Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread Joerg Bartels
At 27.09.2000 00:42:00, you wrote: >Hi > >"L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I thought that I made myself clear ... >QNX: >You download 27 MB (selfextracting exe) >it uncompresses (cca. 55 MB), and starts a programm which wants to make a >file, which will be mounted from QNX as default 'HDD

Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread Thomas Mueller
> Welcome to get.qnx.com, the download site > for QNX realtime platform (RTP), free for > non-commecial use. You can download a > self-installing exe file for Windows (24M) or > a CD-ROM image (91M). > > Don't want to download

QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread Richard Menedetter
Hi "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: TM> Why can't they offer a .ZIP file that doesn't require Windows!? don't know ... you could use the cd image (96 MB with all available plugins) you can also buy the cd for 30$ TM> Last time I was at the QNX Web site, it looked like they didn't

QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread Richard Menedetter
Hi Joerg Bartels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: JB> Any chance to make a installation from DOS (without M$-win98). There are 3 downloads available. windows installer linux installer ISO image (burn it to cd, and install from cd) JB> How many RAM is needed when there are only around 10Megs Swap? T

Two questions

2000-09-27 Thread Edenyard
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:15:27 +0300 Cristian Burneci wrote: > Second: For a while I've been trying to connect to my ISP using Trumpet > Winsock v. 3.0. It usually works, with most of the applications except > Netscape 3.04. I use a 386DX/33 with 8MB RAM. It also reports lots of comm > errors (over

Re: Two questions

2000-09-27 Thread Neil Smith
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:15:27 +0300, Cristian Burneci wrote: > Hello > I've got two questions. > First: I have just resigned my present job for another one Hurray - me too! Nice, innit? > and one of the > unpleasant side effects is that I am going to lose the email account I am > using right no

Re: Hypotetical mail situation

2000-09-27 Thread Bernie
Glenn wrote: >> Ah, but was the mail left on the server? > > No. >At CisNet.com, all messages are deleted at the time the "DEL" command >is sent by the client program. Ok, so we still don't know what would happen to most people. Perhaps we should start looking at the source instead? ;-) Looking..

Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread Clarence Verge
Thomas Mueller wrote: (Re:QNX) > > Why can't they offer a .ZIP file that doesn't require Windows!? Because they are truly stunned. Like most computer users these days, they think a computer is windows in a desktop box. What's worse is that it REQUIRES Win9x !! > Now I wonder what Voyager web br

Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread Or Botton
Well, I asked for a DOS version of the Zip file. I also mentioned that i'm not the only one who wants it, and how I know for sure. (just mentioned a "certain mailing list with alot of DOS users who were disappointed"..) Now lets see what their reply will be..

Re: Hypotetical mail situation

2000-09-27 Thread Hristo Iliev
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > OK, *someone* had to test it. > That "someone" is me. ;-) Good work Glenn ... Thanks for testing. Now everybody know ;-) -- Visit my site for OLD computers--> http://iko.homepage.com Or contact

Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread Hristo Iliev
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Clarence Verge wrote: > L.D. Best wrote: > > > > Excuse me??? > > > > You're saying these packages require between 500 & 600 MEGAbytes??!!! > > Just jumping in here to catch the hand grenades. > > No LD, I don't think they REQUIRE 500/600 Mb. But they really REQUIRE. F

Re: Funny things with escape key

2000-09-27 Thread Kali McLaughlin
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:41:22 +0100, Joerg Dietze wrote: > Hi folks, > noticed funny behavior of Arachne 1.65 when escape key is set to "go > back". Absolutely. I always set the "esc" key to do nothing in preferences, and all novices get the firm warning from me "dont touch the backspace key, ev

Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread L.D. Best
Well, if they don't *need* the space they shouldn't TAKE the space. No software on my system has permission to create its own disk. If I want another OS, I will determine the amount of HDD space to be dedicated to it. If the software can't handle that parameter, guess it doesn't get onto my sys

Re: Hypotetical mail situation

2000-09-27 Thread L.D. Best
Little bit of clarification here, so no one panics over this hypothetical mail situation ... On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:34:45 +0200, Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so we still don't know what would happen to most people. Perhaps we > should start looking at the source instead? ;-) > Looking

Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread Clarence Verge
L.D. Best wrote: > > Well, if they don't *need* the space they shouldn't TAKE the space. > > No software on my system has permission to create its own disk. If I > want another OS, I will determine the amount of HDD space to be > dedicated to it. If the software can't handle that parameter, gu

Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread L.D. Best
I have 3/4 of the space on a 4Gig HDD available for other OSes. But it's now evident that QNX isn't a stand alone OS if it requires Win98 for *any* reason. And if you can't boot to it, that would also seem to indicate that it's nothing but a "Windows of another flavor," and not an OS. l.d.

re: modems

2000-09-27 Thread neil tanner
I have come to the conclusion that I have a winmodem. What type of modem should I get for Arachne? I don't want anything too fancy or exspensive. Is an external one ok? Thanks Neil http://www.qsl.net/wa4chq "Ask not, what your country can do for you, ask...what Marilyn can do for my brother

modems

2000-09-27 Thread neil tanner
I have come to the conclusion that I have a winmodem. What type of modem should I get for Arachne? I don't want anything too fancy or expensive. Is an external one ok? Thanks Neil http://www.qsl.net/wa4chq "Ask not, what your country can do for you, ask...what Marilyn can do for my brother

Re: need some advice

2000-09-27 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 23:15:19 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 23:19:07 -0400, neil tanner wrote: >> Greetings all- >> I am new to Arachne and have loaded it into my Pc. I am using it >> offline at the moment because I can't get it to recognize my modemI >> am using a HP

Re: modems

2000-09-27 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 23:01:55 -0400, neil tanner wrote: > I have come to the conclusion that I have a winmodem. What type of > modem should I get for Arachne? I don't want anything too fancy or > expensive. Is an external one ok? > Thanks Hi Neil: Certainly an external one is OK. As far

Re: Cyrillic characters

2000-09-27 Thread Vasily Zatsepin
Hi Christof, some my objections ;-) ... On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:23:33 Christof Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello, Geoff, > now finally on editing national characters. > My comment has two parts. > 1. Do not use Arachne for email... > - -- Use Arachne only !!! J

Re: QNX is out.

2000-09-27 Thread Joerg Bartels
At 27.09.2000 09:42:00, you wrote: >Hi > >Joerg Bartels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JB> Any chance to make a installation from DOS (without M$-win98). >There are 3 downloads available. >windows installer >linux installer >ISO image (burn it to cd, and install from cd) I looked over to there we