Joe Caverly wrote:
>
> Hi Clarence;
> Thanks for the reply. I followed your instructions, but alas, this did
> not solve the problem.
>
> I then thought of something, which I tried, and low and behold, I can
> now surf my local hard drive, including my EMail, when I'm offline.
>
> The problem appears to be 4DOS. I use 4DOS.COM, version 6.02, instead
> of COMMAND.COM.
>
> The solution was to start COMMAND.COM, and then ARACHNE.BAT.
>
> However, if 4DOS.COM is the problem, then why can I surf locally when
> connected to the Internet, but not when I'm disconnected from the
> Internet? That is, I can use 4DOS.COM, connect to the Internet, and surf
> locally with no problems.
>
> In order to surf locally, when disconnected from the Internet, I have
> to exit ARACHNE, type COMMAND.COM, and restart ARACHNE.
>
> While this is a work-around, I'd like to know why this is happening.
> Any insights?
The best insight in this area is likely to come from Richard Menedetter
who I believe had a problem with 4DOS that was fixed by modifying the
Arachne memory requirements set out in MIME.cfg for each .dgi.
- Clarence Verge
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