arachne-digest Tuesday, January 18 2000 Volume 01 : Number 954 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:25:31 -0800 (PST) From: "Jorge Alex Ortega O." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Round 2... i'm triste (sad) turn on your PC (if you already have it off :D) in dos prompt type arachne when ready press F3 type: WWW.OPENBOX.COM Wait... If you doesn't understand anything, it will not only because is a 'official spanish' page (many times myself doesn't understand this type!) but the screen will apears with many thigs over anothers... see by yourself... i don't have time to think what is the translation to the english of that word :) I think that there's some bug in HTML display of arachne.... but i don't have time to take a look the source code of openbox, so i'dont know what's happen... And that's not all my Forever-under-construction page will not be dispayed correctly by arachne (http://www.geocities.com/neo_haohmaru) have the same problem and this have only basic HTML tags... Another bug to the list..... Cheers J. [EMAIL PROTECTED] La mar estaba serena.... serena estaba la mar :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:45:09 +0100 From: Hans-Juergen Bardenhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fw: Maximum for cached items = 255? - ----- Forwarded message begin ----- From: "Hans-Juergen Bardenhagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Arachne Fan Club, can someone confirm that Arachne's WWW cache can't store more than 255 items? I just tried some offline surfing with some pages I visited - but no sign of them in the cache. This number 255 seems familiar to me... %-) OK, one hour later: Perhaps I should read my own tips now and then - hit the "Reload button" and everything's gonna be alright! Well, not quite, because 255 really seems to be the maximum number of cached items. But now I have at least the latest visited pages available - Arachne must have deleted some older documents from the cache to enable this. By the way, can someone read me here...over? This is Hans-Juergen speaking, trying to reach this list with his internet mail account...over... ;-) ZZee ya... (don't know where, don't know when...) Hans-Juergen - -- This is for you, Glenn... ;-)) Writing this mail the first time, I was able to add an extra blank space at the end of the line, but storing the mail in "outbox" and reopening it later deleted the space. - -- Arachne V1.50;s.r.c., NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://home.arachne.cz/ - ------ Forwarded message end ------ OK - this test obviously didn't make it to the list, because I probably would have to subscribe again with my internet e-mail account, even if I only want to *write* to this list from there and read it as usual (from my BBS server) - right? ;-) Hans-Juergen - -- ## CrossPoint v3.11 ## * ZQWKPro v1.2 [unregistered] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:45:06 +0100 From: Hans-Juergen Bardenhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: lost messages Hi Jos, you wrote on 16.01.00 to "Re: lost messages": JF> I know it is a bit late, but thanks. JF> Your message was a greatt help. You know, it seems as if we both are the only ones on this list that can take their time... ;-) Bis dann, Hans-J�rgen - -- ## CrossPoint v3.11 ## * ZQWKPro v1.2 [unregistered] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:45:02 +0100 From: Hans-Juergen Bardenhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: is it possible? Hi L.D., you wrote on 16.01.00 to "is it possible?": LDB> I've been receiving dupe messages for days now, but no one else has LDB> mentioned that problem. If you think of Sergei's messages - he just sent them twice. LDB> That got me to thinking -- is it possible that my e-dress is on the LDB> mailing list twice? LDB> If it is there twice, will "unsubscribe" remove the duplicate listing LDB> or both of them? LDB> I really don't want to lose the list, but really can't crawl through LDB> all these dupes either. Send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line "who arachne" in the body of the message and another line with "end" - what you'll get is a list with all subscribers to Arachne's mailing list. Hans-Juergen - -- ## CrossPoint v3.11 ## * ZQWKPro v1.2 [unregistered] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:49:49 +0100 From: "Lars Wigrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: M$OE 5 is Arachne-compatible :-) Hello guys, Sorry for using M$OE ;-) but I've just discovered that it is compatible with Arachne. I saved an message recieved with OE onto a diskette, and then successfully read it in Arachne. Likevise I saved an Arachne message onto a diskette, renamed it to *.EML (that's *.CNM in Arachne :-), and from "This Computer" Windows identified it as an "Outlook Express e-mail" file. So, it seems to be possible to move messages back and forth between those two. Just give it a proper extension. :-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 16:03:03 From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Memory On 16 Jan 00 at 22:29, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >>Hello Folks: >> >>While running Arachne 1.60 beta offline I discover I have 129+ KB of >>free DOS memory by reading the stats displayed in the window that pops >>up by depressing ALT + M. The figures are green. >> >>While online I see that I have 105 (?) KB. The figures are black. >>Why is there a question mark? Does my Arachne not really know how much free >>memory it has? >> >>Does anybody else have a question mark following the figure displayed >>for free DOS memory? Yes, Samuel, I am seeing the same thing. With 1.50src I have [150]+ (green) before dialing. After connecting to home.arachne.cz (no images) it shows [81]+ (still green). With 1.60b1 it shows [128]+ (green) but after connecting to home.arachne.cz (no images) it shows [104]?. I find this strange and think it must be a bug. Michael's color scheme for this memory display is green (very good), black (ok), and red (bad, crash near), IIRC. Regards, Dale Mentzer It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. 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: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 14:42:39 +0100 From: "Michael Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Possible fix for Video Setup Dne Sun, 16 Jan 2000 13:25:39 -0800, Clarence Verge napsal: > Hello Michael, All; > The problem I found with video setup is twofold: > 1) As can be seen from this copy of SETUP.bat, setup calls core.exe. > This is bad news because core eventually switches to graphic mode > and does this BEFORE the graphic mode has been set. > and No, "core -s" always asks for VGA|EGA|CGA first - in text mode. > 2) if there are any OTHER problems with core (wait for it <g>) > the user is stuck in graphics mode with no way out. I don't think so, and BTW: if there is no graphics mode compatible with CORE.EXE, Arachne is anyway useless on such PC... > There IS another problem with core, to be discussed after this copy, > but first I would like to suggest that the ENTIRE setup.bat be run > from DOS in text mode with a fancier batch file.. > @echo off > if (%1)==(os) goto setup_os > if exist arachne.cfg goto setup_gr > copy 386pc.acf arachne.cfg > :setup > core -s > if errorlevel 32 goto end > del history.lst > :setup_os > arachne.bat reload:file:setup_os.dgi > goto end > :setup_gr > core -s > if errorlevel 32 goto end > del history.lst > arachne.bat setup.htm > :end > It would be nice to know what the errorlevel returns are for core so we > could re-write this batch file. They are _all_ used in arachne.bat, so I think it's kind of self-documentation. > The other problem with core is an interface problem. It appears that > the pointy-clicky guys at Arachne Labs never tested the keyboard interface. Which is me ;) > I'll bet 10bucks that they don't even know there IS a keyboard interface - > only Michael knows. But only Michael (me) is developing CORE.EXE anyway !!! ;-) > On my P~100 with DOS 6.22 I found the following - and this is NOT likely > a list of all occurrences of the problem: > As previously posted, on the video setup screen Arachne refused to accept > my "ENTER" on the "Test selected Video Mode" button, and would not TAB to > links past TSENG ET4000. ???? I must verify this. Of course I tested it without mouse... > Also found on the OPTIONS page, pressing the "Preferences" button caused it > to stick down and the "Use New Settings" button does not work. Buttons now stick down until new page is loaded - the full animation was useless delay. > On the PREFERENCES page, NONE of the "radio buttons" on the RIGHT half of the > screen worked, and TAB would not move the cursor past the "off" box in the > "Fixed System Font" section. I must test it... may I broke something ? > Most importantly, NEITHER the "Save" OR "Cancel" buttons worked. Luckily, > "ESC" did work and I have it set to "BACK". (Screensaver Preview faulty also) > I believe this is the same problem I experienced with not being able to get > out of Video Setup. If there is real problem, I can release 1.60 beta 2 soon... - -- 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") ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 16:13:34 +0100 From: "Michael Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #951 Dne Sun, 16 Jan 2000 22:34:29 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arachne-digest) napsal: > I'm surprised! Before the rewrite of the pages on Egghead, I would > sometimes have to set Arachne to *not* download images or else Arachne > would lock up. Now I don't have that problem at all, have no trouble > getting pages down with 14.4bps modem, etc. I can see all the pages, > except for the shmtl stuff they've written for shopping cart & actual > purchase. But as long as they have an 800# I'm in fine shape. Didn't I say that I rewrote LOT of things inside CORE.EXE this time ? > ....without any problems. The install program did NOT crash, as it did in > the previous version. Yes - althought it meant, that I had to learn Vitex how to write stable programs ;-) And I tolld him to do the install using DGI scripting, much like user friendly Linux distributions launch Xfree86 in VGA mode or Windows launch temselves in VGA mode. (but the VGA setup screen is my work...) > 1. BUG: > I can't export to BMP (ctrl-p) .. there is garbage on the screen, and the > computer hangs. I haven't tested with virtual screens turned off... it exports just virtual screens, nothing else. I should add some verification if virtual screens are present. > PS: ? Hotkey is not working here ... what kind of XSwap optimization were you > talking about ?? It is just duggging info, nothing really important for end user. > Proxy string really works now ! > @file in mails is GREAT! Yes, these two were simple. > ? seems to print something to textmode, while Arachne is in graphics mode, so > I can't read it. Don't worry. It is debugging info on memory manager, something like QEMM dumps when it hangs ;-) Arachne should print it when "illegal xSwap operation" occurs too.... It is documented in file XSWAP.TXT , but if you are not realy crazy, you won't be interested in analyzing it. > One good idea for Insight would be to have filters. > Eg mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] moved automatically to arachne folder. Yes - but how vvarious INBOXes shoul be reached ? I think I wil l add different type of filtering, eg. option to create inbox.dgi page only from e-mail with (or without) "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" in header... > PS: Michael ... still no serious looking Arachne Logo :((( This is BETA release ! > PPS: Packetdriverwizard detects my packetdriver ... good ;) It is not my work - I just used good old pktchk.com utility ;-) > Maybe you could default to DHCP/Bootp for manual setup. Maybe, but for example on Arachne Labs LAN there is no DHCP/BOOTP > If somebody doesn't know his IP Adress, than this will work, too. > PPPS: Wanted to test stub32 ... not implemented ;) Please wait for beta 2 or beta 3.... I commented it out in the source code for this release, as well as Cut/copy/paste in editor. They are not yet ready for beta testing. > http://www.tuwien.ac.at > Arachne 1.60: 4 sec. > Arachne 1.50: 15 sec. > Netscape 4.7: 3 sec. > www.microsoft.com ;) > Arachne 1.60: 5 sec. > Arachne 1.50: 20 sec. > Netscape 4.7: 4 sec. > So the new WATTCP version and Michael's optimizations really helped !! > Do the others have compareable results. (arachne 1.60 being MUCH faster than > 1.50 ??) Yes, but it is still not perfect. I want Arachne to be faster than Netscape 4.7, because Mozilla (future Netscape 5.0) is reported to be much faster, even faster than MSIE 5.0 (which is pretty fast, to be true...) > I didn't use the installer - once bitten, twice shy. The new autoinstaller has nothing in common with the old one. I agree that the Turbovision installer was confuing and very often unfunctional. > Load time of main page 56 Sec with 1.6b1 - was 50 Sec with 1.5b2 ! Hmmmmm. This may be caused by random differences in net speed. Have you tried to compare page load times when loading just from disk ? > 1)After 1.6 finshed it's adjustments, it wrote the screen at max size > regardless of my selection with F5. ??? Did you do any adujstments before finishing and quiting the setup ? > 3)When I then went offline, Arachne corrected the display size and showed my > status line and small icons. ?? > the first 10 messages the discontinues the connection. The last file is a > big one, 416,663. I've been trying it for days now. The server isn't > deleting the messages it allready sent. So it downloads those same first 10 Sorry, the new POP3 enhacments are also not yet ready. But first thing I am planning to add is maximum size of message to download. Such messages will be skipped - useful eg. for portable device. There will be also configurable maximum number of messages to download. > Again, same here. ? does nothing that I can see. But it should! Maybe your video card doesn't support text output in graphics mode. > Michael, > Will the Xswap dump only show on our screens if an error has occured? No, but it will. It's good idea. >> Both of them installed "without a hitch". >> Did the .zip install to c:\arachne\ >> And the .exe install to c:\ar160b1\ >> Jeez Glenn; > I'm glad you finally got on with your "Everything works fine here" message. > <VBG> Yes, it surprising. It seems, that for Glenn, Arachne works ALWAYS, even when it is buggy release. For you, nothing ever works ok, even when it works for me at home. But in fact, you told that EGA works for you in 1.60 beta 1 - for me, Arachne in this mode just hangs ;-) - -- 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") ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 14:53:08 +0100 From: "Michael Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Keyboard navigation. Keyboard-only navigation works for me, in all the cases described by Clarence Verge as unfuncional... that's strange. I just setuped by graphics mode only with keyboard, and I went through all possible options with tab; I also went to "preview screensaver" button with Tab, etc. - -- 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") ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 14:57:03 +0100 From: "Michael Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: InSight problem with send mail Dne Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:04:40 -0500, L.D. Best napsal: > First time I tried to send mail [to you] I seem to have exited Arachne > to blank screen ... no code coming into my monitor so it clicked off. > And the system was locked, 3-finger didn't work, had to use reset button > on case. > Second time I tried to send mail, Arachne presented me with lock.fle > message which I told it to ignore and I went back to [M] and clicked on > send mail again. This time I did exit Arachne completely, no signal, > then a message appeared: Insert mail disk in A: now Yes, Arachne now offers floppy mail exchage, if you are OFFLINE. > Welp, since I didn't have a mail diskette to insert, I simply hit ENTER. > At that point the system locked again, requiring RESET again. But this happens inside DOS batch file , not inside Arachne.... > All this was done off-line. > Usta was Arachne would automatically go to screen to allow me to dial. > Not now. > Should be now. > And something is in InSight code that shouldn't be -- the instructions > to insert diskette. It is not in Insight, it is external/pop3 and external/smtp, which is used when you are offline. Some user asked for floppy e-mail exchange... > crap! > This time I'll dial in first, then try to send both messages. But I > don't like doing that because I have to stop the homepage and then > change menus and finally give the command to upload mail. It worked, obviously. And it works also with Autodial set Yes (Setup PPP button on dial page). You can easily comment external/pop3 and external/smtp, which is used by Arachne in offline mode. Just comment them out from MIME.CFG - -- 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") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:01:25 +0000 From: Charles Boisvert and Catherine Clinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: batch downloading of images > There may be a simple solution. You could make an HTML template: > > <HTML> > <BODY> > > <IMG SRC="http://ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=nnc.to"> <BR> > <IMG SRC="http://ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=xxx.to"> <BR> > <IMG SRC="http://ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=yyy.to"> <BR> > <IMG SRC="http://ichart.yahoo.com/w?s=zzz.to"> <BR> > > </BODY> > </HTML> > > ...Send that to download, > Charles, thanks for the suggestion. > How do you send that to download ? Oops... Sorry. I wasn't very clear there. Save the file with the extension HTM, for instance C:\MYGRAPHS.HTM. Then open the file in your favourite browser. It will displays the page and all the images. Charles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:36:22 +0100 (CET) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) Subject: Re: arachne-digest V1 #951 Hi "Michael Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> PS: ? Hotkey is not working here ... what kind of XSwap optimization were >> you talking about ?? MP> It is just duggging info, nothing really important for end user. But I'm interested anyways ;) >> ? seems to print something to textmode, while Arachne is in graphics mode, >> so I can't read it. MP> Don't worry. It is debugging info on memory manager, something like MP> QEMM dumps when it hangs ;-) Arachne should print it when "illegal MP> xSwap operation" occurs too.... MP> It is documented in file XSWAP.TXT , but if you are not realy crazy, MP> you won't be interested in analyzing it. HEY ! Who says I'm _not_ crazy ?? I've already read the file, but ? produces no readable output here. >> One good idea for Insight would be to have filters. >> Eg mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] moved automatically to arachne folder. MP> Yes - but how various INBOXes shoul be reached ? Hmm ... to be honest I don't know Insight that well. When Mail is downloaded simply check immediately after download, if it matches a filter rule. If yes, than it is deleted/moved/??? MP> I think I wil l add different type of filtering, eg. option to create MP> inbox.dgi page only from e-mail with (or without) "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" MP> in header... ?? ;) >> PS: Michael ... still no serious looking Arachne Logo :((( MP> This is BETA release ! Does this mean, that it will come in the final release ?? <GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT> >> Maybe you could default to DHCP/Bootp for manual setup. MP> Maybe, but for example on Arachne Labs LAN there is no DHCP/BOOTP Sure ... just an idea ... I _DO_ have a DHCP server here, and I'm supposed to use it (my IP is pseudo dynamic ... eg should be dynamically asigned, but I always get the same from the cable company), so now I have inserted these values as static (since 15 months :) >> PPPS: Wanted to test stub32 ... not implemented ;) MP> Please wait for beta 2 or beta 3.... I commented it out in the MP> source code for this release, as well as Cut/copy/paste in editor. MP> They are not yet ready for beta testing. No Problem ;) >> http://www.tuwien.ac.at >> Arachne 1.60: 4 sec. >> Arachne 1.50: 15 sec. >> Netscape 4.7: 3 sec. ... >> So the new WATTCP version and Michael's optimizations really helped !! MP> Yes, but it is still not perfect. ;) (what is perfect or bugfree ??) MP> I want Arachne to be faster than Netscape 4.7, because Mozilla (future MP> Netscape 5.0) is reported to be much faster, even faster than MSIE 5.0 MP> (which is pretty fast, to be true...) Good luck ! (but IMHO this will be extremely hard for you, because of the limitations of realmode DOS, this is the reason why I would love to have an additional Arachne/386 with DJGPP) >> Again, same here. ? does nothing that I can see. MP> But it should! Maybe your video card doesn't support text output in MP> graphics mode. Hmm ... I have a Ati Mach64 ... and the same result .... (text not readable) MP> Michael Polak, xChaos software CU, Ricsi - -- Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 7659421] {RSA-PGP Key avail.} - -=> And I thought *I* had problems! <=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:04:52 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric S. Emerson) Subject: Re: Keyboard navigation. Hi Michael P., That is strange, because I had the same problem as Clarence with the keyboard-only navigation! I am running 1.60 beta 1 on a Gateway 2000 4sx-33 which has had an overdrive pentium processor installed. I only noticed the problem when I did not have a mouse driver installed. The mouse is a ps2 type and was plugged in but I had no driver installed. For what it's worth, Eric Michael Polak wrote: > >Keyboard-only navigation works for me, in all the cases described by >Clarence Verge as unfuncional... that's strange. > >I just setuped by graphics mode only with keyboard, and I went through >all possible options with tab; I also went to "preview screensaver" >button with Tab, etc. > >-- >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") > > - -- __________ | Ayrx |__\_ Eric S. Emerson | :~_: ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] `~(*)~~~~(*)~' ````````````````````````` ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 18:20:39 +0000 From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Page Load Time and Clock Hello all, Testing Arachne 1.60, I find that my page load time and the hours of the hour,minute,second display run together, overlapping about one digit. I'm using 640x480 resolution. Thanks, Michael L. Dawley Pearl, Mississippi - -- IBM PS/1 486SX-25 with 32MB RAM -- - -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 01:33:26 +0100 From: "Michael Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Arachne 1.60b1 Dne Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:06:54 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) napsal: > ? seems to print something to textmode, while Arachne is in graphics mode, > so I can't read it. Yes. > One good idea for Insight would be to have filters. > Eg mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] moved automatically to arachne folder. Yes. InSight is open source utility, released under GNU license. So anyone is free to implement this feature... maybe it will be me, when I have more time... > Michael ... still no serious looking Arachne Logo :((( It is still BETA version !!! - -- 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") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 01:49:47 +0100 From: "Michael Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ... > Check at www.brendata.hu/index.htm Definitely o.k. in 1.60 beta 1 (unless you have changed the design of the page...) - -- 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") ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:26:23 -0500 From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Has anyone else noticed? I'm having a heck of a time with the new buttons, particularly in InSight. They work fine ... that's not the problem. My problem is that the print is TOO BIG. That shouldn't make any sense, until you remember that the human eye works by scanning, and searches for shapes. The problem, after studying it, is that the font on the buttons got bigger but the buttons stayed the same size. That means there is less margin around the printed words. And it doesn't help that the font is so "skinny" either. And that, BION, means the words are harder to read. I like the san serif font, but I like being able to process the data mentally a lot better. Hey, Mr. xChaos!! Can you use a slightly smaller font on those InSight buttons, or at least make it a little "thicker" ??? l.d. - -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:00:57 +0000 From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Dos Memory Needed by Arachne 1.60 Hello all, I installed Arachne 1.60 beta on this Compaq in just a few minutes. In Arachne 1.50 I had Dos Memory (KB) 148, now in Arachne 1.60 beta I have Dos Memory (KB) 127, indicating that the new version requires 31 more KB. I had been preparing for that, trying to optimize my conventional memory, and loading epppd high. As a result, I have 615 KB of free conventional memory for Arachne, and now going to test the newfound speed, etc. of Arachne 1.60. I have the 800x600 version, and the load time and clock do not conflict as they do on my PS/1 with the 640x480 setup. So far everything seems normal, and I was impressed with the speed of installation, just a few minutes. Thanks, Michael L. Dawley Pearl, Mississppi ps: I am still using my Netdial 1.3-Arachne combination... - -- Compaq Deskpro 575 -- - -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:53:03 -0800 From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Damn. I forgot to mention Eric S. Emerson wrote: > > > Hi Clarence, > I had the same problem and IIRC correctly I hit escape > and then started Arachne. Then I set the video from inside Arachne > by calling the video setup procedure. Hi Eric; ESC didn't work here. - - Clarence Verge - -- - - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ - -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 16:36:19 -0800 From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Fw: Maximum for cached items = 255? Hans-Juergen Bardenhagen wrote: > > By the way, can someone read me here...over? This is Hans-Juergen speaking, > trying to reach this list with his internet mail account...over... ;-) 10-4 Hans. Signal is 9 by 5 here. - - Clarence Verge - -- - - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ - -- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:11:32 -0800 From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Memory Dale Mentzer wrote: > > On 16 Jan 00 at 22:29, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > > >>Does anybody else have a question mark following the figure displayed > >>for free DOS memory? > > Yes, Samuel, I am seeing the same thing. With 1.50src I have [150]+ > (green) before dialing. After connecting to home.arachne.cz (no > images) it shows [81]+ (still green). With 1.60b1 it shows [128]+ > (green) but after connecting to home.arachne.cz (no images) it shows > [104]?. I find this strange and think it must be a bug. Michael's > color scheme for this memory display is green (very good), black > (ok), and red (bad, crash near), IIRC. Dale, Sam; This + ? ! business is Michael's concession to wierdos like me that use monochrome. Since I can't see the colors, I think the sequence is: + Arachne has found enough XMS space to allocate 2 buffers, ? Arachne has found space for 1 buffer, ! Bad news, Arachne can't find enough XMS for any buffers. (Will use disk) The number is, I believe, the excess amount or spare. If anyone really wants to know for sure, it was posted about 8-10 months ago. - - Clarence Verge - -- - - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ - -- ------------------------------ End of arachne-digest V1 #954 *****************************
