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To: Mark Oliver who wrote (468)	6/12/1998 1:02:00 PM
From: appro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

Teramac >>A supercomputer using factory-reject chips and having more than 220,000 defects, each deadly enough to disable any other machine, could be the forerunner of "chemical computers" that are faster, cheaper and more powerful, researchers said on Thursday.<< zdnet.com Using Microsoft op sys has certainly made me a more fault tolerant computer user. Now I need a fault tolerant op sys, computer and apps. Evolution begins with fault tolerance.

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (468)	6/14/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: Yogi - Paul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2025

Mark, Is a more capable PalmPilot a threat to notebook unit sales? From San Jose Mercury "New PalmPilot software planned Oracle Corp. and 3Com Corp. have agreed to develop miniature database software to allow mobile workers to tap into their companies' information warehouses via 3Com's handheld PalmPilot computer. The goal is to create computer programs that give employees access to customer profiles, inventory price sheets, and the like while they are in the field using inexpensive handheld computers. By some estimates, about 40 percent of the national work force will be mobile by 2000." mercurycenter.com Yogi

To: Mark Oliver who wrote (468)	6/17/1998 9:05:00 AM
From: Pierre-X	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

Re: Home LANs; Cordless laptops You said: I think there is need for a product to do simple home LAN's, at least in my house. On that subject here's a link: herring.com ...Tut, which hooks PCs together through the telephone wiring of houses and apartment buildings ... "Once we have multiple intelligent devices around the house, the need will arise to network them," says Jupiter analyst Ross Rubin. Of the 42 million U.S. homes that have computers, about one fourth own two or more PCs, according to [IDC]. "none of this will go anywhere unless Microsoft makes it easier to administer these networks." Tut is marketing HomeRun as a "plug-and-play" product. It connects via interface cards and standard phone jacks. But once the physical system is connected, users still have to wade through the intricacies of Windows network-management. Let me tell you, setting up an MS LAN is far from a no-brainer. I've done it hundreds of times and I still run into funky problems regularly. For novice users? May the Force be with them. <g> You said: Have you ever heard of a card to put in a lap top to use a home cordless phone and then roam the house with no wires? That one also seemed like a good idea. There are a variety of wireless LAN products. I must have mentioned before my plan to rent 50 sq.ft. somewhere near the beach and setup a wireless server that lets me roam the beach as my office? God bless, PX