Category Archives: Attic

Tips on setting up serious Internet accounts, with PPP and SLIPKishore Bhargava and I just took off from Madras, en route to Calcutta for the next leg of our “Business on the Internet” seminar tour. Though the flight feels somewhat … Continue reading →

In August and September of ’94, Kishore Bhargava and I were on tour around the country holding seminars on datacommunications. Though we expected (and got) a lot of questions from the 450+ people who attended the seminars, one question really … Continue reading →

Late April was a rather busy time for me. I was in Delhi setting up PCQ Online. Now Delhi is a hot place in the month of April, but that wasn’t really bothering me (I could even live with the … Continue reading →

Here’s a question for you -Q: “What is the fastest way to drive Atul Chitnis round the bend ?” A: “Send him to a place where he can’t connect his notebook computer’s modem to the telephone line !” In the … Continue reading →

In the past few articles I have been writing about how to communicate using modems. While a lot of ground has been covered there, we have been assuming that you are calling from one place to another via a direct … Continue reading →

Many of you who have attended my seminars across the country will be very surprised seeing an article by me that actually acknowledges faxes. My (opiniated??) stand about faxing seems to be legendary – I don’t like faxes, and I … Continue reading →

Author’s note: This article was probably the first “electronic activism” article that ever appeared in the Indian media, though I didn’t know it then. What I *did* know was that I was thoroughly misusing my technical column – with pretty … Continue reading →

I got a call this morning. All the way from Bombay. Wow !The gentleman at the other end had a very interesting query – what’s Compuserve’s Bombay phone number ? Oh oh. Many moons ago I wrote a full article … Continue reading →

You know that feeling when you have spent the past hour hunting for your glasses, only to find them perched on top of your head ? I mean, a really serious situation (I am blind without my glasses) that has … Continue reading →

The brain behind the brawn It is the software that makes a powerful PC, and things aren’t any different on the data communication front. While your modem may be the latest and greatest, with a zillion bits per second and … Continue reading →