28/06/2002 02:38:46, "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Excerpt from Day Brown: > >> So, a modular system, that did the text in text mode, and the >> surfing in gui would make more sense. Arachne came pretty close, >> but my local isp did something, and dos wont logon any more. >> Even so, it wouldnt do usenet. Which is kinda curious for a tool >> for lower power systems. the alternative to usenet is crap like >> the Yahoo's or AOL, and a few scattered hosts like Arachne's. > >> I rather like Usenet, it feels kinda like CSPAN, no glitz. > >> As recall, Opera dont have usenet either. the only tool which >> I found that had private mail, usenet, surfing, and online credit >> card functionality was netscape. I guess OE does that too, but I >> dont do windoz. Opera 6.0x has usenet. It�s email part works quite nice. >UKA_PPP 1.7x2 aka NOS-BOX 2.05 works for Usenet, but I think this is lame-duck >software, don't expect any more updates; also becoming more difficult to find >on the Internet. > UKA_PPP plus YARN make an exellent duo for offline usenet and email. I use it in a 286 and a 586 with an hercules monitor. You can configure it so you only see the message text, without any other menu, etc. It�s like reading a book. A boom for text_only fanatics. With VGA you can choose fore and background colors. The only drawback is thart it is even more dificult to configure than PMAI for DOS. ------------------------ Ing. Alejandro Lieber LIMA S.A. Rosario Argentina ------------------------
