Hi, I'm involved with organising an event at the end of the month. I need to find a way to get a list of names from an office (an hour outside Glasgow) to a hall (in Glasgow). We'll need to do this maybe up to about six times, all on the one day.
We haven't done this for a couple of years. We used to just fax the list to the wardens office in Glasgow, but we're using a different venue this year and that may not be an option. I don't have a large budget, but could spend a small amount. What I'd hoped was that I'd be able to get a pcmcia card which I could put my sim card in and make an old-fashioned, dial-up connection. (I'd set up a special email account for this purpose so I'd only be downloading what I need so connection speed really isn't an issue but I need to avoid getting in to any sort of ongoing contract!) My problem is that no-one seems interested anymore unless it's broadband! Also, I'd like to be able to do it all from Linux! (I do have an unused XP boot option on my laptop if I have to, but I'd like to stick with my nice Slackware system.) So, does anyone have any pointers? Has anyone ever got a pcmcia mobile phone based modem working on Linux? (Does anyone have an old one they've since upgraded to broadband which they'd be prepared to sell on? Long shot I know, but if you don't ask...) Adam -- "I thought cars were the dominant species on your planet and I was just trying to introduce myself" Ford Prefect Use encrypted email! Get my GPG public key at www.conways.name _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
