tons of them...

Lview! Have we met before?

thank you very much tedchong.

And congratulations Ted Chong on new baby Chelsea! We salute you on our Spring main page today! http://www.spring.com

Thanks Terry, your message is much appreciated. Maybe I will scan baby Chelsea and set up a web page for her...

Sure create an account for Chelsea. She has to get started at an early age right?

I'm new here and I don't understand how all this works yet. I'm on webtv.

Hello, again, Sally. What are some of your other interest? WER

Is this conference dead? Hello out there. I do websites and graphics and more. Where is the happening conference? Or am I just in the wrong place? Greetings

Good Morning! I wouldn't necessarily call it dead, more like hibernating I think...

What webbed type stuff do you like to talk about, ineffable?

hi guys, am just starting to venture into this conference, but most of you know me from everywhere else!

Cool.

hey wolfie!

hiya ratthing!

Hello - My site offers commentary on technology stocks and the U.S. stock markets. However boring that may sound, the site is actually quite entertaining, in addition to being informative. Check it out. I'm at http://www.fabmktbabe.com Have fun!

Then you hang around here long enough to make up for the spam...

Kristen Baker here, I surf the web for paramedic/EMT stuff.

Welcome, and we sure could use you in the Health conference...

i've just invited "Boogie Jack" (of www.boogiejack.com) to come and check out The Spring, maybe with a view to getting involved in the Web conference here. Hope he checks in...

as do we...

Thanks for the invite Mike, and Wer for adding to Mikes post. Don't know how much time I'll be able to devote to adding to this conference, but just thought I'd check in and let you know I'm checking it out.

however intermittent it might be, we do hope you stay around awhile...

Really, come and boogie with us.

welcome, booj! hope you can stay around a while.

hiya Jack. Glad you dropped by :-) Send some Wack Attack people our way if you like!

Wack Attack? What are we in for?

heh...Wack Attack ( I think) is the list of people who have a link back to Booj's web site on their own homepage, and top bloke Jack gives us some free fonts :-)

oh yeah, and an e-mail newsletter, too, which is really really very good :)

I would like regulars of this conference invite to visit the International Conflicts conference here on the Spring: http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/InternationalConflicts/all This conference is dedicated to the disputes between groups all over the world, be that social, cultural, political or ethnical differences.

Hi I'm Maggie. I came here via the phinished conference which moved in a short while ago, and I'm getting to know various conferences. I'm an avid surfer, well as much as the telephone charging system in the UK will allow me to (we pay per second!). I usually surf for academic material and keep trying various surf engines to see which I find most productive. Nice to meet you all.

Our pleasure, Maggie, I assure you!

Hello Maggie! Another European - the This-Side-Of-The-Pond faction grows! Pleased to meet ya! (Say, haven't we met in Phinished before... Discussing back-ups?)

Yes - and I still need to get a zip drive!!!

Hmh, go get one. Tell you lover or grandmother how horrible loss of all work is - especially after gotten so far, blabla, and you just can't raise the funds to get you THAT security... (Oh, and be sure you have the price for the new 250 MB-Zip... ;=} They might just ask you.)

I've been looking it up - honest! Do you reckon the 250mb is the way to go. i've seen one offer thgat give four disks as well, that'd give me a G of extra space. Can I use the zip drive like an extra hard drive? Should a parallel port one be OK. I don't have a super dooper machine.

OK, get a 250 MB one, because the price difference isn't really hot, and it's been developed later, so the tech behind ought to be more current state of the art. You can use it like another hd, but there are speed limitations (a) by the drive, but more importantly, (b) by the parallel port. The SCSI versions are faster (but not as fast as a REAL hd), but for this, your PC would have to have a SCSI-adapter, which is unlikely. And upgrading with one just for this purpose is not economic, plus you could not easily connect a SCSI-Zip drive to somebody else's PC or notebook. The cool thing about the parallel port Zip is, you can attach it easy, take it off and drag around. And with the 4 cartridges, you could use one to back up all important stuff you have, seal it in an envelope and store off-site (you never know...), have two for alternating daily (at least weekly!) backups of the stuff you work on, and one to use with this PC recovery software you can download from Iomega. That allows you - with one Zip and a floppy disk - to recover your configuration and operating system should your PC break down and the OS be shot up. Things can happen, and they did to me. There were some problems encountered with the 100 MB Zip drives (by me, too); these have never been reported of the newer 250 MB drives. Another plus: If you want to show your work to your prof or a co-student, maybe a floppy is too small. Either they have this drive, too, or have a 100 MB Zip, so you could write to a 100 MB cartridge and give them that (supposedly downward compatible - but ask the sales person), or drag the kit over, plug in, start a small .exe (guest.exe ?) from a floppy, and have access to your data on their machine... Great for taking stuff to a place with a laser printer, or to print colour graphics at a friends place! But the most important thing is, you will be able to backup your work and mailfolders, and store one copy offsite. And if your installation breaks down, you could recover your configuration easy, and know the loss of work is only what you lost since your back-up. And if you use some funky backup software, or - like I do - just use Winzip, you can even fit more than 250 MB on it. Winzip does a nice job compressing all stuff into one file (even does disk-spanning if one cartridge isn't big enough!), and you can even password-protect it. *************************************** I own two 100 MB Zip drives, one is a SCSI version connected to the Mac of a layouter, the other is a parallel port version on my PC. If need be, I can also use it to swap large file to a portable computer. I use Zips a lot - most of the layouters I work with deliver their stuff on Zips, which I pass on to the print shop. A typical in-office-use is dragging images I get mailed onto a Zip, and walk this over to the Mac for production. (Uh, still no network here...)

I'm sold! Just waiting for delivery.

I like the new portable CD rom writers, parallel port also. And then you have a medium you can pop into almost any machine.

David has one with which he is creating my Christmas presents!!! He loves his "burner"

Ad in the Newspaper yesterday, offered a 15.8Gig Seagate HD for $159.00US, (At Fry's Home Electronics). (((Didn't want to stray from the thread)) Ciao Fixxit

Wow, that's pretty good, Scott. I wonder if the same drive is listed on http://www.pricewatch.com?

Anybody seen and tried the new Iomega external CD-ROM drive?

Nope, what's its claim to fame?

It's supposed to be a CD-RW drive with loads of software, easy to install. I'm not sure if it is only internal, or if they offer an external version, too. I think it's called ZipCD 650, or something like it.

i may sound like an alarmist and this is the wrong topic to post this in but, here goes nothing..... please teach your children to be careful surfing the web. pedophiles and stalkers are out there and are blatant about what they want. with chat rooms being offered as free additions to websites, it's harder for "moderators" to control and report anything suspicious. i've removed the chat rooms from my site.

Wolfie - good point and make sure you post it on Porch where every one goes - like in "What do you want to talk about today" so more people see it. The web conference is not on many people's hotlist, I think - and this is important enough to get big attention. I cannot help thinking of those two girls who were lured to NYC and raped... How ghastly a price to pay for being friendly.

good point and it's done. (i saw a show about it last night and it got me upset)....i've spoken to teenagers via icq and chat rooms and have told them to be careful. of course, they come looking for excitement but don't realize that the folks on the other end are serious and have issues. didn't want to make chat rooms even more accessible for teenagers (since my site is for poetry and a lot of teenagers write and read). besides, i have a message board! and this is my favorite chat place anyway!! GO SPRING!!!!!

Hugs for caring enough to do this, Wolfie - if you save just one it will be worth it!!