Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:16:54 -0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: was "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ** SB: "what's happening to Nettamer?"
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Ronald:
Yes, Uncle Dave has some very nifty features in Nettamer's PPP dialer which
are NOT available in any other DOS-based dialer/PPP application that I have
personally tried or ever heard about.
My frustration with this whole situation is, again, seeing high-quality
DOS-based source code disappear. Because the developer is not able to
maintain the product or lost interest in de-bugging the SOS (same old fecal
material).
IMO it would be a very sad day for worldwide DOS-based users of the internet
if we loose the functionality of Nettamer's PPP dialer.
There are a lot of folks who need this type of an application for their Intel
CPU in an embedded application = credit card reader that uses the internet
instead of a direct CPU-modem-to-modem-CPU connection like a BBS. The vast
majority of a embedded DOS-based credit card reader could be built with only
a few chips and be battery powered = use it from the parking lot of a store
with battery powered short-range RF or from the booth at the local flea
market or local street vendors.
All this low-powered battery stuff is of very great importance as I sit with
a battery powered computer because the local "shore" power got shut off. Due
to the rolling blackouts in California.
Keep those comments coming from the existing users of Nettamer. We need to
assist Uncle Dave in finding a solution that is a win-win for him as well as
the DOS-based internet community.
John O
On 2001-01-17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On 2001-01-17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>I'm going miss Walter's contributions because he has always been so
>thorough in evaluating new versions of Net-Tamer. It would be a
>shame for Net-Tamer to languish for lack of interest. A standalone
>PPP dialer from Uncle Dave would be a valuable resource for DOS
>users of Lynx or even Arachne. The fact is that the current DOSPPP
>and variants of it can't hunt for a DNS if the user doesn't know it.
>This means that if your ISP changes its DNS numbers without
>notifying you, as has happened to me in the past, DOSPPP will fail
>to connect the browser to any URL.
>Nettamer, on the other hand, apparently because of the way Uncle
>Dave has written his PPP code, can search for a DNS and use
>whatever is available via the local dialup. A standalone PPP
>dialer for DOS with the same capability would be a vast improvement
>over DOSPPP for that reason alone.
>>If you have been watching the Nettamer List, Walter Scott has
>>decided to give up on following the list. This is a major loss,
>>because Walter has always notified the list when a new beta version
>>was posted to the Nettamer web page. Walter also spent many hours
>>testing the new betas of Nettamer and ALWAYS posted an objective
>>analysis.
>Ronald Dailey
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>RCD
>Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered
John Oram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> using NetTamer, DOS shareware
Voice mail: 800-589-8167 Office: 916-339-2311 Pacific Time
Fett's Law: Never replicate a successful experiment.
Net-Tamer V 1.08 - Registered
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