Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 06:02:58 10/28/97
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On October 28, 1997 at 06:52:42, Chris Whittington wrote: > >On October 28, 1997 at 06:43:02, Ingo Althofer wrote: > >>Thanks for the live infos, Chris ! > > >Its a pleasure :) > >Apparently the icca still have no modem facility, so it looks like the >best communicatio method in and out is via Thorsten's mobile. I'm going >to be away from tomorrow afternoon, and then in Paris from the Saturday; >so my reporting will cease today. > >What could be possible (and I'll have to ask Thorsten), is for soembody >to take on the task of phoning him, and getting results and partial >results as they come in; and posting them here. > >Problem for Thorsten (and I don't think he knows it yet) is that his GSM >mobile is registered in germany. If you call him while he is out of >germany, the call gets routed first to his german control, which then >routes it to Paris. You pay for the call to germany; but HE pays for the >german to France routing. This can get expensive at GSM rates. >Anybody want to volunteer to do the job of calling him and posting live >reports ? Volunteer here, post me your email, I'll check with Thorsten, >and email you his mobile number ..... > >And anybody(s) offering to compensate him for the expense (Thorsten is >not a rich man). Maybe some beers, currywurst or small cash gifts next >time you meet him ... > >Chris Chris, ICD/Your Move will pick up the expense of phone calls up to $200 or the equivalent cost in beers, but it is impractical that we call Germany from the U.S.. So all we need is a volunteer in Europe to make the calls and post in CCC immediately as information comes in. That person and Thorsten can split the money or beers. No drinking on the job, however; we want accurate gamescores:-] Steve
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