arachne-digest Friday, January 7 2000 Volume 01 : Number 928
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 23:16:20 +0100
From: "Michael Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wooooooooooow !!!!
Hi Arachne users,
it seems, that Arachne 1.60 is comming *really* soon.
I have just fixed various problems, including:
- - nested tables problems
- - total number of tables is no longer limited
- - multicolumn cells problems
- - bugs when nested tables were aligned to the left
- - bugs with proper table cell alignment....
and more !!! I just hope that my hard disk won't crash until I manage to
release the full new version ! ;-)
I consider my HTML code to be freezed now, but I still want to play
with cut/copy/paste in Arachne Editor (<TEXTAREA> tag).
- --
Michael Polak, xChaos software
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mobile phone - up to 160 characters)
http://home.arachne.cz/ (WWW browser for DOS)
http://webspace.n.cz/ (web hosting "www.firma.cz"/"firma.n.cz")
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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 16:20:50 +0000
From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dos basic TCP/IP
On 6 Jan 00, at 1:11, Howard Eisenberger wrote:
Currently I use epppd
with chat, but it's not that hard to use any terminal program as a
dialer before loading epppd.
- -----------------------------------------------
Thanks, Howard.
One problem I have with using Netdial to establish a connection
and install a packet driver ahead of booting up Arachne is this:
If I hangup with ALT-H, then I have to start all over again.<g>.
With the regular Arachne setup, (no netdial), I can just ALT-D
and get back on, leaving Arachne up and running while I was
disconnected.
I doubt there is an easy solution, and to be honest, I am happy
with the Netdial-Arachne combo like it is. (See my post of January
3, 2000 where I detailed how I got that combo running)
Thanks again,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi
Compaq Deskpro 575 - Pegasus Mail for Windows
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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 02:29:27 +0200
From: Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wooooooooooow !!!!
Michael Polak wrote:
>
> Hi Arachne users,
> it seems, that Arachne 1.60 is comming *really* soon.
Thats actually one of the best things I've heard this year. :)
(which have only began a few days ago. but you get the point..)
So far it sounds like 1.60 will be ALOT better then 1.50src,
which means, very good thing. :)
Or Botton
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- - "Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense."
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http://members.xoom.com/dsdp/
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 18:54:19 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wooooooooooow !!!!
Michael Polak wrote:
>
> Hi Arachne users,
> it seems, that Arachne 1.60 is comming *really* soon.
>
> I have just fixed various problems, including:
>
> - nested tables problems
> - total number of tables is no longer limited
> - multicolumn cells problems
> - bugs when nested tables were aligned to the left
> - bugs with proper table cell alignment....
>
> and more !!! I just hope that my hard disk won't crash until I manage to
> release the full new version ! ;-)
Great news Michael - better back it up BEFORE your hard disk crashes ! <G>
I see you sent that with 1.6 alfa. Are we going to get alfa or beta ?
- - Clarence Verge
- --
- - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/
- --
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 18:48:43 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: acrodos link update...
Steven wrote:
>
> I suppose you know about the pdf-to-text converter at:
> ------------------
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ------------------
> Simply put the URL of the PDF file in the body of your
> message.
Thanks Steven;
That's very useful info and I didn't know about it.
But how would you handle the problem of the documents you get on CD ?
- - Clarence Verge
- --
- - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/
- --
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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 17:19:37
From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Thumb Screws
On 6 Jan 00 at 9:26, Gregory J. Feig wrote:
>>> I have my case in place but no screws installed. Cuts down on the drive/fan
>>> noise. You can buy thumb type case screws that do not require a tool to
>>> install/remove if you want the convenience of easy access and still be able
>>> to install your cover.
>>
>>Dale....Where..? Jameco.? JDR.?...DigiKey.?...I've never seen any.
I found them in my Dalco catalog (www.dalco.com). My catalog is a
little dated, but they are part number 62431. There are 20 per pack,
10 for case cover and 10 for the internal boards. They are plastic
and they cost $5 USD. Hope they still have them if you are still
interested.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
I pretend to work, they pretend to pay me.
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
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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:13:04 +0000
From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: load EPPPD high
Hello all,
I have another computer that I cannot get epppd to load high.
Need to know what I am doing wrong. Here is the line in my
arachne.cfg file:
- -----------------------------------
[profile]
Profile 486PC.ACF
Connection @lh epppd.exe>>PPP.LOG
Hangup @termin.com 0x60>NUL
- ----------------------------------
Here is my mem.txt generated with ALT-E and
mem/c > mem.txt while Arachne is connected.
In this example, epppd is not loaded high. I can
only get a connection using:
Connection @epppd.exe>>PPP.LOG
- ------------------------------------------------------
Modules using memory below 1 MB:
Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
MSDOS 17,661 (17K) 17,661 (17K) 0 (0K)
SMARTDRV 31,520 (31K) 31,520 (31K) 0 (0K)
HIMEM 1,168 (1K) 1,168 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 3,120 (3K) 3,120 (3K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 3,024 (3K) 3,024 (3K) 0 (0K)
EPPPD 70,160 (69K) 70,160 (69K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 3,152 (3K) 3,152 (3K) 0 (0K)
IO 80 (0K) 80 (0K) 0 (0K)
SETVER 624 (1K) 0 (0K) 624 (1K)
ONTRACK 5,312 (5K) 0 (0K) 5,312 (5K)
SHARE 5,248 (5K) 0 (0K) 5,248 (5K)
DMOUSE 17,088 (17K) 0 (0K) 17,088 (17K)
Free 688,352 (672K) 525,280 (513K) 163,072 (159K)
Memory Summary:
Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Conventional 655,360 130,080 525,280
Upper 191,344 28,272 163,072
Reserved 393,216 393,216 0
Extended (XMS) 15,537,296 2,335,888 13,201,408
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total memory 16,777,216 2,887,456 13,889,760
Total under 1 MB 846,704 158,352 688,352
Largest executable program size 524,928 (513K)
Largest free upper memory block 162,928 (159K)
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Also, I need to know how to load SMARTDRV high. As you can
see, I have 159K of upper memory, so there should be plenty to
load both epppd and smartdrv high.
-
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Thanks,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi
Compudyne 486DX4-100
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 20:40:03 -0500
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (OT) Re: acrodos link update...
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000 18:48:43 -0800, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Steven wrote:
>> I suppose you know about the pdf-to-text converter at:
>> ------------------
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> ------------------
>> Simply put the URL of the PDF file in the body of your
>> message.
> Thanks Steven;
> That's very useful info and I didn't know about it.
> But how would you handle the problem of the documents you get on CD ?
> - Clarence Verge
> --
> - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/
> --
Try this link....<g>
http://www.upshawinst.org/news/adobe.htm
- --
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/
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 20:48:33 -0500
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: load EPPPD high
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:13:04 +0000, Michael L. Dawley wrote:
<big snip>
> Memory Summary:
> Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
> ---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
> Conventional 655,360 130,080 525,280
> Upper 191,344 28,272 163,072
> Reserved 393,216 393,216 0
> Extended (XMS) 15,537,296 2,335,888 13,201,408
> ---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
> Total memory 16,777,216 2,887,456 13,889,760
> Total under 1 MB 846,704 158,352 688,352
> Largest executable program size 524,928 (513K)
> Largest free upper memory block 162,928 (159K)
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Also, I need to know how to load SMARTDRV high. As you can
> see, I have 159K of upper memory, so there should be plenty to
> load both epppd and smartdrv high.
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
But, you can't load _high_ because you don't have any _high memory_
What's casing that "Reserved" section of memory?
Reserved for _what_???
Obviously not for you to use as _you_ see fit.
- --
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/
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 19:11:26 -0400
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HIMEM.SYS, are there different versions?
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:26:27 -0800, Clarence Verge wrote:
<snip>
> Well, it looks like one more person may understand why I use DOS 3.3
> instead of the latest FAT #%*@.
> I DO wish I could find an upgrade to 3.31 tho.
COMPAQ DOS 3.31 is often found on old COMPAQ 286's and 8088's. Vendors
at flea markets trying to sell these old COMPAQ PC's frequently have also
the original installation disks and the manual. I have found that COMPAQ
DOS 3.31 works just as well on an IBM clone.
A discovery I have made with DOS 3.31 is that a 286 machine running that
DOS version can load the drivers that will enable an external IOMEGA
ZIP drive. With just DOS 3.30, I can't load the drivers for the ZIP drive.
Sam Heywood
- -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Alternative WWW Browser
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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 03:55:34 +0200
From: Sergei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Happu Y2K ;-))))
Bernie wrote:
> Sergei wrote:
> >Bernie, when you begin to clean your room, clean up Amiga
> >1200 and if it have HDD and 68040 processor card send it
> >to me ;)
>
> I would have done so, but is a 680E20 IIRC. (It's a cheap 68020) So I guess
> you aren't interested?
> //Bernie
Its almoust unusable now. So thanks, i'm not interested.
Sergei
- --
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:45:45 +0200
From: Sergei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A way to let DOS apps to access Winmodems and USB modem
"Samuel W. Heywood" wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:34:54, Dale Mentzer wrote:
>
> One thing I don't understand:
>
> Why will the WinModem work if I click on "Restart in MS-DOS mode", but it
> will not work in a "DOS-box", nor will it work from the F8 > "Command
> prompt only" method of accessing DOS? Does anybody know the answer?
> I sure don't understand it. It would seem to me that the same Windoze
> drivers would be running in the background even when you are in a "DOS-box",
> or similarly if you resort to the F8 > "Command prompt only" method.
"Restart in MS-DOS mode" is not an pure MSDos mode as with
"Command prompt only" AFAIK. Its just windows without GUI loaded.
But Kernel still in memory. But i too do not understand tings with DOS Box.
> Why do most Windozing consumers think that it is best to buy a modem that
> is advertised as "designed especially for Windows 95"? Don't most people
> know that the best modems are those that are *not* designed especially for
> their particular operating system? Anyone who knows what he is doing
> doesn't need to "plug and pray".
Just like with cars, when manufacturer recommend Michelin ***/*** tires,
everyone will use only this ***/*** tires. Nobody want to take risk and purchase
Pirelli tires.
So if someone , who is do not know how to open cover of computer
(it was me with Apple G3 ;) hear that this modem designed for Windows 98
it thinks "Cool, It designed for Windows 98, so it must work very, very good".
Sergei
"IMHO Sapiens"
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 18:45:41 -0800
From: "Jim Varnum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Excel to Html
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:43:23 +0100, Gregory J. Feig wrote:
> Yaay.! Steven.....this is the sort of thing I was going looking
> for....in fact, it is EXactly what i want.....
> .....now if anyone knew where some smart utility writer had
> parked a little jewel that would convert Ms excel .XLS
> files to TXT, then I would be in fat city.......Thank you
> all much...
> gregy
You might want to check out: http://www.gate.net/~ddata/xlHtml/index.htm
It's an Excel to HTML converter. There's a DOS version that requires
a 386 or higher PC.
Take Care...
Jim
- -- Arachne.....Registered.....Life doesn't get any better!!
- -- Pixel32.....Registered.....OOPS!, Life just got better!!
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 20:53:58 -0800
From: Rick Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A way to let DOS apps to access Winmodems and USB modem
Hi guys,
AFAIK the "only" way to get a "pure" DOS prompt on a WINcrap machine is
the "DOS boot disk". Actually works fine & ignores all the WINcrap ...
just go & do ure DOS stuf.
I don't have any "WINmodems" (thank God & his helpers) but have/do use
ARACHNE from a "DOS box" on occasion.
I'm not doing any more ARACHNE stuf 'til 1.60 ... hee hee.
Later,
rick
> > Why will the WinModem work if I click on "Restart in MS-DOS mode", but it
> > will not work in a "DOS-box", nor will it work from the F8 > "Command
> > prompt only" method of accessing DOS? Does anybody know the answer?
> > I sure don't understand it. It would seem to me that the same Windoze
> > drivers would be running in the background even when you are in a "DOS-box",
> > or similarly if you resort to the F8 > "Command prompt only" method.
>
> "Restart in MS-DOS mode" is not an pure MSDos mode as with
> "Command prompt only" AFAIK. Its just windows without GUI loaded.
> But Kernel still in memory. But i too do not understand tings with DOS Box.
>
> > Why do most Windozing consumers think that it is best to buy a modem that
> > is advertised as "designed especially for Windows 95"? Don't most people
> > know that the best modems are those that are *not* designed especially for
> > their particular operating system? Anyone who knows what he is doing
> > doesn't need to "plug and pray".
>
> Just like with cars, when manufacturer recommend Michelin ***/*** tires,
> everyone will use only this ***/*** tires. Nobody want to take risk and purchase
>
> Pirelli tires.
> So if someone , who is do not know how to open cover of computer
> (it was me with Apple G3 ;) hear that this modem designed for Windows 98
> it thinks "Cool, It designed for Windows 98, so it must work very, very good".
>
> Sergei
> "IMHO Sapiens"
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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 22:53:59 +0000
From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: load EPPPD high
<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>Hello all,
Here are three sets of mem.txt on this Compudyne computer:
First one, not connected, epppd not loaded, Arachne not running.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
<smaller>Modules using memory below 1 MB:
Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
MSDOS 17,661 (17K) 17,661 (17K) 0 (0K)
SMARTDRV 31,520 (31K) 31,520 (31K) 0 (0K)
HIMEM 1,168 (1K) 1,168 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 3,120 (3K) 3,120 (3K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 2,928 (3K) 2,928 (3K) 0 (0K)
IO 80 (0K) 80 (0K) 0 (0K)
SETVER 624 (1K) 0 (0K) 624 (1K)
ONTRACK 5,312 (5K) 0 (0K) 5,312 (5K)
DMOUSE 17,088 (17K) 0 (0K) 17,088 (17K)
Free 767,088 (749K) 598,768 (585K) 168,320 (164K)
Memory Summary:
Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Conventional 655,360 56,592 598,768
Upper 191,344 23,024 168,320
Reserved 393,216 393,216 0
Extended (XMS) 15,537,296 2,335,888 13,201,408
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total memory 16,777,216 2,808,720 13,968,496
Total under 1 MB 846,704 79,616 767,088
Largest executable program size 598,576 (585K)
Largest free upper memory block 168,320 (164K)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
<bigger>Second one, Arachne using Netdial, epppd loaded high:<smaller>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Modules using memory below 1 MB:
Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
MSDOS 17,661 (17K) 17,661 (17K) 0 (0K)
SMARTDRV 31,520 (31K) 31,520 (31K) 0 (0K)
HIMEM 1,168 (1K) 1,168 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 3,120 (3K) 3,120 (3K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 3,024 (3K) 3,024 (3K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 3,152 (3K) 3,152 (3K) 0 (0K)
IO 80 (0K) 80 (0K) 0 (0K)
SETVER 624 (1K) 0 (0K) 624 (1K)
ONTRACK 5,312 (5K) 0 (0K) 5,312 (5K)
DMOUSE 17,088 (17K) 0 (0K) 17,088 (17K)
EPPPD 66,416 (65K) 0 (0K) 66,416 (65K)
Free 697,344 (681K) 595,440 (581K) 101,904 (100K)
Memory Summary:
Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Conventional 655,360 59,920 595,440
Upper 191,344 89,440 101,904
Reserved 393,216 393,216 0
Extended (XMS) 15,537,296 2,335,888 13,201,408
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total memory 16,777,216 2,878,464 13,898,752
Total under 1 MB 846,704 149,360 697,344
Largest executable program size 595,248 (581K)
Largest free upper memory block 101,680 (99K)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
<bigger>Third one, Arachne (no netdial), epppd loaded in
conventional memory: (won't work if lh in this .acf)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
<smaller>Modules using memory below 1 MB:
Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
MSDOS 17,661 (17K) 17,661 (17K) 0 (0K)
SMARTDRV 31,520 (31K) 31,520 (31K) 0 (0K)
HIMEM 1,168 (1K) 1,168 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 3,120 (3K) 3,120 (3K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 3,024 (3K) 3,024 (3K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 3,152 (3K) 3,152 (3K) 0 (0K)
EPPPD 70,160 (69K) 70,160 (69K) 0 (0K)
IO 80 (0K) 80 (0K) 0 (0K)
SETVER 624 (1K) 0 (0K) 624 (1K)
ONTRACK 5,312 (5K) 0 (0K) 5,312 (5K)
DMOUSE 17,088 (17K) 0 (0K) 17,088 (17K)
Free 693,600 (677K) 525,280 (513K) 168,320 (164K)
Memory Summary:
Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Conventional 655,360 130,080 525,280
Upper 191,344 23,024 168,320
Reserved 393,216 393,216 0
Extended (XMS) 15,537,296 2,335,888 13,201,408
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total memory 16,777,216 2,882,208 13,895,008
Total under 1 MB 846,704 153,104 693,600
Largest executable program size 525,088 (513K)
Largest free upper memory block 101,744 (99K)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm working on getting smartdrv loaded high with something
like LH /L:0;1,45504 /S C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
in my autoexec. bat.
Right now I've got it in config. sys, and it is in conventional
memory.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a continuation of my earlier post concerning the two
.acf files I use on this Arachne installation.
Thanks,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi <bigger>
<nofill>
Compudyne 486DX4-100
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 03:26:20 -0500 (EST)
From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A way to let DOS apps to access Winmodems and USB modem
>
Why will the WinModem work if I click on "Restart in MS-DOS mode", but it
will not work in a "DOS-box", nor will it work from the F8 > "Command
prompt only" method of accessing DOS? Does anybody know the answer?
>
Windows is ill-designed, not intended to make sense! Booting from Win 98SE boot
diskette made from file downloaded from http://www.bootdisk.com, a diskette in
my B drive, 5.25" HD, 110 entries in root directory, could not be read, even
though MS-DOS 5 and 6.22, DR-DOS and OS/2 Warp have no trouble with this
diskette. E drive, FAT16 on second hard disk, was "Invalid media" to this
Win 98SE boot diskette and to MS-DOS 6.22 and 5 as well, but OK with DR-DOS and
OS/2 Warp 4.
One computer instructor told me, during the era of Windows 3.0, that Windows was
for somebody who doesn't know how to use a computer, and apparently Windows is
still being used this way. New computer users don't understand what a Winmodem
is, and frequently the specifications just call it a "modem", which is rather
like calling textured vegetable protein meat. New computer users who don't know
better are attracted by the description of a Winmodem as "designed specifically
to take advantage of the Windows operating system", which certainly doesn't
sound like a crippled modem. Winmodem is part of Bill Slobodan Gates' ethnic
cleansing campaign to force computer users to stay with Windows.
Support the International Alliance for Compatible Technology
http://pages.cthome.net/iact/
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 03:26:19 -0500 (EST)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Editing links
Does Arachne have any way to edit a link in a Web page? Lynx can directly edit
a link with Shift-E. With Arachne, one can edit the whole Web page starting
with F4. Any browser would permit downloading the Web page and then editing in
a separate text editor. It might be necessary to specify <base href=(whatever),
so that relative URLs don't cause the browser to look on the user's hard drive
for what would be on the Web site. One thing I would like is to be able to take
the URL from right to left and stop at the first (rightmost) http:// in cases
like
http://radio.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.sesac.com/web.htm
I don't like the idea of either having to view a Web page in a subframe, as this
type of URL results in, or being snooped on. About.com says the purpose is to
make navigation easier, but it is simple enough to go back from an ordinary
nonframed link, like in the above example http://www.sesac.com/web.htm.
I believe About.com does this to snoop on users, getting data for marketing
purposes. Sometimes a bug in a link makes it nonworkable, like missing dot
before htm, or %%255E sequence, which is converted to %5E but no further. Or a
link like http://newscenter.about.com?PM=51_1_T/ which is an invalid hostname,
at least with Lynx. With Lynx, I can edit out the junk, %%255E becomes _, and I
can strip out ?... where it is just useless freight. DOS Lynx 386, newest
version, works better than Arachne or Netscape.
Thomas Mueller
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 03:26:22 -0500 (EST)
From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Happu Y2K ;-))))
>
My computer is an Acer 386sx., ca. 1990. It has no CPU fan, but it does
have a fan to blow hot air out of the case and to suck cooler air back
inside the case. If running, it will crash if the ambient temperature falls
to around 35 F. If turned off, it cannot be made to boot again unless the
ambient temperature is approx. in the range of > 65 F. and < 85 F. If left
running, it will continue to operate even if ambient temperatures should
rise to the 90's. Also, if turned off for a long period, it won't boot for
at least 15 minutes after being turned on. The hard drive always spins up
immediately. I think it is about time to replace the motherboard. My
computer didn't used to suffer from any temperature-related quirks a couple
of years ago.
>
Sam Heywood,
It looks like your motherboard has old-age stiffness that can get worse but will
never get better. Motherboard, if it were in good working condition, would have
practically no market value today. Motherboard could fail all the way without
warning, or maybe the current symptoms of old-age stiffness constitute warning,
so you might want to be sure you can transfer user data from the hard drive to
a new computer, or back up the user data. Maybe find a 486 or early Pentium
motherboard or computer real cheap?
Support the International Alliance for Compatible Technology
http://pages.cthome.net/iact/
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 09:28:01 +0100 (MET)
From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: load EPPPD high
Michael L. Dawley wrote:
>In this example, epppd is not loaded high.
(snip)
>Also, I need to know how to load SMARTDRV high. As you can
>see, I have 159K of upper memory, so there should be plenty to
>load both epppd and smartdrv high.
That's weird, Smartdrv loads high automagically for me. I think there's a
switch to prevent it, you should make sure that it's not there. (see "help
smartdrv" and/or "smartdrv/?")
And there should be plenty of room, but this is similar to the fact that if
I load mscdex (or nwcdex or shsucdx) I can't get the keyboard driver in
upper memmory even if there's room for it - and I can add other things up
there.
//Bernie
http://hem1.passagen.se/bernie/index.htm DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:31:58 +0100
From: "Rebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wooooooooooow !!!!
From: "Michael Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hi Arachne users,
> it seems, that Arachne 1.60 is comming *really* soon.
>
> I have just fixed various problems, including:
>
> - nested tables problems
> - total number of tables is no longer limited
> - multicolumn cells problems
> - bugs when nested tables were aligned to the left
> - bugs with proper table cell alignment....
>
> and more !!! I just hope that my hard disk won't crash until I manage to
> release the full new version ! ;-)
>
> I consider my HTML code to be freezed now, but I still want to play
> with cut/copy/paste in Arachne Editor (<TEXTAREA> tag).
>
> --
> Michael Polak, xChaos software
Hi
I just can't wait to test it under Windows 2000 Server. :-))))
Rebel
Programozasi segedletek, hardware-software ismertetok:
www.extra.hu/doksi
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