Well, Eko, *almost* all of that is already there:
> How about an integrated DOS-based "online combo" ? It (should) run in text
> mode, and has the following concurrent functions built-in:
>
> * IRC client
> * IDENT server
> * ICQ client
> * FTP and HTTP downloader with "resume download" support
> * A fast "Lynx dump" style HTML viewer
> * eMail and News clients
Mail/News/FTP is clearly a sequential affair, thus your second
condition is not necessarily determinant:
> All the functions above are multitasked, allows you to i.e. chatting, or
> wandering around the web while downloading something big... The basic
> idea is to keep your modem pipe as full as possible.
The crucial - and missing - link is the 'fast "Lynx dump" style HTML
viewer' (at the same time this should be an HTTP downloader, which
would be capable follow refresh/redirection tags).
All the rest ist there, once you have the one and only DOSPPP loaded,
it's more or less a matter of arranging some batches to do this or that.
Thus I do mail, get URLs, do FTP all on the same dial-up run with this
old '286 DOS box.
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