> On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, Santiago Soler wrote:
>
> > I OWN AN OMNIGO 100. I WOULD LIKE TO RETRIEVE EMAIL ON
> > ROAD, ETC. BUT THIS IS NOT OFFERED YET FOR THE OMNIGO. SINCE IT
>
> There are two solutions for retrieving e-mail on the road that I know of
> at this time.
>
> 1. Use a PCMCIA or serial modem connected to your OmniGo, and either the
> TERM.IZL software which comes with the IZL interpreter from John Feras
> (http://www.netaxs.com/~jferas/, I think) or the OgComm program to dial
> into your email system and read email. I use the former to get into my
> Unix account and run "mailx" to read my mail. This is a bit awkward
> because of the small screen (I configure the Unix host to think I have
> an 8 line by 80 column screen and that seems to work OK), but it does
> work.
I loaded the IZL from John Feras, but I don't see teh OgComm in that
package. Where is it??? Can I access internet with it???
>
> 2. Sign up for WyndMail (http://www.wynd.net/wynd/). This is a wireless
> email service with client software for Windows, Mac, and OmniGo.
> However, for those who do not want (or cannot afford the $500 for) the
> wireless modem option, they also have an 800 number for dialin access.
> This is the route I will be taking in the near future, since WyndMail
> also allows me to send/receive pages and voicemail messages, and send
> faxes from my OGO. And at some point, I probably will get the wireless
> modem; for now, though, I plan to use the dial-in client with my
> Megahertz 14.4 PCMCIA modem.
>
This is a good alternative for the US. However, I am now in Ecuador
for 2 years and I am seriously looking at alternatives on how to stay
connected to my office (at least one way), like getting a PCMCIA pager
to suscribe to SkyTel. Is there anything out in the market for the OmniGO???
> /MC
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