On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 15:53:47 -0400 (EDT), Danny Cox wrote:
> I am trying to install Arachne on an old Packard Bell 486 laptop.
> However, as I advance to the next step, the previous screen does
> not clear completely and I get two or more screens jumbled together.
> I tried various monitor settings and the only one that worked at all
> was the VGA. I acquired the computer from another person and no
> manual or documentation was available. Anyone have any idea what
> might be causing this problem?
Try loading a VESA driver and then setup Arachne to use VESA.
> Also, does anyone have a configuration file for any of the free
> US ISP's such as 1NOL or Freewwweb that they could post or send
> to me? I can access 1NOL using Trumpet and Freewwweb using a Shiva
> dialer on another 486 computer with Windows 3.1, so it should be
> possible to access them using Arachne.
Here's my Arachne.cfg for use with Freewwweb.
[profile]
Profile freeweb.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
UseTerminal Yes
Port 1
Irq 4
Base 0x3f8
Mode 8N1
Speed 38400
InitString AT&fs7=90s11=50
DialString ATDT
PhoneNumber 270-2060
Autologin Yes
WaitFor1 ogin:
Response1 \u
WaitFor2 sword:
Response2 \p
WaitFor3 MTU is
Response3
WaitFor4
Response4
PPPusername [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PPPpassword **********
;Base values: Default|0x??? (eg. 0x3e8)
;Mode values: databits/parity/stopbits (eg. 8N1)
[tcp/ip]
IP_Address PPP
IP_Grab local
NameServer 216.70.64.1
AltNameServer 216.70.64.2
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 smtp.freewwweb.com
POP3server pop3.freewwweb.com
POP3username glennmcc
POP3password *********
KeepOnServer No
eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PersonalName Glenn McCorkle
Organization Arachne Fan Club
TimeZone -0500
UseSignature Yes
SignatureFile SIGN.TXT
MailEncoding MIME
MailSortOrder DateRcv
NoHELO No
KillSent Yes
MailIdxTemplate idxhead.htp
ForwardString1 ----- Forwarded message begin -----
ForwardString2 ------ Forwarded message end ------
ReplyString On %s, %s wrote:
MyCharset ISO-8859-1
MailBodyEncoding 8bit
;MailSortOrder values: DateRcv|DateSnt|Address|Subject
[internet]
HTTPproxy proxy.provider.com:8080
UseProxy No
HomePage http://home.freewwweb.com/
SearchPage http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html
SearchEngine http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html
FTPusername user
FTPpassword xxxxxx
FTPhost ftp.provider.com
FTPpath /home/user/www/index.html
AcceptCharset ISO-8859-1,*
[system]
Hotlist \arachne\hotlist.htm
History \arachne\!history.lst
CookieFile \arachne\!cookies.txt
CacheIndex \arachne\!cache.idx
CachePath \arachne\cache\
Cache2TEMP No
MailPath \arachne\mail\
DownloadPath c:\1recv\
[misc]
Logo 4000
LoadImages No
Frames Yes
JPEGargs -bmp
FILEargs -d
RefreshDelay 60
ScreenSaver 10
ScreenSaverStyle R
ScreenSaverColors 1
ESC Ignore
F3key file:*.htm
AutoF3key Yes
BigFont No
ScrollBarSize 10
ScrollBarStyle Arachne
Colors 11 0
MouseColors 15 10
VirtualScreen 5000
ScreenMode Auto
SmoothScroll Yes
ScrollStep 50
BgColor #000000
Text #FFFFFF
Link #00FF00
Background NUL
ExitOnHangup Yes
Buttons buttons
ASCIIwidth 80
HTMLtext #000000
HTMLbgColor #C4C4C4
HTMLlink #0000C4
;AfterPOP3 smtp:
;AfterPOP3 arachne:exit
;AfterSMTP file:mail.htm
ShiftF1 file://doc/howto.htm
ShiftF2 file://oops\*.*
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 Yes
UseCID Yes
UseCDescr Yes
AltSysFont 0
Index *.htm
FontShift 0
Multitasking Yes
XMS4allGIFs 4096
XMS4oneGIF 1040000
;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
[auto-added]
POP3log No
SMTPlog No
KeepHTT Yes
UseFTPproxy No
VFAT No
PostScriptWidth 210
PostScriptHeight 297
BMPwidth 800
UseKeyMap No
ExpireStatic 0
ExpireDynamic 0
MinDiskSpace 2048
Engine http://www.metacrawler.com/index.html
Kill468x60 Yes
CacheFonts Yes
MailIsDesktop Yes
ScreenSaverMess 20
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]/
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Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
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