Registered: Jan 2001
Location:
Posts: 125

Hey everyone!

I was just wondering if anyone knew if someone like novatel or whoever had any plans to come up with a springboard modem to access ricochet's 128 kbps network? Thanks for any information.

Marty

Registered: Jan 2001
Location: USA
Posts: 3

I second that

I am also VERY interested to see such a thing, though I guess the market would be less than that for a PC card ricochet. The iPaq H3600 takes PC cards with an "sleeve" and that, my friends, is cool. But I can't support Wince-or MS. YUCK.
Ed

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Texan in Calgary for a while
Posts: 1361

Agreed

I see those hokey ads all the time in Houston, and would love a 128Kb wireless module.

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James Hromadka
Old Friend

Registered: Dec 2000
Location:
Posts: 28

Prism and Ricochet

I have a ricochet modem which I rarely use on my laptop anymore and have been working on the integration of the Ricochet to the Prism for months. I have friends who have used the ricochet with their Palm Vx so I knew it was possible with the right cable combination.

I recently ordered a Mark/Space DCH-M2 for $29.95 which is their Visor (including Prism) to modem cable. The Datacord includes a special circuit board in the Visor end of the cable to convert the Visor voltage to the proper levels for RS232. The M2 model which I bought also includes a circuit to assert the DTR line which many devices expect to be on or they will not operate.

It is on backorder, but I expect to see this cable in a week or so and will let you know how it works with the Ricochet. I have this vision of a Prism with a Ricochet Velcro'd to the back of it and the whole thing blazing away at 128KB...

David
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wireless access is addictive....

Registered: Dec 2000
Location:
Posts: 38

Big power sponge...

A cohort of mine in another area of the company has Ricochet in his Compaq iPaq. He tells me the thing sucks power like a sponge. In one playing around session, his fully charged batteries were depleted to near dangerous levels. Power issues aside, he liked the speed. The power issues can't be ignored though.

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PropellerHead

Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Arlington, TX
Posts: 334

Another issue that can't be ignored is the price. All of the ads I've seen are for $74.95/month. I thought $40/month was steep.

Rick

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Rick

www.visorsolutions.com

Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 638

One of my friends in the computer business had one of those things attached to his iPaq. Although I did not get to use it extensivly (we were technically working ), I must say that it was VERY fast. He downloaded an MP3 and played it for me right then and there. Total download time was probably like 4 minutes, which is comparable to my DSL at times.

BEN

Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Urbana, IL
Posts: 99

Anyone up for some streaming Video?