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| DATE | 2001-12-27 |
| FROM | Kevin Mark
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Laptops, Internet and Cell Phones
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I dont have actuall experience but I recall at one LUG meeting Stammish
at the Typhoon Bar seeing some person using their laptop IR port and a
terminal program to connect to the Ir port on their cellphone
modem.(Using Linux ..what else?)
just my 2 cents.
-Kev
On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 18:16, Joe Villari wrote:
>
> Anyone have any information on how one would connect to your ISP via
> a cell phone and a laptop?
>
> Seems that all the info I'm getting from the major phone
> manufacturers Motorola, Ericsson and Nokia only work with either a
> data cable and some bullshit windows software/driver or infrared
> using only some more bullshit windows stuff.
>
> I have two possible machines an old P90 running only Linux with a
> PCMCIA modem card or my new MAC Ti Powerbook with a built in modem
> and infrared which will hopefully be running MAC OS 9.2 and Yellow
> Dog Linux.
>
> Thanks
> Joe
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