arachne-digest Thursday, February 10 2000 Volume 01 : Number 988 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 14:46:32 -0500 From: Mark David Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Not displaying GIFs I have another URL to add to the list of GIFs that wouldn't display, just got a red box. http://www.localbizwiz.com/haha/default.asp?P=0200&R=0112 Again I right clicked it and tried to reload it as: http://www.localbizwiz.com/pictures/59.gif So I saved it again. I didn't get a chance to view it off line yet. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:9:14 +0800 From: J J Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Virus Alert! Sorry to hear that. F-Prot antivrus is free for personal use. The primary locations are ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/virus/fp-xxx.zip ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/virus/fp-xxx.zip http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/virus/fp-xxx.zip xxx stands for the version number -- which will be 304 or higher. Get in touch if you need details of how to request it by email direct from the developer (Frisk in Iceland). Jake At 09/02/00 03:11:00, Mark David Roth wrote: >My whole system got infected with the Fantasma.1000 and Stoned >(something or other) and my 386 is acting very peculiar. My CMOS >is giving me a lot of trouble. Can't access my hard drives except under >very peculiar circumstances. I suspect it may be caused by another >virus I haven't been able to clean out yet. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 19:11:53 -0500 From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Why aren't GIFs displaying? On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 01:43:20 -0500, Mark David Roth wrote: >> On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:30:37 -0500, Mark David Roth wrote: >> Instead of displaying GIFs I'm getting red boxes. What is wrong? >> Here is my ARACHNE and MIME CFGs if someone might see what is wrong for me. >> ARACHNE.CFG > - Glenn McCorkle replied: > - We need some example URLs where the GIFs do not display for you. > The URLs I had trouble with are. I'm listing first the URL then the image. > I right clicked the image and tried to reload it. It still didn't work. > I saved the images to a file and viewed them successfully off line. > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/elmo.html > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/images/elmo.gif > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/love.html > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/images/turtlelove.gif > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/witch.html > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/eatin.gif > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/clintons.html > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/images/clinton.gif Correct file name on this one is: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/images/clinton.Jpeg > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/turtle.html > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/turtle.gif > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/moses.html > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/moses.gif The problem is not in Arachne. All of the above images is "backwards". Every one with a .GIF extension is actually a Jpeg (not a gif) The one with a Jpeg extension is actually a GIF89 I have found this same problem at other web sites. If you'de like, you may notify the "webmaster". > I didn't have any trouble with these links: > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/zipper.html > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/images/pic.jpg > http://www.angelfire.com/ca/hawkeyemjs/beer.html > Which displayed: > http://members.rotfl.com/joke/beer.gif > An animated GIF Yes, you had no problems with either of those because they _are_ in the formats that they _say_ they are. (the .jpg _is_ a Jpeg and the .gif _is_ a GIF)<g> - -- Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA DOS prog. for QV cameras http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/qvplay.html Other stuff http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed. http://arachne.browser.org/ http://arachne.cz/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 20:21:22 -0500 From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT Re: what is .pdf On Wed, 09 Feb 2000 10:06:46 -000, Mike Millen wrote: > GM>Unfortunately, AcroDos will not work with the new format of .PDF files > GM>. > GM>For now, the only way a "pure DOS" user can get the text from a new > GM>.PDF is to send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Not any more, Glenn. :) > Go to www.foolabs.com and download the XPDF utilities for DOS. > (It includes PDFTOTEX.EXE.) > Mike > -- Thanks very much Mike. ftp://ftp.foolabs.com:21/pub/xpdf/xpdf-0.90-dos.zip might work as a PDF veiwer "plug-in" for Arachne. ....to be continued.....<g> - -- Glenn McCorkle [EMAIL PROTECTED] North Jackson, Ohio, USA DOS prog. for QV cameras http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/qvplay.html Other stuff http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed. http://arachne.browser.org/ http://arachne.cz/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 21:38:43 -0800 From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Arachne installation problems Bernd Martin wrote: > > I have adjusted autoexec.bat and config.sys, and choose the > graphic card Trident 800x600. Then Arachne starts: > The two grey headlines (Arachne ..)are visible, one line at the > bottom (copyrigth ...) and then two rectangular grey areas at > the rbottom rigth corner of the screen in the upper field > (of this two) a message appears: DOS Memory (KB) 4303 [+] , > Festplatte 0 [!!!]. Then at the top of the screen the following > message comes still: memory allocation error; Command cannot > be loaded, system halted. This sounds like either a memory management problem or bad memory. I have no idea what Festplatte 0 [!!!] might be but DOS mem 4303 kb is crazy. > If I remove smartdrive and keyb.com from the autoexec.bat > (to get more memory) the following message appears after > the harddisk wws engaged in work for quite a long time: Stack > overflow. You have enough memory to get started, judging from the following: > Frei 728,784 (712K) 622,176 (608K) 106,608 (104K) If you reduce stacks to 0,0 you will have more. The harddisk was working a lot because you did not have the cache installed. Smartdrive installs in the upper memory blocks so it does not impact on Arachne. The stack overflo is probably related to the original memory allocation problem. > Here some additional information: > > At our school we have some old 386�s (with 8 MB Ram and > without Windows), which we want to use for Internet-access. > During setup I choose XMS and VG.A > > Betriebssystem / operating system: MS-Dos 6.22 > Grafik-Karte /graphic card : Trident TVGA 512K > Monitor: AOC CMLB-337 > Netzkarte / netcard: NE2000 kompatibel / compatible > Autoexec.bat > > @ECHO OFF > LH C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X > PROMPT $p$g > PATH c:\mouse;C:\DOS > LH MOUSE SER 1 > SET TEMP=C:\Temp Remove the following: - ------------------------------------ > SET ARACHNE=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv > SET ARACHNETEMP=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv > SET MYIP=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv > SET REMIP=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv > SET NETMASK=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv > SET PEERMRU=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv - ------------------------------------- Down to here --------------. > lh c:\dos\keyb.com gr > > Config.sys > > DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS ***** Remove /TESTMEM:OFF (You may have problem) > DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS HIGHSCAN > BUFFERS=20,0 <--------- Change to 20 (,0 is default anyway) > FILES=60 > DOS=high,UMB <--------- Try to move to before Buffers (?) > LASTDRIVE=E > FCBS=4,0 > stacks=20,512 <--------- Change to 0,0 > rem DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE Nothing I have suggested above will fix the memory allocation error. Possibly Himem.sys will report a problem when it tests the memory. My only other suggestion is to try the installation on one of the other machines. If it behaves the same, there could be an error in the file you downloaded or in Himem.sys I guess. - - Clarence Verge - -- - - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ - -- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 00:47:50 +0000 From: "Jack Cotter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PPP Up! Michael Dawley Would you believe that I'm sending this from the infamous Deskpro 590! I'm still working on it, but when I use the diagnostic version EPPPDD and turn on the debug option the packed driver will hang in there. This is not a solution, but I think it points the way. Klaus Hameyer If you are reading the mail, maybe there's hope after all! Jack - -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client - -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:30:30 +0000 From: "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Insight, mail and things. Please can someone shed some light on this rather fundamental question? The 'address book' feature in Arachne V1.6 is useful, but how does one get a 'real' name to show when sending a message? For example, I can address a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but how do I get it to say something like Joe Bloggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or whatever format it usually shows up in on the index? Any ideas very welcome! Ron. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 02:55:39 -0800 From: "Gregory J. Feig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Virus Alert! On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:38:49 -0500, Mark David Roth wrote: > Virus Alert! > I don't know if this virus scare message is a hoax or not I haven't had a > chance to check it out yet. - -----------snip-------- > Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 11:37 PM > It will erase everything on your hard drive. > "Melissa," and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. > Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat > function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase .......look at the date.....and we have heard nothing about this so far this week.....also....launching the Norton Utilities from an email message is well nigh impossible (I don't say absolutely not possible, but I'd have to see it to believe it).... ......but....of course, we all have our CMOS virus detector functions enabled, don't we...????? .......gregy - -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 01:13:51 From: Van Voordturen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Studanka.mp3 with qv.exe on a 486 Hello, On a quiet and rainy day, I downloaded Skrehule's Studanka (not just to test the pc, but also out of curiousity). I've not been able to enjoy it yet, since some limitation in the system cuts the sound to parts of about 3 seconds length. What are usual system demands for playing .mp3 files with QV.exe? Bart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 07:02:26 +0000 From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PPP Up! On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 00:47:50 +0000, Jack Cotter wrote: > Michael Dawley > Would you believe that I'm sending this from the infamous Deskpro 590! > I'm still working on it, but when I use the diagnostic version > EPPPDD and turn on the debug option the packed driver will hang in there. > This is not a solution, but I think it points the way. > Klaus Hameyer > If you are reading the mail, maybe there's hope after all! > Jack Jack, Good work! When you have time, send me some details. Also, where do you get epppdd? I just have the epppd that comes with Netdial, and also the one that comes with Arachne. Thanks, Michael L. Dawley Pearl, Mississippi -- Compaq Deskpro 575 -- - -- Using Netdial 1.3 with Arachne 1.60 -- - -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:12:32 +0100 (CET) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) Subject: PROBLEM: http://www.weckruf.de Hi If I visit this site, than Arachne crashes immediately. (and funny colors appear :) Michael please have a look. CU, Ricsi - -- Richard Menedetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 7659421] {RSA-PGP Key avail.} - -=> A bachelor enjoys the chase but doesn't eat the game <=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 03:03:57 +1000 From: "Ben Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Hotmail.com probs On Wednesday, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: ] > Well... Hotmail.com has been modified to work with ] > WINDOWS-ONLY web browsers (requires Security ] > certificates, which are available only on MSIE 4.0 or I just went there with NS 3 on Linux. It was looking promising, being redirected all over the place, until BAM! "JavaScript required"... Even though I did have JS enabled. Oh well. I guess I couldn't be bothered to check [EMAIL PROTECTED] now. ] And now I am back after spending considerable time exploring ] http://www.crosswinds.net. I have this to say: ] ] Very interesting site. They offer free personal web pages and even free I did have a site there, but they were way too slow... (AFAICT they used to allow porn and stuff but just before I joined they banned it) My site is now deleted - moved to a virtual server with CGI access. :) ] business web pages. (To get a free business web-page you have to let them ] put one of their banners on your page) From reading about their free ] email, it appears they do not offer web-based mail, but they do offer ] IMAP email, in which you will need to configure your own email client to ] use the web-site's mail servers. They did have web-based mail. But I never used it. Looked at http://cwmail.crosswinds.net? It looks confusing. :( BTW, If you have a spare domain, you can make your own webbased email system for free! :) I have 'registered' hoody.go.cc. I wonder if I can use that? <G> [I'm talking www.bigmailbox.com - www.espn.com.hk uses this] - -- | .~. | Hoody has the hots for whats in the box with the dots! | /V\ | http://hoody.virtualave.net updated 14 Jan 2000 | // \\ | http://hoody.penguinpowered.com when I'm online | /( )\ | ICQ: five oh one seven five one seven oh | ^`~'^ | Carpe Aptenodytes! Dogs crawl under fences, but software crawls under Windows. | C607EUW | "We apologise for the inconvenience" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 02:44:05 +1000 From: "Ben Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: It Takes Guts to Say Jesus WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! ARGH!! Even if this "virus" did exist, anyone using a 'real' email client would be immune. A 'real' email client is almost every one not written by Microsoft. What kind of software automatically runs software it downloads?!?!? Especially on an "OS" like Windows! - -- | .~. | Hoody has the hots for whats in the box with the dots! | /V\ | http://hoody.virtualave.net updated 14 Jan 2000 | // \\ | http://hoody.penguinpowered.com when I'm online | /( )\ | ICQ: five oh one seven five one seven oh | ^`~'^ | Carpe Aptenodytes! Dogmatism: Puppyism come to its full growth. | C607EUW | "We apologise for the inconvenience" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:25:51 -0800 From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Arachne installation problems Clarence Verge wrote: > > Bernd Martin wrote: > > > > Config.sys > > > > DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS ***** Remove /TESTMEM:OFF (You may have problem) > > DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS HIGHSCAN > > BUFFERS=20,0 <--------- Change to 20 (,0 is default anyway) > > FILES=60 > > DOS=high,UMB <--------- Try to move to before Buffers (?) > > LASTDRIVE=E > > FCBS=4,0 > > stacks=20,512 <--------- Change to 0,0 > > rem DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE Hello again Bernd; I forgot to tell you to add the following line to your cinfig.sys: SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /p /e:512 - - Clarence Verge - -- - - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/ - -- ------------------------------ End of arachne-digest V1 #988 *****************************
