On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:29:23 -0400, L.D. Best wrote: > �( > system for DOS stuff. This MMX-233 system will remain pristine, and > Arachne will be used for all e-mail applications. I've been assured by > some that there *are* "safe" e-mail programs out there for dozerware,
Yep, there is one. Arachne/stub32.exe :)) > but I prefer Arachne -- it is well behaved. > As to Linux ... I really don't have time for the learning curve. I can > no longer use Arachne for 90% of the stuff I do on the www; I'm forced > into dozer ware or Linux with some X-box of some sort AFAIK. I can more > or less handle dozerware; I cannot handle Linux. If I were to skip > Win98SE and go straight to Linux, there would be a too long period of my > not being able to do what I want/need to do on the web. I am dependent > upon my computer ... I shop via computer, I get telephone numbers and > maps to businesses [I can't justify paying $1.99 for 00=Information], I > buy on eBay, and soon will be selling off collectibles and family > heirlooms so I can get work done on my pickup truck and set aside a > little bit of emergency money. I cannot not have web access. All of what you've just mentioned *can* be done with Arachne. I know because I do it all the time. I have made several purchases in the last couple of months on Amazon.com Also on eBay. (currently high bidder on item 1529550198)<g> (have not as yet sold anything on eBay but I see no reason why Arachne would not work just as well for selling as it does for buying) <g> For maps I use http://www.mapquest.com/ Phone #s http://www.whowhere.com/ So, my question is: Exactly what is it that you can't do with Arachne? Whatever those items might be. I'll bet you dollars to donuts that we can figure-out a way of doing them in Arachne. :))
