Yes, Sam ... Except that M$ won't even give me copies of Win95 to put in village schools in developing countries. Rather stupid, considering that a CD-ROM with Win95, Win98, WinME, and Win200Pro (all on one CD) goes for 5 US Dollars on the black market.
Even though somebody will probably install Win-doze as soon as I leave the village, I need to deliver a functional system (with software included). Considering the environment, that means all freeware, all DOS. And THAT means Arachne as the HTML Viewer. So, while you're correct about what is now considered 'legacy-ware', there also remains a need for a program that only requires DOS to boot up. If it's possible to keep the DOS and also be compatible with Win-doze, then I'm still happy. If it's one OR the other, I would vote to "close the window" and stick with the (legally) free stuff. Happy Holidays, Bob Dohse On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 06:45:30 -0500 "Sam Ewalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 23:01:19 -0400, L.D. Best wrote: > > > Ray, > > > You misconstrue what I said. I didn't say he should not attempt > to fix > > the \\ bug. What I said, and what I stand by, is that attempting > to > > make Arachne run on advanced platforms when it is designed for -- > > practically the lifeline for -- low-end legacy non-supported by > most of > > the world systems, said systems neither needing or being able to > > function with bloatware. > > > Yes, but going into 2003 what's a low end legacy system? Anything > running 95, 98 or ME would now be considered "legacy" systems by > the mainstream. > > Tempis fugit. Arachne should be compatible with those no longer > advanced systems that are now commonly discarded as "obsolete". > > Sam Ewalt > Croswell, Michigan, USA > -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com
