-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, der.hans wrote: > Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 22:34:36 -0700 (MST) > From: der.hans > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > To: PLUG > Subject: Re: SprintPCS Wireless Web > > On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Nathan Saper wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Comrades: > > > > I just purchased a new SprintPCS phone with the Wireless Web, and I was > > wondering if anyone knows if there are drivers availalble which would > > allow me to hook up my new phone to my laptop? I was told by the salesman > > that the only drivers available were Windows, but, as always, I figured > > people here would be much more knowldgeable about such matters. > > Drivers? We don't need no steenking drivers! :) > > Well, OK, this is only in theory thus far. Use a data connection kit to > plug the phone into the serial port, then use normal ppp for a serial > modem. Sprint claims they're getting 14,400 and that should be going up > this summer (maybe all the way to 56k). > This sounds good, but I don't want to go out and buy the cable if I'm not sure it will work. Does anyone know the specifics for my phone (Motorola StarTAC Dual Band)? > Same method should work for PDAs that can hookup to a db9. Might need a > gender bender for that. > > Have you found any wireless URLs that work aside from the handful of one's > they've sold? I couldn't give a rat's ass about what amazon or espn have, > but there are some other places I'd like to be able to get to. My few > attempts thus far have failed. > Nope, I haven't found any others so far. On a somewhat separate note, do you think it would be possible to create a wireless website that had a backend to convert standard websites to the wireless format (in effect browsing the standard web using the wireless site as a sort of proxy)? This was done with the PalmVII to allow the wireless browsing of standard websites. > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.OpNIX.com > # Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important > # stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it. -- Linus Torvalds > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > - -- Nathan Saper natedog@well.com http://www.well.com/user/natedog/ AOL Instant Messenger: linuxfu GnuPG Key: http://www.well.com/user/natedog/key.gpg Voice: 602-791-7219 Alternate Email (no GnuPG): nsaper420@yahoo.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: pgpenvelope - http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/ftobin/resources.html iD8DBQE5BYw1Uv7vZyB+cZkRAhvcAJ4z+OM2KV/56VJnYyIqwt3AsEF1CwCfVvCT ByHk/9nV292gTYaFTwjj3Hs= =Snhz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----