On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 05:54:55 +0000, Laurie L Proud wrote: > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:39:25 +1000, you wrote:
>> Dear list: >> All this discussion of Running Arachne in "various" environments prompts >> us to comment once again that OS/2 DOSEMU runs Arachne perfectly. > Hi Kali, > I recently found OS/2 Version 3 "Warp" at a flea market of computer bits > for �1 and installed it on a spare 486DX2 66Mhz machine. I quite like > the idea of this OS being friendly with my old DOS programs, and being > a powerful 32 bit system. > Did you install Arachne onto your OS/2 machine and end up with a > perfectly usable system ? did you find that Arachne's speed was > noticably slower ? Hi, I am James, Kali's partner. I like OS/2. I installed Arachne under Warp 4, and found it to be perfectly usable and sprightly. Don't forget to go into the properties box, select DOS Settings, and give arachne full access to the com port. Select Direct access, restrict to specific com port. Note OS/2 can bugger up com ports - if the mouse is in the wrong place, it can 'own' all com ports, & not release them ! This si, however, quite avoidable ! OS/2 Warp 4 has been released publicly for free at least in Australia on the cover CD of APC ( Australian Personal Computer July 2000 edition. Therefore, paying money for it is unnecessary. > I woulden't mind trying Arachne under OS/2 as I like the operating > system in preference to Win 3.1 for the GUI. It is an excellent upgrade. Do have at least 16 Mb for reasonable performance. By the way, I got a really nice spider icon came up automatically for arachne ! > There is IBM Web Explorer in the "bonus-pack" included in the box but > I understand it's pretty duff compared with Arachne. IBM Web explorer is crap. > I run Arachne in a full screen DOS window under W95, it's totaly > stable and reliable but there is a speed reduction compared to > running Arachne when the machine is booted into straight DOS mode. > I wonder if you found the same with OS/2. OS/2 DOS emulation is FASTER than DOS DOS emulation. The only drawback with using arachne under OS/2 is that the TCP/IP is not shared across the system. I.E if you get Netscape 4.76, use IBM's alternate dialler, you can ftp, telnet, ping etc all at once. Of course, a properly setup arachne supports ftp, telnet and ssh anyway, so ok! > I have W95 and IE3. I have Pegasus Mail for windows installed too. > IE3 is a necessary back-up incase of an "awkward" site, and a windows > e-mail program as back-up incase I get something stuck in my POP3 > which Arachne cannot download which has happened on two occasions, > for some reason the windows email programs will download anything > and clears the problem. Boo Hiss. Internet Exporer is a portal for Microsoft funny business. Netscape is much nicer if you really must. By the way, I had this experience - turn off cookies in both IE4 and Netscape 4. IE4 could still use the site that demanded cookies - it did not obey my request - sneaky microsoft back doors - .... > I'm looking for an opportunity to remove Win95 from this machine if > I can, OS/2, Arachne and Pegasus Mail (as a back-up for e-mail) might > be the way to go for me. > Wonder what you think ? TES YES YES YES ahhh > Regards Laurie > -- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ http://www.nimnet.asn.au/~kali/
