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Internet Online LapTop Warrior Discussion List
I - L-A-P-T-O-P W-A-R-R-I-O-R D-I-G-E-S-T

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March 5, 1998 Issue # 001
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"Welcome to I-LapTop Warrior"

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"Voice telephone messages via the Internet"
~Norman Woods

"Web site downloads"
~Jimmy Stroud

"Funny phones in Switzerland and France"
~Bob Lawson, moderator


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Here you are with the very first issue of the I-LapTop Warrior
digest. Congratulations for being among the first laptop-equipped
travelers to sign up for this discussion list.

Together, we have a job to do. Our task is to create an online
community, one where members can reach out for help on the
many problems that arise while traveling the globe with a laptop
computer. It will be a responsive community, one that also reaches
out to help those with technical or practical questions.

And I am here to do my part. I'm Bob Lawson, your moderator. I
know a few things about traveling with a laptop, as editor of a
web site called Roadnews.com (http://www.roadnews.com).
The site deals specifically with these topics. My first job is to
get the discussion started, and my ongoing objective is be more
than just a moderator. You'll find that I'll be routinely funneling
information onto this list so I can share with you some of the
material I routinely unearth on and off the Internet.

You have a job, too. You must help me get this discussion list
off the ground by making a contribution. A contribution of words,
not money. Don't just lurk in the background. Post your questions
and comments. And if someone else has a question you can answer,
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this list so that everyone can learn from your message. The
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From: Norman Woods, <nfwoods@cableaml.com>
Subject: How to receive voice telephone messages via the Internet.

I use a service called Boomerang (http://www.boomerang.com/) to
receive fax messages while I'm traveling. It works fine. I was
hoping someone would know of a similar service that can receive
and forward voice messages over the Internet.

N Woods
Nfwoods@cableaml.com


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My name is Jimmy Stroud, I am a sound engineer and I work on
cruise ships. I have a PC at home, and I'm planning to buy a
laptop before I leave, on the first of May. I will be going to
Europe this contract. I want to be able to check my stocks
and Email.

Does anyone know anything about software called WEB BUDDY?
It's advertised for $49 and it's supposed to allow you to download
entire web sites to your hard drive. It would be great if I could
do this before boarding the ship, as once I'm aboard I don't have
telephone (eg Internet) contact with the world.

Jimmy,
Gautier, MS, USA


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From: Bob Lawson

Subject: Funny phones in Switzerland and France

Last two times I was in Europe, I came across phones that puzzled
me. One was in Switzerland, the other in France. The phones were
of a modern variety. They were wired in to the wall with Swiss and
French modular phone line plugs, as one would expect. But on the
other end of the phone line that ran from the wall, there was a
US-style RJ11 plug.

Oh, boy, I thought, this should be easy to go online. Since these
were residential lines I wasn't worried about digital service, so I
took the line out of the phone and plugged it directly into my
modem.

Nothing. It didn't work.

So I got out my line tester and checked out what I was dealing
with. In both cases, I found the polarity reversed on the lines.
I was surprised. Has anyone found similar circumstances and can
anyone offer an explanation? It was my understanding that the
general rule that a phone was a phone the world over still applied
(with the exception of digital PBX systems, of course).

My immediate solution was to pull out my alligator clips and put
the polarity back as it should be.


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