arachne-digest Wednesday, January 5 2000 Volume 01 : Number 925 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:48:22 +0000 From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: load EPPPD high On 4 Jan 00, at 1:30, Ben Hood wrote: you can get more upper memory by enabling some more: (in config.sys) device=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems i=b000-b7ff This also turns EMS off (EMS takes 64KB of upper memory for its frame) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben, I am now using: DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS HIGHSCAN - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Which would be better? Thanks, Michael L. Dawley Pearl, Mississippi Compaq Deskpro 575 - Pegasus Mail for Windows ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:05:55 +0100 (MET) From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: load EPPPD high Michael L. Dawley wrote: >device=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems i=b000-b7ff >DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS HIGHSCAN >Which would be better? The one that gives you the most free memmory without making your system unstable. So I would go for the line I gave you, but test the other if you like but it was for Bens computer not yours. //Bernie http://hem1.passagen.se/bernie/index.htm DOS programs, Star Wars ... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 19:19:01 -0400 From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 16550 and 16550A UARTS Hello: There have recently been some discussions on the Arachne List and also on the SURVPC List concerning the differences between the 16550 UART and the 16550A. I just happened to come accross some authoritative information on the subject, and I just decided to pass it along. "16550A: This is a replacement chip that fixes the bugs in the 16550 but is otherwise identical. The 16550A (or the updated 16550AF or 16550AFN) is the chip of choice for modems that support data transfer rates of 14,400 bps and up" -- Paul McFedries "Windows 95 Unleashed" (Indianapolis, SAMS publishing, 1997), p.813. Sam Heywood - -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Alternative WWW Browser ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 19:41:33 +0200 From: Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Merry Christmas Merry Christmass to all who will celebrate it at 6 of January ! Best wishes. (in Ukrainian) �i��� ��i� � �i����� ���������. ����� ��� �������. (in Russian) ���������� � ���������� ���� ��� ��� �������� ;) ����� ��� ����� ����������. Sergei - -- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 17:29:40 +0200 From: Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New search engine. When surfing over The Net i found one very intersting search engine/catalog. It name is "Open Directory Project" and it maitained by Netscape and have incredible relevance of all links. Also it must work perfectly with Arachne - (size of root page 5K, pure html + 1 small image !!!). Take a look. It worth it. As for me it much better than Yahoo. It adress is http://dmoz.org Sergei - -- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 17:29:40 +0200 From: Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New search engine. When surfing over The Net i found one very intersting search engine/catalog. It name is "Open Directory Project" and it maitained by Netscape and have incredible relevance of all links. Also it must work perfectly with Arachne - (size of root page 5K, pure html + 1 small image !!!). Take a look. It worth it. As for me it much better than Yahoo. It adress is http://dmoz.org Sergei - -- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 19:44:01 +0200 From: Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: TSR virus checkers What for you need TSR virus check ? Why don't use simple scanner such as Dr.Web or NortonAV ? "Gregory J. Feig" wrote: > QUESTION - does anyone run any tsr virus protection with > Arachne....if so, what....I'm going to play with it, off-and-on > for the next few days, and see if there is any way to make > it work.....any thoughts are WELCOME..????? > > gregy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 20:33:20 -0500 From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: (OT) Re: Happu Y2K ;-)))) On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:54:42 +0100 (MET), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sergei wrote: >> If you have ATX case, you may try to add one more fan, or >> bigger copper radiator to CPU. Also try to open case and check work >> without cover. > The cover? I haven't had it on for a long long time now... (might be a > problem since the fan is pushing hot air upwards, otherwise it would be > pushed away and up by it's own heat. The cover? Do computers _have_ covers??? OH yeah, that's the thing I removed from mine the day I got it. It's around here somewhere.<vbg> - -- Glenn McCorkle mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed. http://home.arachne.cz/ or http://arachne.browser.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 19:26:29 -0500 From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: (OT) Re: HIMEM.SYS, are there different versions? On Tue, 04 Jan 2000 00:34:36 -0400, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > Hello: > Do any of you folks know if there are different versions of > HIMEM.SYS? > If there are different versions, which versions work with which > versions of DOS? > Do any of you know of a download site for HIMEM.SYS? AFAIK, The _prpoer_ version of himem.sys would be included with each OS. (it's part of the "package"). Each version of DRDOS that I've used (as well as each version of MSDOS), came with it's own version of _all_ utilities. himem, emm386, diskcopy, setver. The list goes on-and-on. IMHO, use the one that came with the version of DOS you are booting. (unless of coarse, you have _proof_ that some other version works better) Heck...we would never consider using doom.exe v1.6 with doom.wad v1.9<g> But then, I never use himem.sys anyway. QEMM works _much_ better. And it provides both EMS and XMS with a smaller "footprint" than either hemem or emm386.<vbg> - -- Glenn McCorkle mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed. http://home.arachne.cz/ or http://arachne.browser.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 00:12:02 +0100 From: Hans-Juergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: acrodos link update... Hi Glenn, you wrote on 03.01.00 to "acrodos link update...": GM> If you look long enough, you _can_ find it.<g> GM> GM> http://cosmic.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/webdoc/viewer/acroread/acrodos/ "Goin' back to my hometown..." (Rory Gallagher) ;-) BUT: Do you know if these DOS versions of the Adobe Acrobat Reader can read all the newest PDF files? I doubt it, because I experienced an incompatibility (what a word!) trying to read a new *.pdf (I think it was a manual for McAfee's virus scanner) with v2.0 of the Acrobat Reader for 16-bit Windows. Bis dann, Hans-J�rgen - -- ## CrossPoint v3.11 ## * ZQWKPro v1.1 [unregistered] - -+- OLMS 2000 UNREG ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 20:51:11 +0000 From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: load EPPPD high Hello all, On this IBM PS/1, I have sufficient high memory to load EPPPD high, but find that when I do, I get the packet driver installed at 0x60, but cannot connect. I get "undefined IP address", and remain at OFFLINE, and do not go to TCP/IP. If I do not load EPPPD high, everything is fine. Here is the mem.txt that works: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Modules using memory below 1 MB: Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory -------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- MSDOS 16,637 (16K) 16,637 (16K) 0 (0K) SMARTDRV 29,984 (29K) 2,496 (2K) 27,488 (27K) HIMEM 1,120 (1K) 1,120 (1K) 0 (0K) EMM386 4,144 (4K) 4,144 (4K) 0 (0K) COMMAND 3,776 (4K) 3,776 (4K) 0 (0K) COMMAND 3,200 (3K) 3,200 (3K) 0 (0K) COMMAND 3,280 (3K) 3,280 (3K) 0 (0K) COMMAND 3,184 (3K) 3,184 (3K) 0 (0K) EPPPD 70,160 (69K) 70,160 (69K) 0 (0K) SETVER 704 (1K) 0 (0K) 704 (1K) DMOUSE 17,120 (17K) 0 (0K) 17,120 (17K) Free 627,632 (613K) 547,136 (534K) 80,496 (79K) Memory Summary: Type of Memory Total = Used + Free ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Conventional 655,360 108,224 547,136 Upper 125,808 45,312 80,496 Reserved 393,216 393,216 0 Extended (XMS) 32,380,048 1,324,176 31,055,872 ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total memory 33,554,432 1,870,928 31,683,504 Total under 1 MB 781,168 153,536 627,632 Largest executable program size 477,568 (466K) Largest free upper memory block 70,160 (69K) MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the part in arachne.cfg where I have EPPPD: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [profile] Profile 486PC.ACF Connection @epppd.exe>>PPP.LOG Hangup @termin.com 0x60>NUL - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I change it to: Connection @lh epppd.exe>>PPP.LOG Then EPPPD is loaded high, but I cannot connect. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any ideas? Thanks, Michael L. Dawley Pearl, Mississippi ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:34:54 From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: A way to let DOS apps to access Winmodems and USB modem On 4 Jan 00 at 1:37, Dev Teelucksingh wrote: >>There is a shareware Win9x utility called ViP, which allows DOS >>programs to access a Windows-only communications device under >>Win 9x. These include Winmodems, USB modems, and PCI modems. >>You can download a demo at http://www.turbocom.com/vip.html Thanks, Dev, some interesting reading at their site. Happy New Year to you too, Dev. Regards, Dale Mentzer I wish the buck stopped here. I could use a few. This mail written by a user of Arachne, the DOS Internet Client WWWWW World Wide Web Without Windows http://home.arachne.cz Arachne DOS Browser Home Page ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 23:55:24 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric S. Emerson) Subject: Re: (OT) Re: Happu Y2K ;-)))) On Tues, Jan. 4, 2000, Glenn McCorkle wrote: >On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:54:42 +0100 (MET), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sergei wrote: >>> If you have ATX case, you may try to add one more fan, or >>> bigger copper radiator to CPU. Also try to open case and check work >>> without cover. > >> The cover? I haven't had it on for a long long time now... (might be a >> problem since the fan is pushing hot air upwards, otherwise it would be >> pushed away and up by it's own heat. > >The cover? Do computers _have_ covers??? >OH yeah, that's the thing I removed from mine the day I got it. >It's around here somewhere.<vbg> > Cover, did you say cover? I thought that was a tray! That's what I use to store all my documentation in so I can carry it from computer to computer! Anyway, I've never been able to fit everything I "need" inside any desktop case. I just set a big box over mine so I don't accidently drop my screw driver or coffee cup inside it while it's running. My friend's grandson spilled a whole can of pop on his fast pentium laptop. He had to buy a new computer! BTW, does anyone have any experience running a RLL HDD and a EIDE HDD on the same motherboard? Zum wohl, Eric - -- __________ | Ayrx |__\_ Eric S. Emerson | :~_: ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] `~(*)~~~~(*)~' ````````````````````````` ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 01:57:52 -0400 From: "Dev Teelucksingh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Some system optimisation tips Here is my my CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to show certain steps one can take to maximise their conventional memory and UMB. I use PCDOS 7 but I note the exceptions for MSDOS users. - ---------- CONFIG.SYS - ---------- DEVICE=C:\BLACKOUT\BLACKOUT.EXE ; see (1) INSTALL=C:\BLACKOUT\BANNER.COM DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /FASTA20 /NUMHANDLES=64 ; see (2) rem DEVICE=C:\DOS\UMBPCI.SYS ; see (3) DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE noems I=B000-B7FF h=64 d=32 ; see (4) DOSDATA=UMB ; see (5) DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE FILES=70 STACKS=0,0 BUFFERS=10,0 FCBS=1,0 LASTDRIVE=H DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:CDDRIVE ; see (6) SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /E:1000 /P /H (1) BLACKOUT is a program which blanks the screen and BANNER displays a image file (320x200x256 colours) which gives the effect of a startup screen. It doesn't load anything resident. Blackout is at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/download/blackout.zip (2) The /FASTA20 switch is PCDOS specific. A better one for MSDOS users : DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF /Q /NUMHANDLES=64 (3) UMBPCI is a freeware replacement for EMM386.EXE. It provides Upper Memory Blocks (UMB) while only taking 240 bytes resident. The disadvantage is that it doesn't provide expanded memory (EMS) and it works only on certain chipsets (for Intel, FIC VIA (Apollo), ALI (Alladin) and SiS PCI/AGP chipsets, supporting Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II/III, AMD and Cyrix CPUs) with possible (but documented) side effects (with my 430TX chipset, I couldn't access my 3.5" floppy). Also mentioned is a link to HIRAM, which allows you to load HIMEM.SYS high for that extra 1K! UMBPCI.SYS is at http://www.uwe-sieber.de/english.html (4) The area I=B000-B777 was only used by monochrome video cards so it is usually safe to include this area. If you have Microsoft Diagnostics (MSD), run it and select memory. You will get a memory map and see what other areas you can include. If you don't have a network card, you can use I=E000-EFFF as well. (5) PCDOS 7 specific. This loads FILES, STACKS, FCBS into UMB instead of conventional memory. MSDOS users can use DOSMAX, a no-nag shareware program to achieve a similar result at http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl/dosmax21.zip (6) VIDE-CDD.SYS is Acer's CD-ROM driver for my Toshiba CDROM drive. It only takes 5K resident. You can get it at http://www.acerperipherals.com/ss_download/apicd214.exe - ------------ AUTOEXEC.BAT - ------------ @ECHO OFF SET ATI_NOEE_M64=C:\MACH64\EEDATA.EE_ C:\MACH64\CUSTOM.COM q rem ===== Load device drivers ====== c:\dos\ctmouse.com ; see (7) LH C:\DOS\DOSED -l -i -q ; see (8) LH C:\DOS\SHSUCDX /D:CDDRIVE ; see (9) C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE 1024 16 A- B- C+ D+ E+ rem ===== Sound card settings ===== SET SOUND=C:\SB16 SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q rem ===== Setup Ramdisk for Arachne ====== lh xmsdsk 8192 g: /t /y ; see (10) md g:\temp set temp=g:\temp set arachnetemp=g:\temp rem ===== Set environment variables ===== SET SYMANTEC=C:\SYMANTEC SET NU=C:\NU8 SET EUDIR=E:\EUPHORIA PATH C:\DOS;C:\BAT;E:\EUPHORIA\BIN;C:\WINDOWS SET SJGPLAY=C:\SJ SET PROMPT=$e[s$e[H$e[1;37;44m$e[K **** Time: $t$h$h$h Date: $d ****$e[1;37;40;1m$e[u$p$g C:\BLACKOUT\BLACKOUT.EXE ; see (11) MODE CO80 cls (7) Ctmouse is a replacement mouse driver (for either serial or PS/2 mice) which is only 7K resident. It loads itself high so there is no LH before it. You can download the free Cute Mouse Driver at ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/mouse/ctmous16.zip (8) DOSED is a freeware replacement for DOSKEY. A neat feature is that it offers filename completion similar to the Bash shell in Linux. So you can enter a partial file or directory name, press TAB and DOSED will try to complete the full name. A GREAT timesaver. Get it at http://home.sol.no/~sverrehu/ (9) SHSUCDX is a replacement for MSCDEX but takes up only 11K resident. Can be uninstalled at the commandline. You can get it at ftp://ftp.shsu.edu/pub/cdrom/shsucd13.zip (10) XMSDSK is a freeware resizable ramdisk. It can be installed/uninstalled from the command line. Download it at ftp://ftp.simtel.net/simtelnet/msdos/ramdisk/fu_rd19i.zip (11) As mentioned in (1), you have to rerun BLACKOUT to unblank the screen Otherwise, you won't see anything! With this CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, I could get 628K free conventional and 121K free UMB blocks with the largest free UMB block at 82K. If I use UMBPCI.SYS and rem out EMM386, I get 630K free and 92K free UMB block with the largest free UMB block at 92K. (Reason is UMBPCI.SYS can't use the B000-B7FF region but the benefit is a bigger free UMB block and 2K more conventional memory) There is a site http://members.aol.com/axcel216/ which offers details on various MSDOS tricks and optimisations (as well as for Win3.x and 95/98). Happy New Year to all, Dev Teelucksingh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Interesting DOS programs page at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 00:07:08 -0400 From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: SMTPOP On Tue, 04 Jan 2000 20:53:25 +0000, Geoff Barnard wrote: > Hello All, > Regarding a recent note about SMTPOP. > I had been using SMPTPOP12 for a while, and that worked fine for getting > my mail, but never worked for posting mail. The syntax is different > from that given in the message just posted. > What version is this referring to? Is there a new version? <snip> Hello Geoff: I believe that you are referring to a posting that I recently made. I use SMTPOP.EXE, 57,392 bytes, dated 7-10-97. The documentation file that comes with it and written by the program's author, Alfredo Cole, makes no mention of a version number. This version is part of the package included as a free download from James David Chapman's site, http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jchap/tvde.htm. Download the Barebones DOS email system. You will find this version of SMTPOP included in the self-extracting archive. Please note: In order to send mail by use of SMTPOP.EXE some kind of special RFC-822 compliant header format must be used. Also the message must have a file extension of ".MSG". Here is what a message, which I might name ME2U.MSG might look like: > $$ /sheywood > T [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 00:45:00 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mailer: SMTPOP.EXE > Subject: Greetings > > Greetings Geoff, > > Have a nice day today and a better one tomorrow! > > All the best, > > Sam The message format shown in the example above is the same used with the Barebones DOS email system. SMTPOP.EXE may be used instead as a stand-alone program provided a suitable packet driver has been loaded. I use NETDIAL.EXE by Marc S. Ressl and EPPPD.EXE. Sam Heywood - -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Alternative WWW Browser ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 01:02:49 -0400 From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Merry Christmas On Tue, 04 Jan 2000 19:41:33 +0200, Dain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Merry Christmass to all who will celebrate it at 6 of > January ! > Best wishes. > (in Ukrainian) > �i��� ��i� � �i����� ���������. > ����� ��� �������. > (in Russian) > ���������� � ���������� ���� ��� ��� �������� ;) > ����� ��� ����� ����������. > Sergei > -- Best wishes to you too, Sergei. BTW, most churches in the United States also observe some kind of special Christmas-related event on Jan 6th also, but for most people here the major celebration occurs on Dec 25th. Most churches here celebrate Jan 6th as the day of the arrival of the Three Wise Men, and December 25th as the date of Christ's birth. The appropriate setting of the exact dates is only a matter for academic and scholarly discussion. The right day to celebrate is only a matter of tradition and custom. Question: Do you know of some programs that are good for decoding the ascii characters symbolizing the cyrillic characters and characters from other languages for which we have no ascii equivalents? It would be nice if these characters could somehow be decoded and transformed into some kind of graphics file that is readily readable by those who understand the language. Have a very merry and traditional Christmas! Sam Heywood - -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Alternative WWW Browser - -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Alternative WWW Browser ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 10:30:26 +0100 From: Markus Maussner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: dos basic tcp-ip hi. long time ago i visited a homepage of a arachne-user who wrote a basic interpreter who also works with tcp-ip. if i am right (i am only guessing) he was from germany and was a meber of somthing like "the gulde of commandline" if u know where i can find this software now.. please email me thanks - -- With best regards Mit freundlichen Gr��en aus Hamburg Markus Mau�ner Technology Icon Medialab AG Gasstr. 4 22761 Hamburg Germany Tel: ++49 40 8979 8214 Fax: ++49 40 8979 8989 Mobile: +49 172 85 30 451 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.iconmedialab.de ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 04:30:16 -0500 (EST) From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OS/2 vs. DOS/Arachne Internet to Gregory J. Feig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: You made references to OS/2, and that has me curious as to what OS/2 Internet programs you use, and how it compares to DOS & Arachne. Popclient, which I downloaded from Hobbes, is good for POP3 (or even POP2) mail, while OS/2 sendmail is not as dependable for SMTP as Arachne or UKA_PPP. Arachne is more capable than IBM Web Explorer for OS/2 for Web browsing, but Arachne unfortunately is more intensive with disk activity. I still have Netscape Communicator 4.04, haven't downloaded 4.6 yet; this bloated Netscape is a hog for memory, can't handle email messages downloaded by another program, sometimes fails to display a Web page, but supports Java & Javascript. Netscape Communicator 4.6 will be a big download because of its need for a newer Java. Support the International Alliance for Compatible Technology http://pages.cthome.net/iact/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 04:30:23 -0500 (EST) From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Happu Y2K ;-)))) Sam Heywood, What kind of computer do you have that won't boot at < 65 F ambient temperature and crashes at 85 F? Is there a CPU fan? CPU generates heat while running, which may explain why it won't boot at < 65 F, but will continue if already running. I believe my computer has booted with temperature slightly < 65 F. My computer runs in summer heat, has been up to 91 F, normally in the 80s in July. I can be quite comfortable at a room temperature of 85 F with summer humidity. Now, with room temperature 67 F, my computer case, outside the CPU fan, is warm to the touch but not as warm as in summer. Support the International Alliance for Compatible Technology http://pages.cthome.net/iact/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 04:30:24 -0500 (EST) From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: A way to let DOS apps to access Winmodems and USB modems > There is a shareware Win9x utility called ViP, which allows DOS programs to access a Windows-only communications device under Win 9x. These include Winmodems, USB modems, and PCI modems. You can download a demo at http://www.turbocom.com/vip.html > I thought DOS programs running in a DOS window under Win9x or NT were already able to access a Winmodem without shareware utility. But anybody buying a new computer or new modem is naturally better off getting a real modem. PCI does not make a modem Windows-only; a PCI modem with full hardware can run from Linux or other non-Windows. Actiontec is one example: http://www.actiontec.com/products/modems/cwi/index.html as of a few months ago Support the International Alliance for Compatible Technology http://pages.cthome.net/iact/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 15:48:36 +0100 From: "Rebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Cascading style shhets Hi Does Arachne support CSS? Or will? I realy need to know, because i am building a big web place at job and i would like to make it Arachne compatible. Thx. Rebel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 12:01:52 +0000 From: Charles Boisvert and Catherine Clinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re-using old systems > From: "Jorge Alex Ortega O." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Me: I'm a maniac of the computers with few > resourses... > But with a infernal hate to everything related with > win 9x!!! Take a look at the work done by http://www.newdealinc.com about re-using old computers. These folks make software for older systems. And since internet connectivity is their weak point, they complement Arachne very well. 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