Re: [WinMac] VPC and modems
Brian Durant(pip207[at]inform.dk)
Thu, 06 Aug 1998 21:13:03 +0300
Hi Peter,
Thank's for the e-mail. I got involved with this issue of modems because I
use Norton Utilities for Windows with VirtualPC and it uses a live update
system that forces you to download updates in Windows, which can be a real
pain in the butt as they are usually over 5MB. As I am stationed in Turkey
at this time, where the Internet connections are absolutely terrible, it
becomes even more important to get this live update issue to work properly.
Sincerely,
Brian Durant
Human rights and democratization specialist.
Menneskerettigheds- og demokratiseringsspecialist.
<bdurant@inform.dk>
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>From: Peter Mannheim <pm-fosco@dircon.co.uk>
>To: <winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu>
>Subject: [WinMac] VPC and modems
>Date: Thu, Aug 6, 1998, 06:34
>
>>I am interested in getting a copy of the modem drivers for my (Mac version)
>>SupraSonic 336V+ to use with VirtualPC. I have been having problems with
>>data compression not being used despite the fact that it is activited in the
>>Win modem setup. Can anyone help? I have a list of files from
>
>I have a Supra Express 288 on my G3 Mac and I can dial out with it from
>Virtual PC....
>BUT
>IMHO The way to go is to get VPC working with a "standard modem" and then
>add another modem whose PC model matches your Mac modem as closely as
>possible. Nevertheless, you will always take a big speed hit because of the
>emulation.
>I found I had 2 main reasons to browse the Web from inside VPC - (a) Help
>Page refs to Web addresses in PC progs - that worked and I could improved
>it a bit by setting Internet Explorer to cache recently visited pages etc.
>(b) file downloads where the Mac browser would obstinately try and download
>a .EXE file directly instead of saving it to disk despite everything I
>defined in Netscape's "helpers", prefs. etc. For (b), I now use that trick
>of holding down the Option key in Netscape which _always_ gives me the
>option to save the file to the Mac disk (pardon me if you know that!)
>I had found sending e-mail with attachments to a PC CompuServe account was
>a pain from the Mac side - but I recently solved this problem by using
>Netscape for these emails instead of Eudora Pro - Netscape's standards for
>attachments are recognised by Compuserve.....
>No doubt there are other reasons for needing the VPC modem to work directly
>but I've been lucky enough so far using these workrounds - HTH
>
>Peter Mannheim
>
>
>
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