Hi Howard:
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001 02:00:22 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Howard Eisenberger)
wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2001 23:24:07 -0500 (EST),
> "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Not only do diferent DOS Internet applications have different ways of using
>> WATTCP.CFG, some DOS Internet applications call it something else, such as
>> PATH.CFG or CURRCONN.CFG. Net-Tamer has none of this stuff. UKA_PPP doesn't
>> recognize include= in WATTCP.CFG, nor does it recognize environment variables
>> like %MY_IP%.
> So what? Net-Tamer is not a Wattcp application. It uses it's own
> internal PPP driver. None of this prevents me from using my own
> method of loading the packet driver and one basic wattcp.cfg with
> all my Wattcp applications (except MS-Kermit), from ping.exe to
> Arachne, uka_ppp, and Lynx386 (32-bit).
I just discovered another browser that has its own apparently special and
proprietary dialer and it uses no WATTCP.CFGs or other config files having
similar data. The dialer is a separate program that comes with the package.
It isn't compiled into the main EXE as is the case with Nettamer. I am
talking about the Alice Web Browser. See http://www.2net.co.uk. You can
fill out a form at the site and request a free evaluation copy that they
will send to you by email. On the form you have to state that you are
representing a company or a business and you must indicate the name of the
company. Also you have to state in a few words or less how you think the
Alice Web Browser might prove to be useful for your company. There is no
obligation to buy a licensed copy and there is no information as to how
much the licensed version costs. The Alice Web Browser is a very small
package and, considering her petite size, she does a great job of displaying
text and inline graphics. Alice isn't anywhere near as good as Arachne, but
unlike Arachne, you could easily run her on an XT using 360K floppy disks
and a CGA monitor. You can't perform http downloads with Alice and she
doesn't come provided with an email application. Http download capability
and email are available as plug-ins or as separate applications so I
understand. I could not use the same internet connection I established
with Alice to run any of my other DOS internet applications. Also I found
that I could not get it on with Alice by attempting to bring her online
by using alternate packet drivers such as EPPPD and LSPPP. BTW, in
evaluating Alice I discovered a very nice undocumented feature. You can
load her packet driver high simply by prefacing your "DIAL" command with
"lh", followed by a space.
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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