arachne-digest Tuesday, February 22 2000 Volume 01 : Number 1010
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:44:48 -0500
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: (OT) fax and keyboard
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:51:50 +12.5, Bruce Burdekin wrote:
> Hello all,
> First question: I have a Y2K bug - my DOS version BitFax 4.0 cannot deal
> with 2000 in the scheduler date-line! does anyone know of a good DOS fax
> program that will cope with Y2K, or do I have to run Windblows?
I just tested "MTEZ Express Fax". When scheduling a fax, the date
showed 02-21-100. After deleteing the 1 so that it showed just 02-21-00,
everything went fine.
I can send a copy of it if you'de like.
(MTEZEXPR.ZIP 508kb)
- --
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/
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:45:37 -0500
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to Arachne, and have questions
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:22:12 -000, Mike Millen wrote:
> GM>The strange thing is that for myself and a few others.... the [nnn]
> GM>problem _first_ showed-up in v1.60b1 (I never had the problem before).
> GM> (go figure.<g>)
> That's with 4dos, yes?
Nope, that's with OpenDos v7.01
> GM>Since switching to EPPPDD.EXE loaded "high", the problem is gone even
> GM>with the [nnn]s left as they were.
> Hmmm... I've *always* had epppd loaded high. I don't think I tried
> loading it low while I was struggling with the mime [140] problem
> in earlier versions.
Notice the additional "D".... I'm now running the debug version of
epppd.exe (epppdd.exe)
In my past attempts to load epppd.exe high, somehow the output was
never rediected to ppp.log (worked fine if loaded low)
EPPPDD.EXE redirects into ppp.log with no problem when loaded high.
(for _me_ that is)<g>
> IME Arachne has *always* seemed a little, err, different when it came
> to using memory. :) Even now I occasionally get a crash with an X-swap
> error that I can never seem to replicate.
Same here.
Haven't we all come to know and love the message "memory left 4gig"?<vbg>
> Oh well... still the best dos browser in town. :)
IMHO, The _only_ browser (Dos or non-Dos).
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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/
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:43:00 -0400
From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: to encode, or not to encode (with apologies to William Shakespeare) [was
Re: Virus Alert!]
Dunno who said what last ... <G> Quotes have gotten too long, so ....
The ikon/icon/clickherethingy is provided by whatever e-mail software is
being used on the *receiving* end.
Anyone who sends a UUE to an Arachne user might get yelled at only
because UUE takes up more encoding space than Mime 64 does. Arachne
should, if working correctly that day, show the icon most suitable at
the bottom of the page. Clicking upon the icon would then send Arachne
to the UUDecode software and whatever would be saved in the temp
directory for us to view, save, run [if we're foolish], etc.
I am finding that Arachne may be better at putting internal ID into
encoded files it send out, compared to some of the ID stuff I haven't
found on attachments sent to me. Arachne is also capable, if I remember
correctly, of something most win-based e-mail stuff isn't: Reading
embedded files in the message itself, rather than attached files. <G>
And I'm still plowing through messages to find the place in whichever
cfg file we can add a line that ID's DIZ files as text automatically for
Arachne, to save bandwidth and confusion. <G>
l.d.
- -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:32:32 -0400
From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OK OK
Hurrah!!!!
Brian is back in the fold! Now if he can learn to put up with us
tripping on our "tongues" and tangling our brains around keyboards so
that sometimes nothing recognizable comes out ... <G>
l.d.
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 16:12:10 -0600, BRIAN RENFROW wrote:
> Ok Ok. I apologize for my sudden outburst of something I should have most
> likely thouht about a little longer. Maybe I acted a little to quickly and
> should have thought about it a little longer. I do however am very thankful
> for the help I did recieve. Thanks to all who did help. In the future I
> will take any "pokes" as just that, pokes. No harm no foul. Thanks
> everyone. Of course you do have to admit that if I'm interested in Arachne,
> I can't be all that bad...........
> Brian D. Renfrow
- -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:26:10 -0400
From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT: "Any Browser"
Glenn,
Many thank yous. It looked awfully familiar, but I was afraid that just
when I was almost starting to get a handle on things well enough to ask
semi-sane questions, AOL had gone and changed things somehow! <G>
Right now I'd give a year's worth of neck & shoulder rubs if someone
would please come up with the cure for the rotten winter cold.
l.d.
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 16:24:36 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
> Not-to-worry, that's just "normal" HTML.
> If we want to change these 2 words.... Click Here .... into a link.
> We place a line like this in the page.
> <a href="fillinthe.sapces.com"></a>Click Here
> "Click Here" becomes a link to "filinthe.spaces.com"
> BTW, this exapmle didn't show as a link in this eMail because
> Insight.exe only converts "http://fully_qualified" URLs into links.
- -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:57:06 +0000
From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP up!! For me too on the COMPAQ 590
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 06:16:21 -0500 (EST), Klaus Hameyer wrote:
> Hi everyone, especially Michael Dawley -
> Eureka! NETDIAL + EPPPDD did the trick for the Compaq 590.
> I had tried Michael's (thank you) setup with NETDIAL + EPPPD
> before (slightly altered to remove some of the underbrush) which worked
> ok on the other computer but not on the COMPAQ 590.
> The basic difference this time is EPPPDD. I did not load anything high
> (not even a rather memory-fat mouse driver) so the memory available to
> ARACHNE 1.60b1 is a bit skimpy, but the major point is it works. I can
> fiddle with the details later.
> For your info, if you're curious, I can send a zip file with the
> files I used for PPP dialup. They are essentially parts of
> Michael's (and BOBCAT's) dialup files split into pieces.
> If you're interested, I can give you more details.
> Thanks again, all of you, for your tips.
> - Klaus
Klaus,
Glad you had success with the 590. That machine really moves along
with Arachne, I know. My 575 is much faster than my 486's.
I have refined my own "roll your own" Netdial 1.3 - Arachne 1.60
a little, and find that with EPPPDD.EXE, it connects 100% of the time.
I know you are going to want to load epppdd high, if possible. I
have no cdrom drivers, etc. on mine, so I have plenty of room to
load everything high that will go there, and have about 615K for
Arachne using DOS 6.22.
Again, I'm happy you were successful, and that you were able to
develop your own version that works very well I am sure.
- -- Tandy 4850EP 486DX2-50 8MB RAM --
-- Hayes Accura 14.4 Modem --
- -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:31:02
From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: epppdd.exe
Hello Glenn, all:
I tried using Connection @LH EPPPDD.EXE>PPP.LOG and Arachne connects,
loads the packet driver high, and then has only one bottom bar of Arachne,
with the wording "Configuring through Bootp/DHCP" on it. I can get back to
a full screen with F5, and the memory info confirms epppdd loaded high.
Not possible to surf, however. Arachne says "OFFLINE".
Here's mem.txt:
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Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
MSDOS 16,621 (16K) 16,621 (16K) 0 (0K)
HIMEM 1,168 (1K) 1,168 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 4,144 (4K) 4,144 (4K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 4,000 (4K) 4,000 (4K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 3,152 (3K) 3,152 (3K) 0 (0K)
SETVER 720 (1K) 0 (0K) 720 (1K)
MOUSE 25,632 (25K) 0 (0K) 25,632 (25K)
SMARTDRV 29,024 (28K) 0 (0K) 29,024 (28K)
EPPPDD 75,632 (74K) 0 (0K) 75,632 (74K)
Free 686,400 (670K) 626,064 (611K) 60,336 (59K)
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Here is my Arachne.cfg file, which works perfectly using
Connection @LH EPPPD.EXE>>PPP.LOG This copy shows the epppdd
I tried to use:
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;This is ARACHNE.CFG for Arachne version 1.4+
;If you want to use Arachne on PC with CPU 486+ you should start here.
;This working ARACHNE.CFG is from Tandy 4850EP
;This configuration file can be completely controled from Arachne setup.
[profile]
Profile TANDYPC.ACF
Connection @LH EPPPDD.EXE>PPP.LOG
Hangup @termin.com 0x60>NUL
;Connection @cmd ... command cmd will estabilish connection
;Connection READY ... connection is permanent, packet driver in AUTOEXEC...
;Connection NUL ... do not start TCP/IP (run "arachne -c" to force this)
[dialer]
DialPage file:ppp_init.htm
Dialer @MINITERM.EXE>>PPP.LOG
TerminalWindow @MINITERM.EXE>>PPP.LOG
UseTerminal No
Port 3
Irq 4
Base Default
Mode 8N1
Speed 19200
InitString AT&F
DialString ATDT
PhoneNumber (deleted)
Autodial Yes
Autologin Yes
WaitFor1 ogin:
Response1 \u
WaitFor2 assword:
Response2 \p
WaitFor3
Response3
WaitFor4
Response4
PPPusername (deleted)
PPPpassword (brandon1)
;Base values: Default|0x??? (eg. 0x3e8)
;Mode values: databits/parity/stopbits (eg. 8N1)
[tcp/ip]
IP_Address BOOTP
IP_Grab IP address set to
NameServer 206.156.254.2
AltNameServer 206.156.2.0
Gateway 0.0.0.0
AltGateway 0.0.0.0
Netmask 0.0.0.0
TCPconfig PPPTCP.CFG
;IP_Address n.n.n.n ... fixed IP address
;IP_Address PPP ... for PPP.EXE and PPPD.EXE (get address from PPP.LOG)
;IP_Address BOOTP ... WatTcp attepmts to use BOOTP protocol
;IP_Address %enviro% ... Minuet style (enviroment variable, like %MYIP%)
;IP_Address WATTCP ... use ONLY values from TCPconfig (variable "my_ip")
;IP_Grab string ... prefix of IP address in PPP.LOG ("IP address set to")
;TCPconfig filename ... name of WatTcp configuration file (often WATTCP.CFG)
[mail]
SMTPserver mailhost.intop.net
POP3server mailhost.intop.net
POP3username xxxxx (deleted)
POP3password xxxxx (deleted)
KeepOnServer No
eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PersonalName Michael L. Dawley
Organization Arachne Fan Club
TimeZone +0000
UseSignature Yes
SignatureFile SIGN.TXT
MailEncoding MIME
MailSortOrder DateSnt
NoHELO No
KillSent No
MailIdxTemplate idxhead.htp
ForwardString1 ----- Forwarded message begin -----
ForwardString2 ------ Forwarded message end ------
ReplyString On %s, %s wrote:
MyCharset US-ASCII
MailBodyEncoding 7bit
;MailSortOrder values: DateRcv|DateSnt|Address|Subject
[internet]
HTTPproxy proxy.provider.com:8080
UseProxy No
HomePage file:c:/arachne/arachne.html
SearchPage http://search.arachne.cz/
SearchEngine http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=
FTPusername user
FTPpassword xxxxxx
FTPhost ftp.provider.com
FTPpath /home/user/
AcceptCharset ISO-8859-1,*
[system]
Hotlist .\HOTLIST.HTM
History .\HISTORY.LST
CookieFile .\COOKIES.LST
CacheIndex .\CACHE.IDX
CachePath CACHE\
Cache2TEMP No
MailPath MAIL\
DownloadPath DOWNLOAD\
[misc]
Logo 12000
LoadImages Yes
Frames Yes
FastJPEGs No
RefreshDelay 20
ScreenSaver 3
ScreenSaverStyle L
ScreenSaverColors 0
LocalIcons No
ESC Exits
F3key file:*.htm
AutoF3key Yes
BigFont No
ScrollBarSize 18
ScrollBarStyle Windows
Colors 11 0
MouseColors 15 10
VirtualScreen 0
ScreenMode Auto
SmoothScroll Yes
ScrollStep 1000
BgColor #000000
Text #FFFFFF
Link #00FF00
Background NUL
ExitOnHangup No
Buttons buttons
ASCIIwidth 78
HTMLtext #000000
HTMLbgColor #C4C4C4
HTMLlink #0000C4
;AfterPOP3 smtp:
;AfterSMTP file:mail.htm
ShiftF1 file://doc/howto.htm
ShiftF2 file://oops\*.??k
ShiftF3 file:*.*
ShiftF4 file://examples\newfile.htm
ShiftF5 http://www.yahoo.com/
ShiftF6 http://www.wired.com/
ShiftF7 http://www.altavista.com/
ShiftF8 http://www.hotbot.com/
ShiftF9 http://www.slashdot.org/
ShiftF10 file://readmail.dgi
AltTab No
EditHotlistEntry Yes
Autodial No
UseCID No
UseCDescr No
AltSysFont 0
Index *.htm
FontShift 0
Multitasking Yes
XMS4allGIFs 1024
XMS4oneGIF 270000
;ScrollBarStyle values: NextStep|Windows|Arachne|X
;BgColor,Text,Link values: #RRGGBB (hexadecimal values of red, green and blue)
;VirtualScreen value: vertical number of pixels, 0 disables virtual screen.
;ScreenMode values: Auto|Smart|Nice
;BodyArachne values: System|Default|All
;Colors values are <ink 0..15> <paper 0..15>
[security]
SavePasswords Yes
Cookies Yes
HTTPreferer Yes
;FakeFTPeMail user@domain
[not-yet-implemeted]
NNTPserver news.provider.com
IRCserver irc.provider.com:6667
IRCchannel #arachne
IRCnick arachne_user
[auto-added]
Kill468x60 No
CacheFonts Yes
Engine http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=
POP3log No
SMTPlog No
ScreenSaverMess 5
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Any suggestions will be appreciated. As mentioned before, using
epppdd over epppd is only experimenting on my part, it probably makes
no difference. Since it is 74K I certainly would want it loaded high.
Thanks,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi
- ----
Tandy 4850 EP 486DX-50 8MB RAM
Hayes Accura 14.4 Modem
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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:24:41
From: Van Voordturen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Arachne load error
>Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 22:20:12 -0800
>From: "Steve Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Arachne load error
>
>Bart,
>You suggested that I rule out connection or memory problems by trying Telnet
>first. I couldn't find a copy on any of my machines (Oops! I lied --just
>found it on my Windows 95 machine). HOWEVER, on a hunch I tried a Freewwweb
>access number from outside my local calling area. That's when Arachne
>suddenly took off. It worked beautifully, no hesitations, no stalls, no
>errors. I could follow links and surf using URL names; I didn't have to
>type in IP numbers. I could even load images. I turned on Smartdrv and
>Arachne ran smoother yet. I tried caching onto a RAM drive, but that didn't
>help much. Anyway, the problem is NOT my machine or modem or compressed
>drive.
Okay, Now when you go to the arachne help page, click on "supported
standards", find telnet: (apm) and click on the apm link. A telnet plugin
with telnet.exe and ftp.exe will be automatically downloaded and installed...
(My idea was that using a smaller program like telnet on a presumably
existing ppp connection, would test the connection while the usual arachne
bugs regarding memory aren't in the way.) Suppose you're looking for local
phone access now...
Bart
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:48:52 -0500
From: Roger Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT: "Any Browser"
L.D. wrote:
>>Right now I'd give a year's worth of neck & shoulder rubs if someone
would please come up with the cure for the rotten winter cold.<<
As recommended by a doctor (M.D., diploma on the wall, etc.) many years ago:
"Take a bottle of whiskey to bed and don't get up until either one are gone."
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:14:45 +0000
From: "Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble with TELNET
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:29:49 +0100, Bjorn Simonsen wrote:
> On 20 Feb 00 at 11:42, Dale Mentzer wrote:
>> Glenn, the most current version of Pmail for DOS is 3.50 (mostly
>> some small fixes with no additional features, IIRC).
> That's right. But for some odd reason it's still in "preview",
> and have been since it's release on Fri, 11 Jun 1999. So if anyone
> wants it, it is found in the preview directory, not the ordinary
> PMAIL directory:
> <ftp://risc.ua.edu/pegasus-previews/pmail350.zip>
> <ftp://ftp.let.rug.nl/pegasus-previews/pmail350.zip>
<snip>
Hello Bjorn, Dale, Glenn,
I downloaded it. It's 1,200,252 bytes, so it'll fit on a floppy<g>
Have not done anything with it yet, wondering if it will run on
Arachne connection + alt E, to get to it, or do I have to fix
up a Netdial 1.3 front end for it.(whew!)<vbg>.
Perhaps it provides it's own connection? Anyway, I'm not in a big
hurry since I have Arachne's Insight Email which is faster and simpler
when you have 50 messages in one's inbox<g>.
Thanks,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi
- -----------------
- -- Tandy 4850EP 486DX2-50 8MB RAM --
-- Hayes Accura 14.4 Modem --
- -- Arachne V1.60;b1, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:24:17 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: to encode, or not to encode (with ap
Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 03:28:42 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
>
> > If I knew how to leave the compose window in Arachne without losing
> > what I've written to this point I'd quote something more relevant
> > to a non-text attachment. (Not feeling adventurous right now.) <g>
>
> Oh, that's easy.<g>
> Save the message to your outbox and then "modify" it to add the file
> who's name you couldn't remember while in the "compose screen".
> (if you please.... it's a _screen_, not a window.<vbg>
Right. And properly chastised too ! I usually make a special effort to say
"Screen" and "select" instead of "click". It just goes to show you that even
a CLI nut case like me can fall by the wayside sometimes. Got to get the old
brain washed again.
BTW, I did know I could save it and return to modify it. I was looking for
something easier- like ESC, review my inbox, and return to compose to find
the text still there. <G> I tried doing it via history (later) but no luck.
> > - Clarence Verge
>
> > - Using Arachne 1.50b2 for a change.
>
> v1.50b2 ?.... Ahh, stepped back-in-time a little bit???
No, just not stepped forward. The mouse driver you know. <g>
- - Clarence Verge
- --
- - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/
- --
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:52:37 -0800
From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to Arachne, and have questions
Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:22:12 -000, Mike Millen wrote:
>
> > GM>The strange thing is that for myself and a few others.... the [nnn]
> > GM>problem _first_ showed-up in v1.60b1 (I never had the problem before).
> > GM> (go figure.<g>)
>
> > That's with 4dos, yes?
>
> Nope, that's with OpenDos v7.01
>
> > GM>Since switching to EPPPDD.EXE loaded "high", the problem is gone even
> > GM>with the [nnn]s left as they were.
>
> > Hmmm... I've *always* had epppd loaded high. I don't think I tried
> > loading it low while I was struggling with the mime [140] problem
> > in earlier versions.
>
> Notice the additional "D".... I'm now running the debug version of
> epppd.exe (epppdd.exe)
> In my past attempts to load epppd.exe high, somehow the output was
> never rediected to ppp.log (worked fine if loaded low)
> EPPPDD.EXE redirects into ppp.log with no problem when loaded high.
> (for _me_ that is)<g>
>
> > IME Arachne has *always* seemed a little, err, different when it came
> > to using memory. :) Even now I occasionally get a crash with an X-swap
> > error that I can never seem to replicate.
>
> Same here.
Hi Glenn, Mike;
We are sometime going to have to examine and deal with the re-direction
inconsistencies. Some DOSs may handle re-directions slightly differently.
On the surface, this looks like it can't be a problem, but re-direction
was designed into DOS before Loadhigh.
So, some DOSs may take LH EPPPD.exe >PPP.log as meaning what we want. i.e.
send the output of EPPPD.exe to PPP.log. Others may want to send the
output of Loadhigh to PPP.log. <g>
Even with gold plated and approved IBM PC-DOS, I find that what gets
re-directed depends on what the program is - without any logical basis
that I can see.
e.g.
BOTH of the lines:
LOADHI BUFFERS>nul=15 or LOADHI BUFFERS=15 >nul
will work with QEMM 4.23
That is, 15 Buffers get loaded high and the babble disappears.
but
NEITHER works with QEMM 5.12 or 8.01 where Loadhi apparantly sends
the buffers to the bit bucket !
Other examples available. :-((
Maybe I should make up a re-direction test.bat so we can compare OSs ??
- - Clarence Verge
- --
- - Help stamp out FATWARE. As a start visit: http://home.arachne.cz/
- --
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:28:46
From: "Dale Mentzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble with TELNET
On 21 Feb 00 at 18:14, Michael L. Dawley wrote:
>>Hello Bjorn, Dale, Glenn,
>>I downloaded it. It's 1,200,252 bytes, so it'll fit on a floppy<g>
>>Have not done anything with it yet, wondering if it will run on
>>Arachne connection + alt E, to get to it, or do I have to fix
>>up a Netdial 1.3 front end for it.(whew!)<vbg>.
>>Perhaps it provides it's own connection? Anyway, I'm not in a big
>>hurry since I have Arachne's Insight Email which is faster and simpler
>>when you have 50 messages in one's inbox<g>.
>>Thanks,
Glad you got Pegasus. It comes with a POP/SMTP transport program, but
Arachne is superior in that regard. I use Arachne for mail transport,
mainly using the Arachne .asf script file, modified to return me to
my custom ppp_init.htm page (the dialer page), instead of to the
inbox. Then after retrieving my mail, I launch Pegasus from a button
on the dialer page, read, reply, and write new mail, then when I exit
Pegasus I am returned to the Arachne dial page where I (usually) get
any new mail and send my replies or new mail. Pegasus is compatible
as is with Arachne's incoming mail (XXXXXXXX.cnm) format. It does,
however need to be configured to make it's outgoing mail compatible
with Arachne's (XXXXXXX.tbs) format. You do this by creating a custom
"gateway" that controls how Pegasus constructs the mail headers and
message format of the mail you write. It is not difficult, but it
must be done right or your outgoing mail will not be uploaded to your
SMTP server. Without being in the least critical of Insight, you will
find Pegasus superior for handling a high volume of email, with many
features (filters, for instance) that I don't even use. When you are
ready to try it there are several Arachne users who can help you,
myself included. Meanwhile, enjoy Arachne/Insight.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
Practice random acts of intelligence and senseless acts of self-control.
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: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 23:40:54 -0500
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PC-Pine for DOS doesn't like NWCACHE
Hello Folks,
As I've mentioned before, I now have installed PC-Pine, v. 3.96 for
DOS, and I have her up and running just fine to access the free IMAP
email services offered by Subdimension and Telebot.
I have only one problem with PC-Pine: She doesn't like NWCACHE.
I like to have a line like this in my AUTOEXEC.BAT:
NWCACHE 1024 512 /LEND=ON /DELAY=OFF
With the above line in my AUTOEXEC.BAT, PC-Pine will always crash
whenever I attempt to compose a message. With the line remarked out,
never a problem with PC-Pine; however, my Arachne will run very slow
without NWCACHE. I have a 386sx 33 Mhz PC, 8 MB RAM.
Comments, suggestions anyone?
As this subject may be considered off-topic, it might be a good idea
to reply by private email.
I would appreciate very much any help on this problem.
Sam Heywood
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 01:07:52 +-0100XYZ(nWxst)
From: "Neil Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: http://sac-ftp.gratex.sk/utilprog11.html
Visit the list of shareware pgms in the subject of
this msg and try to d/l any of the listed files.
All you get is a blank screen.
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 01:10:33 +-0100XYZ(nWxst)
From: "Neil Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Execnet frame problem with 1.60 beta 1
Visit the home page of Execnet at http://www.execnet.com .
After the frames finally finish loading, click on one of the links
across the top, such as "download" or "subscribe".
Arachne seems to go into an endless "loading page from disk".
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 01:29:47 -0500
From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: If you know what's a MIF, then tell me in a jiff
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 11:51:13 -0500, Tim Crook wrote:
> You will find that MIF is a FrameMaker file format - something called "Maker
> Interchange Format".
> For a tool which converts MIF files to HTML see
> http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/mifmucker.doc.html
> or
> http://www.w3.org/Tools/miftran.html
> I would guess that there is no MIF viewer tool to work with Arachne.
Hello Tim,
Thanks. I suppose you have guessed right. I checked out these URLs
and the MIF converters there were for UNIX and for other OS's that
I never even heard of. So I'm still miftified with this file I have.
Sam Heywood
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Samuel W. Heywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 1:14 AM
> To: <"Arachne_List"; <"SurvPC_List"
> Subject: If you know what's a MIF, then tell me in a jiff
> Hi Folks,
> I just downloaded a huge file having a "MIF" extension.
> Do you know what kind of file it is? What software
> do I need in order to use it or view it, and is there
> a DOS version?
> Sam Heywood
> Net-Tamer V 1.11.2 - Registered
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:45:12 +0100 (MET)
From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: (OT) fax and keyboard
Sorry Bruce, but I can't help you out. Your mail did trigger an idea in my
head.
Does anyone know if there's a program (DOS and possibly Windows 3.x and 9x)
that tracks the number of keystrokes? A Win 3.x and 9x program that tracks
the length the mouse has travelled would be fun as well. (I know one exists
for X in Linux).
>Any (polite!) suggestions greatly appreciated.
I agree - but I find most people on the list polite.
And by writing "most" instead of "all" I mean myself - pointing out that
someone isn't polite isn't very polite now is it ;)
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:45:09 +0100 (MET)
From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OT: "Any Browser"
Glenn wrote:
>On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:30:08 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
>
>> Since I'm trying to get a website up, which will consist primarily of
>> links, does anyone know if the blasted "<Click Here>" format is now
>> required by AOL software? The site I set up has to be usable by *any*
>> browser, including Mac & Apples On Landing.
Are you sure it isn't like this (I do understand you left the ">" and "<" out)
<A HREF=Http://fillinthe.spaces.com>"This is a link"</A><Click Here>
The only thing I can imagine is that <Click Here> is the text that will
show up in the status bar when having the mouse over the link. (As a little
JavaScript also can do for you). The earlier format was, IIRC, something
like this (in AOLs browsers - not in the real world):
<A HREF=Http://fillinthe.spaces.com#"Click Here">"This is a link"</A>
Which also brakes the HTML standard.
>> Anyone have a definitive answer?
Sorry no. But I would be suprised if it's needed.
> Not-to-worry, that's just "normal" HTML.
It is? Not here ;)
>If we want to change these 2 words.... Click Here .... into a link.
>We place a line like this in the page.
><a href="fillinthe.sapces.com"></a>Click Here
>"Click Here" becomes a link to "filinthe.spaces.com"
No, "Click Here" becomes the text that appears after a link - however a
link without anything that one can use to "click" on isn't very usefull IMO.
(To give you a little credit Glenn, this didn't work in Netscape 3.04G or
Arachne 1.60b1 - but perhaps it will in other browsers <g>).
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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