On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 09:42:30AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
>
>Anne and I are visiting Eugene for two weeks, Nov. 12-25. We
>really don't want to be without email for that long.
>
>We'll both have our laptops with us (some guy is giving a presentation
>at the 11/18 meeting about Linux on laptops, I think (-: ), but our
>laptops have WinModems which don't work with Linux.
>
Some work has been done on supporting LoseModems under Linux; do a web
search on "LinModems".
>Any suggestions as to how we could get some short-term net access in
>Eugene? Best would be an Ethernet we could plug into, but any machine
>we could run ssh and a web browser on would be okay, too.
>
>Open ethernet ports at the University? Public terminals at EFN?
>What's available?
>
Public terminals at efn are available; they provide browsing and ssh
(you might need to ask at the desk about how to start ssh, it's not
terribly obvious on some of the public machines). We don't currently
provide a public ethernet plugin, but that might be a good idea for us
to deploy. Our office is at 448 Charnelton, across Charnelton from the
jail; it's best to park on 4th. We are open:
TUE WED THU FRI SAT
12-16 12-18 12-18 12-18 12-16
If you don't need graphical browsing, we can set you up for gratis shell
accounts on efn, and you can use a terminal program with your BinModem to
get on to the efn shell, and use ssh and lynx from there.
>We're willing to pay a reasonable fee...
>
We could also set you up for PPP connections, but since you're only going
to be here briefly, $37 to get rolling may not meet your definition of
"reasonable"...
--
On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament!], `Pray,
Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right
answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of
confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.--Charles Babbage
