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From: Kevin McQuiggin mcquiggi@sfu.ca
Subject: [9fans] Thanks, ip almost working!
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 18:07:19 -0700

At 02:08 AM 98/04/22 -0400, you wrote:
>What happened to Plan A?  Surely that comes between Plan 9 and Plan B, no?

In hex I suppose you're right. "Plan A" was the atapi CDROM, no luck, so
time for "Plan B".

Reminds me of that big DX-pedition by longtime contester RG8U to the
Coaxial Islands in 1979... (I worked him on the standing wave).   :-)

Hmmm, any ham radio types on this list??? (If not I suppose I've just
lobbed a lead balloon...)

>The problem, I think, is that once you set the ip information, you
>can't set it again.  Once you tell it your ethernet card is 255.255.255.0
>(probably in termrc?) you're doomed..

I looked through but may have missed this. I'll take another look tonight.

Kevin


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