On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:30:00 -0500 Michel Samson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> .... In 1981, with some effort, might we have got InterNet access on XTs? In 1981 the internet as we know it had not yet come into existence. I don't think XTs came into existence until around cerca 1984. You can get internet access with XTs right now with hardly any effort at all by setting up any of several various freeware and shareware DOS applications in accordance with the simple README instructions. You can be up and running in less than five minutes. An old 2400 bps modem will work just fine. You will of course find such a system most extraordinarily slow by today's modern standards, but it will work. I know it will work. I go there and do that every once in a while. Of course it would be possible for someone to send to you a DOS LEGACY virus, but unlike a typical Windows user you wouldn't be so stupid as to run any program sent to you in an email without first scanning it for viruses. For this reason I think that DOS LEGACY viruses are going extinct, but Windows viruses will continue to proliferate until people start to wise up and begin using a safe alternative operating system while accessing the internet. One of the main problems with most Windows email clients is that they allow the operator to inadvertently and unintentionally open an attachment and run it. It is impossible to run an attachment received in a DOS email client without deliberately going through a multi-step process in which you are perfectly aware of what you are doing. Furthermore, it is impossible for your pure DOS machine to get infected with a Windows virus. Even if you deliberately try to run the program you will just get an error message saying "This program cannot run in DOS mode". Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
