On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 21:41:14 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
Ok, when I use the internal, built-in editor I get disconnected after
a minute or two, sometimes more. Otherwise, not.
You've got me stumped.
It makes no sense. :(
Something must not happen when using the editor that does happen
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 07:42:44PM +, Edenyard wrote:
On Wed, 29 May 2002 07:49:20 -0400 (EDT), Howard wrote:
I don't know anything about PCMCIA modems, but I have been playing
around of late with a parallel port pocket modem (also software
driven) on an old 386 laptop, and am
Am I wrong in my understanding of DOS that the files needed to create a boot
disk (MSDOS\PCDOS, IO.SYS/IBMIO.SYS, COMMAND.COM) are *always* files on the
DOS disk, but, except for COMMAND.COM, are hidden/system files? Could you
not create a boot disk by copying these files (removing the
Thanks to both of you for the suggestions. I went off and located
LSPPP 0.8 and even read the instructions that came with it! Running it
on its own, I could get it to put all the essential information into
IP-UP.BAT, including DNS numbers. However, I simply could not get
Arachne to play
Thomas,
The intermediate step is because you cannot SYS a: from a disk in A: to a
disk in A:, i.e., create a boot disk on the disk in the floppy drive from
the disk in the floppy drive although I believe that there are some routines
available to do that. (You may even have to copy SYS.COM to
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:44:19 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
Thanks to both of you for the suggestions. I went off and located
LSPPP 0.8 and even read the instructions that came with it! Running it
on its own, I could get it to put all the essential information into
IP-UP.BAT, including
On 2002-06-03 Howard Schwartz said:
I have noticed a decrease in posts to arachne, survpc, and other
``older'' software/hardware listservrs.
I wonder if this is a symptom of surrender to the everchanging
software/hardware times? For instance, given the lack of a new
version of
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 11:37:22 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
Thomas,
The intermediate step is because you cannot SYS a: from a disk in A: to a
disk in A:, i.e., create a boot disk on the disk in the floppy drive from
the disk in the floppy drive although I believe that there are some routines
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 06:29:14 -0400 (EDT), Howard Eisenberger wrote:
I just tried Arachne with LSPPP 0.8 on my desktop with internal
hardware (ISA) modem (Practical) and found that:
1. It loaded from a fresh boot using it's own dialer and I was
able to run Arachne and other programs.
2. It
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 17:01:41 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
Am I wrong in my understanding of DOS that the files needed to create a boot
disk (MSDOS\PCDOS, IO.SYS/IBMIO.SYS, COMMAND.COM) are *always* files on the
DOS disk, but, except for COMMAND.COM, are hidden/system files? Could you
not create
On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:35:25 +1000, Kali McLaughlin wrote:
Sam Wrote:
BTW, anyone can order faithful facsimile reproductions of owner's
manuals for old cars from J.C Whitney and other companies. Although
this is copyright material, we don't see any notices of license to
republish and
Sam Heywood wrote:
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 17:01:41 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
Am I wrong in my understanding of DOS that the files needed to create a boot
disk (MSDOS\PCDOS, IO.SYS/IBMIO.SYS, COMMAND.COM) are *always* files on the
DOS disk, but,
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 14:42:08 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
Sam Heywood wrote:
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 17:01:41 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
Am I wrong in my understanding of DOS that the files needed to create a boot
disk (MSDOS\PCDOS, IO.SYS/IBMIO.SYS,
I won't be migrating anywhere soon. The only way I feel SAFE in using
an untrustworthy dangerous OS from M$ -- 98SE, w2k -- is the sure
knowledge that using Arachne to get my mail protects me better than even
the best virus protectors out there. You see, Arachne won't run an
attachment ...
Roger,
You can copy those sys files to a floppy ... without even changing their
attributes, with certain utilities. BUT it wouldn't work.
System files go on a specific portion of a FDD (just like the MBR goes
on a specific portion of your HDD) -- and that portion of the floppy is
NOT accessible
On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 17:12:10 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
It should be a rather simple utility to design, and should be rather
small. It would certainly be marketable in less than rich portions of
this world where 286 isn't a dirty word. The question is, would the
appreciation of the unwashed
Hi Folks,
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:49:36 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
Sam Ewalt wrote:
.. On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:46:15 +1000, Kali McLaughlin wrote:
.. Quite - the funniest thing since the P76.
.. Sorry mate, but nobody over here has any idea what a P76 might
.. be. Never heard of it at
Hi Gang,
As Clarence remarked in a recent email that Arachne's graphics speed
needs all the help She can get, I would like to ask a question.
Better 386 and 486 machines post 1993 were designed assuming the use
of the Windoze GUI and therefore had a windows graphics accelerater
chip in the
Clarence,
The thing is that *VERY* big if in your statement. I have a copy of
win 6.22 on my HDD; it doesn't include an image for a bootable diskette.
G I *think* I have a win6.22 bootable diskette around here somewhere,
but only because I had to create one for a system that got trashed, and
Ron Clarke wrote:
RT I took it to be something like an Edsel.
RC Que
GOTTCHA!
An Edsel is the American P76. Manufactured by Ford in the 1960s/1970s(??)
and named for Henry Ford's son, Edsel, it was frequently described as an
Oldsmobile sucking a lemon. Lemon did seem appropriate,
On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 16:55:41 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
I won't be migrating anywhere soon. The only way I feel SAFE in using
an untrustworthy dangerous OS from M$ -- 98SE, w2k -- is the sure
knowledge that using Arachne to get my mail protects me better than even
the best virus protectors out
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 21:38:24 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
An Edsel is the American P76. Manufactured by Ford in the 1960s/1970s(??)
and named for Henry Ford's son, Edsel, it was frequently described as an
Oldsmobile sucking a lemon. Lemon did seem appropriate, though.
There was a phrase that
The only description that I remember is the Oldsmobile sucking a lemon.
After I posted the message, I went to the Edsel web site and found that it
was also described as a Mercury pushing a toilet. A private e-mail would be
appreciated if the description you remember is not appropriate for
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 12:53:39PM -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 06:29:14 -0400 (EDT), Howard Eisenberger wrote:
I just tried Arachne with LSPPP 0.8 on my desktop with internal
hardware (ISA) modem (Practical) and found that:
1. It loaded from a fresh boot using
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