arachne-digest Monday, May 28 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1536
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Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 10:42:52
From: "Luis A. Loeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help the kid out!
> From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: Arachne Fan Club
> Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 23:40:41 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Help the kid out!
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Wed, 23 May 2001 19:55:53, Luis A. Loeff wrote:
>
> <snipped all>
>
> I received six identical copies of Luis' interesting post.
>
> Luis, do you think you might have made some kind of mistake,
> or do you think the problem might have occurred somewhere in
> some system outside your control?
Hi
I have already sort of explained these messages.
For some reason every time I clicked on left arrow (previous page
in A1.66 ) it kept sending a message (funny behaviour), then I exited
to get out of the loop.
Regards
Luis A. Loeff
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Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 10:58:32
From: "Luis A. Loeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Down with windows
> Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 23:34:20 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Down with windows
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I read about an anti-piracy plan by MS to require registration that would allow
> a Windows copy to run on only one computer. This was also for MS Office. Have
> the pirates found a way around the copy protection?
>
Hi Tom
I believe that Microsoft deliberarely lets piracy loose in some markets
so that they keep using Microsoft products, so they keep a strangehold
of such markets. They could have easily implemented registration at the time
W98 started with automatic update through internet. If everybody here
had to pay U$ 250 or so for Windows, I am sure a lot of people would
go for Linux , DOS or something else. But if we are using Windows now
it seems reasonable to expect that we will keep using Windows in the
future.
Regards
Luis A. Loeff
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 17:29:05 +0200 (CEST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
Subject: DOS Graphics Programs
Hi
27 May 2001, "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
TM> Actually in pratice this shows to not be correct. The problem comes
TM> when you use a Pentium Pro class CPU with those speeds. CPUs that are
TM> affected are: Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV, Duron
TM> and Thunderbird. For instance an AMD k6-2 will still run those
TM> programs fine even if you are well above 200MHz. (snip)
TM> Would the Athlon be included too?
SURE ... Every fast CPU is included - and Athlon is fast as hell ;)
(Bernie wrote Thunderbird meaning Athlon classic and Athlon Thunderburd)
TM> Does this Runtime Error affect Arachne?
It only affect programs written in borland/turbo pascal.
Arachne is not written in pascal.
TM> It is awful strange to buy a fast computer only to slow it down to
TM> avoid this Runtime Error!
I have never slowed down my Athlon.
If I think that I need a buggy program, than I patch it with tppatch.
If it is not possible, than I was wrong thinking that I need the program.
CU, Ricsi
PS: Google discussion:
Google is not a searchengine, it's _THE_ searchengine ... and I don't think
that the name sounds silly ;-)))
PPS: Google is actually a large linux beowulf cluster ...
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|~)o _ _o Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> {ICQ: 7659421} (PGP)
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:32:01 +0000
From: "J. J. Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Down with windows
I was going to edit the page at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19214.html
to send, but I find that F4 doesn't work, whereas
F6 works as normal. It's an interesting and amusing
tale, so please all rush over and read it, and see
what you get with F4 while you're there.
I've heard that the real basis for the "browser war"
is the selling of servers and server software. As
Opera aren't in that market they've not been trodden
on.
Salutations,
Jake
British ambassador to the kingdom of Padua
- -- Written by a user of Arachne: the Internet Survival Kit
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:44:35 +0000
From: "J. J. Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Down with windows
This version of the story isn't at all funny:
http://home-news.excite.ca/printstory/news/cp/010524/18/nb-woman-seeks
I wrote:
>I was going to edit the page at:
>
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19214.html
<snipped>
Jake
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 15:58:36 -0400
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Another page 'rachne can't handle
On Sat, 26 May 2001 13:20:13 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> I'm not certain whether the problem is the way the map is referenced
> [actually there are two "maps" on this page], whether it's the long
> lines of code necessitated by polygon coordinates [some over 300
> characters long] or the fact that the map definitions are after the
> 'end of body' tag.
> If you go to the URL you'll see the page does load ... it's the links
> from the "map" that don't work ... even though Arachne picks up some
> of what it needs, the end result is an error message.
> http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/Radar/
At first I thought the problem might be the loooooooonnngggg URLs
So, I tried my "special" v1.64 (can do 400 character URLs)
No luck.
Next, I fired-up NS4
No problem.
A further diagnosis of the site shows......
The second page that we link to *is* accessed.
We are then redirected to that error page because we don't have the
"correct" browser.
It seems that M$-IIS/5.0 is doing a "browser check" and can be setup to
block-out "incorrect" browsers.
Proof:
(long lines broken for eMail format)
<TITLE>Page information for http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?
loc=ksea&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=Radar&
prodnav=none&pid=none</TITLE><PRE>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:52:09 GMT
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 187
Content-Type: text/html
Cache-control: private
</PRE>
<HR>URL: <A HREF="http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=ksea
&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=Radar&
prodnav=none&pid=none">http://www.intellicast.com/Local/
USLocalWide.asp?loc=ksea&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=
RadarImagery&product=Radar&prodnav=none&pid=none</A><BR>
Local: <A HREF="file:90993182.HTM">\arachne\cache\90993182.HTM</A><HR>
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 15:59:56 -0400
From: Jim Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Down with windows
To Everyone:
This is my first reply to this Arachne "forum". Thanks for your patience!
Why does my display screen have several black rectangles that obliterate
about
10 percent of the screen area?
Why does the "pointing finger" leave a black trail as I tab it around
the
screen?
I use no Windows at all. PC-DOS 5.00 on an old IBM PS/1 486SX at 25 MHz
with 4
MB RAM. VGA. I don't even use a mouse (by choice). Arachne 1.70 just
quickly
installed yesterday. I'm very "green" (ignorant) of both Arachne and
browsers
and the internet in general. I am a retired electrical engr and have had a
PC
for more than 20 years however. External 14,400 Zoom modem. I use
Compuserve
by a home telephone line.
I have this working well enough to access Google.
I wonder if it would help if someone knowledgeable sent me a
config
(ARACHNE.CFG) file designed to operate with Compuserve. I use only DOSCIM
to
normally access Compuserve.
Thanks very much for trying to help!
Jim Carroll
Retired EEngr in VA, USA
27 May 2001
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:02:31 -0400
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.31
On Sat, 26 May 2001 19:58:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 26 May 01 at 14:03, owner-arachne-digest@arachne wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 23:46:54 -0400
>> From: "Clarence Verge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: They are only ONE
>> On Fri, 25 May 2001 14:52:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> > www.volny.cz/lange/gallery.zbm
>> Hi Christof;
>> I'm afraid your zip has a non-recoverable error in it.
>> Please upload our picture again.
> I added www.volny.cz/lange/gallery.zip
> It seems to be identical.
That one is not corrupted like the first one was.
Hey, Bernie grew a beard. <VBG>
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:04:56 -0400
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internet morons force wake-up call
On Sat, 26 May 2001 21:30:33 -000, Mike Millen wrote:
> CV>Hello All; Some totally amazing stuff is coming out of
> CV>various points in czland but web page design isn't part of
> CV>it. :((
> CV>It's hard to believe that the wacko(s) who assembled the
> CV>collection are dumb enuff to think everyone has a T1
> CV>connection, but it must be true - THEY PUT TWO HUNDRED &
> CV>FIFTY-SEVEN IMAGES ON THE PAGE !!
> Do you think they are the same mob that did the Arachne site
> for Michael? IMO it is one of the *worst* designed sites I
> have ever come across... the earlier version was *much* better.
> Arachne is great, but it's website is crap. ;)
Even *this* page??? <g>
http://arachne.cz/text_index.shtml
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:18:13 -0400
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Free DOS Multi-tasking
On Sat, 26 May 2001 16:26:24 -0000, Curtis Matthiesen wrote:
> Does this mean that I can't run more than one Internet program with DR-DOS,
> as it'd be sharing a com port (my external modem)?
> If so, I guess I have to mark another one off the list.
No....
It simply means that you can't run them both at the same time.
i.e..... you can't use setup an FTP server or an HTTP server and then
use your browser to access that server.
However,
You *can* exit your Browser without disconnecting from the net and then
fire-up the FTP or HTTP server.
IMO, This is not a "draw-back" because I am unaware of any Dos FTP or
HTTP servers which will remain active when shelled out.
I am also unaware of any which can be run in a multitasking setup.
If you *need* 2 or more apps using the same internet connection
at the same time.... you might want to consider installing Linux.
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http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:58:07 -0500
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DOS Graphics Programs
Richard Menedetter wrote:
>
> PS: Google discussion:
> Google is not a searchengine, it's _THE_ searchengine ... and I don't think
> that the name sounds silly ;-)))
> PPS: Google is actually a large linux beowulf cluster ...
I REALLY have to agree. Google is the ONLY search engine.
I wonder how long it will take before it goes the slow, cluttered, crapped
up route that the others seem to need to make money ?
Are you saying it is some kind of star cluster ?
A google of stars ?
- - Clarence Verge
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 17:53:44 -0500
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Down with windows
Jim Carroll wrote:
>
> To Everyone:
>
> This is my first reply to this Arachne "forum". Thanks for your patience!
>
> Why does my display screen have several black rectangles that obliterate
> about
> 10 percent of the screen area?
>
> Why does the "pointing finger" leave a black trail as I tab it around
> the
> screen?
Welcome, Jim.:-)
I've never heard of THOSE problems before.
I'm guessing it must be something strange with your video.
> I wonder if it would help if someone knowledgeable sent me a
> config
> (ARACHNE.CFG) file designed to operate with Compuserve. I use only DOSCIM
> to
> normally access Compuserve.
I can't help with THIS either, but there ARE compuserve experts here.
- - Clarence Verge
- --
- - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/
- - The internet is infected - Windows is a VIRUS !!
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 18:26:09 -0400
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Free DOS Multi-tasking
On Sat, 26 May 2001 20:00:00 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Curtis Matthiesen wrote:
>> Does this mean that I can't run more than one Internet program with DR-DOS,
>> as it'd be sharing a com port (my external modem)?
>> If so, I guess I have to mark another one off the list.
> I can't see how ANY programs could share a com port, any more than how
> you could connect to two ISPs at once with one telephone line.
> It should be possible for two programs to share one winsock or TCP/IP
> stack while that single winsock communicates to your single comport
> for BOTH programs.
> But maybe it would be easier to run two modems and two telephone lines.
> Certainly faster. <G>
Not a bad idea.
Except for the fact that this would also require two ISPs. :((
AFAIK,
We can't dial-up and login to 2 simultanious session on the same ISP.
BRB,
I stand corrected.
On CisNet it *can* be done.
I hooked-up the 486 to my second telephone line.
The HTTP server is currently connected to Cisnet.com using
IP address 207.17.248.156
This P150 is connected using IP address 207.17.248.110
Here's what I was able to get with Arachne.
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/2connections_at-once_01.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/2connections_at-once_02.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/2connections_at-once_03.jpg
If you would like to see a DOS HTTP Server in action:
http://207.17.248.156/index.htm
I'll leave the 486 on for the next few hours.
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 18:55:53 -0400
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Runtime Error 200
On Sun, 27 May 2001 06:42:47 +0200, Lars Wigrell wrote:
> Glenn,
>> "Google" is a great search engine. :)))
>> http://www.google.com/
> Yes, I know. I just said what I think it sounds like to me :)))
> <google> <google> <munch> <chew> <burp>...
Now a little tid-bit for every one to digest. ;-)
How many here already knew that a variation in spelling of "google"....
"googol" is the name of a number?
(such as hunderd, thousand, million, etc....... googol)
One googol is a one followed by 100 zeros.
1 x 10^100
("correct" name... "Ten duotrigintillion" )
I prefer "googol". :)
In addition:
How many knew that the highest number with a name is "googolplex"
Which is: one googol times one googol.
1 x 10^googol
(a one followed by a googol of zeros)
A googolplex is so large..... It exceedes the number of nutreons
which could fit (jam-packed side by side), into the known universe.
(or a trillion universes just like it)
I found all of this fantastic information in:
"Asimov on Numbers"
Copyright 1977 by Isaac Asimov
ISDN # 0-671-82134-2
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 18:57:57 -0400
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mindspring/Earthlink tech support team is very sophisticated I
On Sun, 27 May 2001 03:10:47 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Sat, 26 May 2001 15:57:41 -0700, Thomas Tabler wrote:
>> Dear List:
>> Thomas asked: "How does Mindspring know your OS... {etc.} I don't
>> like to add bandwidth on the Arachne server, but to simplify: I don't
>> know. Nevertheless, I have my beliefs. But I am not trained highly
>> enough to have a definite idea at all. Remember, guys and gals, we are
>> just amateurs, not professionals in TCP/IP and Web-stuff. That makes us
>> sophisticated "power-users" to counter the effect of those big companies
>> that seem to be promoting a big-style Internet. I believe that Mindsping
>> is a very sophisticated network including Unix/Linux machines at a local
>> level, networked into centralized servers running either Win 9.x or a
>> very sophiticated brand of NT 2000. I believe that the ability of the
>> new bigger servers that run Windows use features of Microsoft.com to
>> obtain a lot of data from the "user". Remember, to try to access with
>> my local client Lynx, I had to accept cookies. I think these were used
>> to track me and report what "style" of user I am, and then refer me to
>> this error message. In other words, they "assume" I probably am a non-
>> Windows 95 user and then block me out. This is only my "educated guess".
> I believe it is illegal for an ISP to refuse service to a subscriber
> for reason that the subscriber is using an OS which competes with the one
> the ISP is trying to promote. This is a violation of the anti-monopoly
> laws. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that MicroSoft is paying bribes to
> ISPs that go out of their way to promote their OS to the exclusion of all
> others.
> Sam Heywood
Where would you *ever* get such an idea???
You must be mistaken.
Bill Gates would *NEVER* do such a thing!!! <VBG>
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 01:19:47 +0200 (CEST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
Subject: DOS Graphics Programs
Hi
27 May 2001, Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> PS: Google discussion:
>> Google is not a searchengine, it's _THE_ searchengine ...
>> PPS: Google is actually a large linux beowulf cluster ...
CV> I REALLY have to agree. Google is the ONLY search engine.
hmmm ... IMHO not the only, but THE search engine :))
CV> I wonder how long it will take before it goes the slow, cluttered,
CV> crapped up route that the others seem to need to make money ?
hmmm ... hopefully never <g>
CV> Are you saying it is some kind of star cluster ?
neither globular nor open star cluster :)
A computer cluster.
For a very brief introduction see http://www.beowulf.org
Easier concept for unmodified programs (not PVM or MPI)
http://www.mosix.org
I have to try the lastone out soon ;)
CV> - Clarence Verge
CU, Ricsi
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:53:31 -0500
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Free DOS Multi-tasking
On Sun, 27 May 2001 18:26:09 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> On Sat, 26 May 2001 20:00:00 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
>> Curtis Matthiesen wrote:
<snip>
>> But maybe it would be easier to run two modems and two telephone lines.
>> Certainly faster. <G>
> Not a bad idea.
> Except for the fact that this would also require two ISPs. :((
> AFAIK,
> We can't dial-up and login to 2 simultanious session on the same ISP.
> BRB,
> I stand corrected.
> On CisNet it *can* be done.
Shentel.net says this can be done on their ISP also. In an email from
their tech support team to all subscribers they warned that subscribers
will be billed an additional charge for each incident of simultaneous
access under the same account. Maybe CisNet has a similar policy
concerning simultaneous access. So don't be surprised if you see extra
charges on your next bill.
If ISPs would let their subscribers get away with this kind of thing then
they would lose a lot of money because people would simply make agreements
among each other to share the same account instead of establishing their
own individual accounts. Only one person would receive the monthly bill
and the other parties to the sharing arrangement would each pay their
own portions to the person who has to pay the bill.
Sam Heywood
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 20:27:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Free DOS Multi-tasking
On Sun, 27 May 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> Shentel.net says this can be done on their ISP also. In an email from
> their tech support team to all subscribers they warned that subscribers
> will be billed an additional charge for each incident of simultaneous
> access under the same account. Maybe CisNet has a similar policy
> concerning simultaneous access. So don't be surprised if you see extra
> charges on your next bill.
CisNet allows multiple connections with no additional
charge, as long as you don't exceed your 43,000 minutes
a month. That way, junior can log in at a friend's house
while Dad's logged in on the laptop, and Mom's logged in
at home.
Anyway, that was the case during my brief membership
with them.
- Steve
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 21:35:12 -0500
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mindspring/Earthlink tech support team is very sophisticated I
On Sun, 27 May 2001 18:57:57 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> On Sun, 27 May 2001 03:10:47 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 May 2001 15:57:41 -0700, Thomas Tabler wrote:
<snip>
>> I believe it is illegal for an ISP to refuse service to a subscriber
>> for reason that the subscriber is using an OS which competes with the one
>> the ISP is trying to promote. This is a violation of the anti-monopoly
>> laws. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that MicroSoft is paying bribes to
>> ISPs that go out of their way to promote their OS to the exclusion of all
>> others.
> Where would you *ever* get such an idea???
> You must be mistaken.
> Bill Gates would *NEVER* do such a thing!!! <VBG>
Were it not so, then the ISP would be serving neither their own interests
nor those of their customers by excluding an OS. The only way an ISP can
make more money by excluding an OS would be through whatever gain there
might be in accepting payoffs from some gangsters engaged in criminal
methods of competition. If it is true that Mindspring and Earthlink are
engaged in such suspicious activities as excluding access for an OS, then
the appropriate federal authorities ought to initiate an investigation
into the matter.
Sam Heywood
P.S. BTW, here is another point:
If an ISP were to exclude DOS users from accessing the internet the ISP
might be found guilty of discriminating against the handicapped. As most
of us know, many sight-impaired persons have a most understandable
preference for DOS browsers such as Net-Tamer and Bobcat/Lynx because these
programs are so very easy to use with their screen readers.
There is a law known as The Americans with Disabilities Act which requires
businesses to accomodate handicapped persons by providing convenient
parking spots, wheelchair access ramps, special hand-rails, Braille
characters on elevator buttons, and a host of other things for the
convenience of the the handicapped. In the wording of the law there is
probably a "catch all" phrase that would cover any reasonable
considerations not specifically enumerated therein. If this is the case,
then we could infer that it might be a violation of law for an ISP to deny
access to DOS users.
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 21:52:49 -0400
From: Roger Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Down with windows
Jim,
Perhaps this is what you need:
[dialer]
DialPage file:ppp_init.htm
Dialer @MINITERM.EXE>PPP.LOG
TerminalWindow @MINITERM.EXE
UseTerminal No
Port 2 \
Irq 3 > Set these for your modem locations
Base 0X2F8 /
Mode 7E1 <-- Important for Compuserve
Speed 115200 <-- Set for you modem speed
InitString AT&F&C1&D2S95=1 --> This works for me; your's may be different
DialString ATDT
PhoneNumber 5710207 <--Change to your phone no.
Autologin Yes
WaitFor1 <-- Leave blank
Response1 \r <-- or <CTRL>M(^M)
WaitFor2 ame:
Response2 CIS
WaitFor3 ID:
Response3 73527,1356/noint/go:pppconnect
WaitFor4 ord:
Response4 \p
PPPusername 73527,1356
PPPpassword XXXXXXXXXXXX <--- Use your password
;Port values: 0=non-standard serial (COM) port, 1-4 standard ports
;Base values: 0x??? (eg. 0x3e8) - Base and Irq are used for "Port 0"
;Mode values: databits/parity/stopbits (eg. 8N1)
[tcp/ip]
IP_Address PPP
IP_Grab IP address set to
NameServer 149.174.211.5
AltNameServer 149.174.211.5
Gateway 0.0.0.0
AltGateway 0.0.0.0
Netmask 0.0.0.0
TCPconfig PPPTCP.CFG
;IP_Address n.n.n.n ... fixed IP address
;IP_Address PPP ... for PPP.EXE and PPPD.EXE (get address from PPP.LOG)
;IP_Address BOOTP ... WatTcp attepmts to use BOOTP protocol
;IP_Address %enviro% ... Minuet style (enviroment variable, like %MYIP%)
;IP_Address WATTCP ... use ONLY values from TCPconfig (variable "my_ip")
;IP_Grab string ... prefix of IP address in PPP.LOG ("IP address set to")
;TCPconfig filename ... name of WatTcp configuration file (often WATTCP.CFG)
[mail]
SMTPserver mail.compuserve.com
POP3server mail.compuserve.com
POP3username 73527,1356
POP3password XXXXXXXXXXXX <--Use your password
KeepOnServer No
eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--NOTE that comma is changed to dot
PersonalName Roger Turk
Organization Arachne Fan Club
TimeZone -0700
UseSignature Yes
SignatureFile SIGN.TXT
If you don't use TAPCIS for e-mail, I would strongly suggest that you do
(GO TAPCIS). First of all, it saves the e-mail as text files, not as
proprietary format files that DOSCIM does, and secondly, it can do a lot
more, a lot easier than DOSCIM. For the very rare times that I now access
Compuserve Fora, I use DOSCIM, except for those few areas that are still
accessable to TEXT based comm programs.
HTH
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona
Tired Structural Engineer
Jim Carroll wrote:
. > To Everyone:
. > This is my first reply to this Arachne "forum". Thanks for your patience!
. > Why does my display screen have several black rectangles that obliterate
. > about
. > 10 percent of the screen area?
. > Why does the "pointing finger" leave a black trail as I tab it around
. > the
. > screen?
. > I use no Windows at all. PC-DOS 5.00 on an old IBM PS/1 486SX at 25 MHz
. > with 4
. > MB RAM. VGA. I don't even use a mouse (by choice). Arachne 1.70 just
. > quickly
. > installed yesterday. I'm very "green" (ignorant) of both Arachne and
. > browsers
. > and the internet in general. I am a retired electrical engr and have had
. > a PC
. > for more than 20 years however. External 14,400 Zoom modem. I use
. > Compuserve
. > by a home telephone line.
. > I have this working well enough to access Google.
. > I wonder if it would help if someone knowledgeable sent me a
. > config
. > (ARACHNE.CFG) file designed to operate with Compuserve. I use only
. > DOSCIM to
. > normally access Compuserve.
. > Thanks very much for trying to help!
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