2net was kind enough to ship me a version of Alice the other day. First application attempts have all resulted in system lockups & keyboard lockout. However, it does have the equivalent of a wattcp.cfg ... it's just named differently. I think it's gbrowse.cfg where I had to put in all my info for my LAN connection and where other info would be required for dial-in. Alice2 is not certain whether it *is* a web browser or if it's a utility for OEM installations. It claims to be able to exist as a "standalone" program in the purest sense ... i.e. they claim it can be run without *ANY* OS. If such is the case that would imply it operates at the machine code level, and that could make it very machine specific ... i.e. might not run on everything. If I can get it to run, I'm looking at Alice as a GUI on DOS manufacturing computers, not as a webrowser ... another use [possibly primary use] Alice2 was designed for. l.d. ==== On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 07:53:33 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > 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 > -- See our Big Gizmotimetemp at > -- http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/gizmotimetempbig/US/VA/Mt_Jackson.gif -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
