While you can "shell to DOS" from Arachne, it isn't "true multi-tasking" in that you can't start a download, then shell to DOS and say fire up NetTamer or Lynx or something else...if you try it, Arachne will stop the download immmediately, but hold the connection open. Trumpet IRC has limited shell to DOS, as does my own WizLynx, but not multi-tasking. The only DOS Internet client I have ever tried that did multi-task is Minuet...but with the changes in protocols, especially HTTP and some FTP, I can't recommend Minuet for everyday use...I have managed to do a Gopher download at same time as checking email on POP3 though! This is what I'm wanting in Arachne, true multi-tasking, where I can start a download from one open browser window, then open a new window or whatever you wish to call it, and go to a completely different site or check email or something else! That's a reason I feel "multi- document windows" is something Arachne MUST HAVE if it is to remail a viable alterenative on ANY operating syste, not just DOS, but Linux too! Wiz Glenn Gilbreath, Jr. Wizard57M http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/RightWay/wizard57m/index.html
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