Hello Howard:
On Sun, 25 Feb 2001 03:12:01 -0500 (EST)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Eisenberger) wrote
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 14:15:16 -0500,
> "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Sam Ewalt recently asked if there were some good ways to use Arachne's
>> internet connection to run other DOS internet apps. There are many good
>> ways of doing this. This is how I do it. I just shell out to DOS and run
>> the following batch file:
> Isn't it better to quit Arachne entirely without hanging up, run
> the other Internet apps, and then re-start Arachne?
Yes, of course. You could either quit Arachne without hanging up, or you
could just shell out and run the other apps. In the case of many apps
you will need a file named PATH.CFG that is applicable to your current
connection and you will need a WATTCP.CFG file. The batch file I posted
will provide for all of this. The problem with quitting Arachne without
hanging up is that quitting (ALT X) will delete IP-UP.BAT, a file that is
needed to produce PATH.CFG. If you simply shell out (ALT E), then
IP-UP.BAT will still be there. One thing you could do would be to first
shell out and then run a batch file to create PATH.CFG. Then you could
type "EXIT" to re-enter Arachne. Next you could quit Arachne by ALT X
and elect not to hang up. Then you could go run your other apps over
Arachne's connection. That is another way of doing it.
Sam Heywood
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