Thanks Bearnie and Lars,
I will fiddle around a bit. Work a little bit on the memory
config, as well as download a new copy of v 1.70. This as I think
it said on the website that the file ought to be around 1 meg,
but my downloading stopped at around 750K. An exe file usually do not
work if it is "not complete", but it is worth a try.
Anyone that knows how to use an external editor to write
outgoing and possibly read incoming mails?
Best regards
Bj�rn
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Hello,
> I am new to this forum, so theese questions may already have been
> answered, but I take a chance:
You are welcome, Bj�rn!
> 1) I have a Canon BN-22 laptop (486) b&w screen and built-in
> printer. I have arachne v 1.65 installed, and downloaded v 1.70
> and tried to install it. I executed the arach170.exe file and
> it went along nicely until it could not execute archive.exe
> because of lack of memory for the program. I have PC DOS 2000
> installed and 607K conventional memory left, so I do not know
> what memory it needs... XMS, EMS? and how much.. or is it a
> bug? Can I also install it in my arachne v1.65 directory and
> it "upgrades" by itself leaving my configuration alone?
I use PC-DOS 2000 too, and I can't recall any memory problems when
installing Arachne.
> 3) I am unable to print the swedish �, � and � from within arachne,
> even though I have managed to work out how to make arachne accept
> those letters.
I have made and APM file which adds ��� along with some other characters to
the key map. If you like I can send it to you.
As for the printing problem, here's my reply to Bernie:
I guess the problem (or advantage) is that DOS does not have any printer
drivers. At least on my HP DeskJet 690C I have the opportunity to tell the
printer which character set to use. In general, DOS use CP-437 (or 850) in
Sweden, while e-mail usually is written using ISO-8859-1. This effectively
means, that when I want to print out a mail in Swedish from Arachne, I have
to change the character set using a small utility that came with the
printer. And, to ensure I get the proper characters from DOS, I have to
switch back afterwards.
Btw, if you send a private e-mail to me or Berine, you can write in
Swedish.
And all three of us are neighbours at Tele2 :-)
