Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-05 Thread Bernie
Michael wrote: > Yes, this was my plan. as Netscape 6 for Linux is real crap, I think > importance of releasing really small and fast browser for Linux is > high. NS 6 under Win 95 seemed ok on the family computer (P120, 48MB RAM) but I didn't use it much since win95 is really slow when used

Re: Fw: png2bmp [ was Re: http://disvr.cjb.net/dos/dls.html

2000-12-05 Thread Bernie
> Glenn wrote: > The reason why you were able to see them in NS 3.04g is that NS does > not rely upon only content-type. (snip) But the point is that NS 3.x doesn't know about PNGs, it would seem odd to me that they added support to recognize a PNG but not adding support for viewing it. //Bernie

Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-05 Thread Steve Linux User
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > How is Netscape 6 for Linux real crap? Is it very buggy, or is it just far too > bloated? I won't be able to try it on present computer, Cx486DX2-S at 66 MHz > with 20 MB RAM. I haven't downloaded NS 6, but it seems to me that if I can run 3 or 4

Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, arachne-digest (actually Bernie) wrote: > Nope, in short this is how Arachne is going to progress: > > Linux will be the main OS for the 2.x series, if someone (yours truly > most likely) makes a 32-bit version for DOS that will follow along with > the Linux version. > The 1.

Re: DOS footprints?

2000-12-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Glenn McCorkle wrote: >> There exists only one "true DOS" OpenDos v7.01 > What about DR-DOS 7.03? I understand there wassome kind of > problem with 7.02, but didn't that get fixed with 7.03? > Or did they just leave things undone when they stopped > developing it? >IM

Partition magic ?

2000-12-05 Thread Roger Turk
Clarence, You made me drag out my PartitionMagic 4.0 manual. There is an operation, "Resize Clusters" but on a cursory look it appears that it does that by changing partition size. Quoting from the manual: "The 'Resize Clusters' dialog [box] (Fig. 4.6) displays the possible cluster sizes fr

memory monster

2000-12-05 Thread Joerg Dietze
Hi folks, just checked 1.68. ARGH! Memory monster is still alive with QNX pages, too. Funny: pop3 mail download frees up memory. Interesting: all versions eating up memory starting with less free memory than good old 1.65. Regards Joerg -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultima

Re: A168 interface

2000-12-05 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:51:04 +0200, Or Botton wrote: > You said: >> CL>But couldn't you give us the old interface back? >> CL>Please unfix this feature in the next release! > maybe its my eyes, screen, or just my brain, but I do not seem to > be able to find a diffrence between the interfac

Re: 1.68 out for testing

2000-12-05 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 03:23:13 -0500 (EST), Thomas Mueller wrote: > Whatever happened to the Winsock interface for Arachne, as opposed to the DOS > packet driver? Is that Winsock a dead issue? If you mean Stub32.exe... IMHO, that was an experiment that fell far short of its expectations. I have

Re: http://www.bgnett.no/~giva/

2000-12-05 Thread Joerg Dietze
Hi folks, On Sat, 02 Dec 2000 17:58:41 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > Watt-32 might get used in some future version of Arachne. > For now we must stay with the 16bit WATTCP or we would be saying > "goodbye" to those who are still using machines older than a 386. Perhaps there could be 16bit and

Partition magic ?

2000-12-05 Thread Clarence Verge
Hi All; I need to TEMPORARILY change the size of a partition with the intent of modifying cluster size. Could some Partition Magic fans tell me whether I should waste my time looking for a demo download site ? In other words, will Partition Magic allow ME to decide on cluster size ? If anyone

RE: http://disvr.cjb.net/dos/dls.html

2000-12-05 Thread Gil Parrish
Thomas Mueller said: >Why would consumers want to continue getting the short end of the Windows stick >and stay with the DOS-based version? With WinME, MS is proving the DOS-based >version is just as much a resource hog as the NT-based version. I don't like >the idea of an OS just for consumer

whereis ff

2000-12-05 Thread Constant Brouerius van Nidek
Looking at the discusion I found that the small program that I use is stil more feasable. Do not know how and where I got it but it is called bak. I have put it in a directory in my path. When I give the command bak filename.xxx it will search all drives, directories and subdirectories for files

Re: 1.68 out for testing

2000-12-05 Thread Sacha Menge
Tue, 05 Dec 2000 19:38:04 -000 schrieb Mike Millen: > SM>MM> The square buttons are nice, as are the new colours, > SM>New Colours? Interesting, but not on my grayscale LCD. :-) > SM>What colours? > Nothing major... the Back and Forward arrows are blue instead > of green. Nice, though. :) coo

Arachne 1.68 release

2000-12-05 Thread Terri FitzSimons
Just got a duplicate release announcement. That because of the virus attack mentioned previously? Terri

Re: 1.68 out for testing

2000-12-05 Thread Mike Millen
SM>MM> The square buttons are nice, as are the new colours, SM>New Colours? Interesting, but not on my grayscale LCD. :-) SM>What colours? Nothing major... the Back and Forward arrows are blue instead of green. Nice, though. :) Mike

Re: DOS footprints?

2000-12-05 Thread ichi
Clarence Verge wrote: > > Just like the Linux commands that won't do anything > useful unless you can remember what the switches are. There's no need to remember the switches -- just use an alias. For example, I alias 'ls -al' to 'dir'. Cheers, Steven

Re: 1.68 out for testing

2000-12-05 Thread Or Botton
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 16:05:12 +0100, Florian Xaver wrote: > How does need them?? You'll be suprised. I could really use Arachne when i'm on Windows. Usually i'm running a DOS prompt on full-screen mode, and it would be nice if I could just use windows's allready set-up connection to use Arachne a

Locate - a Whereis under active development

2000-12-05 Thread Howard Schwartz
I'm surprised, in the ``whereis'' discussion, nobody mentioned a very recent flavor of whereis called locate, that has been under active development for a few years: long file name support, goto to file found, execute macros or command(s) on found file, search through multiple drives, runs on mos

Re: Pardon my confusion here ...

2000-12-05 Thread L.D. Best
To answer your question, On Mon, 04 Dec 2000 23:34:01 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) wrote: > I'm really asking myself what you do with my posts ... > I have written this the umpteenth time ... I *read* them. Perhaps you don't. I even make a point of quoting the precise pa

Re: http://disvr.cjb.net/dos/dls.html

2000-12-05 Thread Robert Deering
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:28:46 -0500 (EST), Sam Ewalt wrote: > Listen, you guys can tie yourself in knots if you want to--but > Lineo just doesn't care about single copy usage. The minimum they > want to sell is fifty at a pop. Doesn't that tell you something? I was trying to keep my mouth shut =D

Re: A168 interface

2000-12-05 Thread Robert Deering
On Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:51:04 +0200, Or Botton wrote: > maybe its my eyes, screen, or just my brain, but I do not seem to > be able to find a diffrence between the interface between 1.66 and 1.68?.. > I'm curious. Whats the diffrence, exactly? Press F5 a couple of times in each, Or; you'll

Re: 1.68 out for testing

2000-12-05 Thread Florian Xaver
>Whatever happened to the Winsock interface for Arachne, as opposed to the DOS >packet driver? Is that Winsock a dead issue? > How does need them?? Bye, Florian Xaver www.drdos.org www.seal.de.vu

Re: DOS Footprints

2000-12-05 Thread Roger Turk
Sam, I am going to search my PC Magazines for whereis.com (the version that I use). Simtel has PC Magazine archives by volume and number and that should include the whereis.com. In the meantime, if you want it, let me know and I will send it to you. Roger Turk Tucson, Arizona USA P.S. Are

Re: http://disvr.cjb.net/dos/dls.html

2000-12-05 Thread Sam Ewalt
Listen, you guys can tie yourself in knots if you want to--but Lineo just doesn't care about single copy usage. The minimum they want to sell is fifty at a pop. Doesn't that tell you something? There is no "market" for single copy DOS sales. The only viable market is for embedded sytems and vari

toolbar.tb

2000-12-05 Thread Richard Menedetter
Hi 05 Dec 2000, Christof Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: CL> there is a file toolbar.tb. In the first lines it says that you must CL> not be afraid of the syntax: CL> What is this file good for (apart from intimidating people by CL> syntax)? It defines the look of the arachne toolbar ;)))

1.68 out for testing

2000-12-05 Thread Richard Menedetter
Hi 05 Dec 2000, "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: TM> Whatever happened to the Winsock interface for Arachne, as opposed to TM> the DOS packet driver? Is that Winsock a dead issue? good question ... I wanted to ask that myself ! (stub32 ?) There is another alternative IMHO, there s

toolbar.tb

2000-12-05 Thread Christof Lange
Ho list, there is a file toolbar.tb. In the first lines it says that you must not be afraid of the syntax: ;This is Advanced Arachne Toolbar definition file 1999-06-22 xChaos ;= ;Syntax: V|H+page+id icon_code KEY|URL|TB

DR-DOS

2000-12-05 Thread Richard Menedetter
Hi 04 Dec 2000, Sam Ewalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> could you tell me where you have read that ?? SE> www.lineo.com/cgi-bin/drdos/faq SE> says that you can download a copy for non-commercial use SE> at www.drdos.org Yepp ... you're right ... maybe they should update their license ... be

Re: 1.68 out for testing

2000-12-05 Thread Sacha Menge
Mon, 04 Dec 2000 20:25:34 -000 schrieb Mike Millen: > SM>>CV> My favorite Arachne frame is gone. :( > SM>>CV> What do I hafta do to get it back ? > SM>MP> You don't like the new one ? :-O I thought you will like that you > SM>MP>have more screen size available... > SM>I like it. But it would be

Re: A168 interface

2000-12-05 Thread Or Botton
Or Botton said: >... maybe its my eyes, screen, or just my brain, but I do not seem to >be able to find a diffrence between the interface between 1.66 and 1.68?.. Ok.. i'm answering my own e-mail, which is silly, but i've just found it as well by changing to "almost full screen mode". It LOOKS ni

Re: A168 interface

2000-12-05 Thread Or Botton
You said: > CL>But couldn't you give us the old interface back? > CL>Please unfix this feature in the next release! ... maybe its my eyes, screen, or just my brain, but I do not seem to be able to find a diffrence between the interface between 1.66 and 1.68?.. I'm curious. Whats the diffrence, e

Re:

2000-12-05 Thread Or Botton
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:01:34 +0100, [???] wrote: > [Attached file: EIOOABEI.EXE] What's THAT thing seposed to be?.. I've just received it from the arachne mailing list, with no from or to fields. And obviously i'm not going to run this file..

Re: http://disvr.cjb.net/dos/dls.html

2000-12-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
>Just a comment here. When they released Windows 2000, Microsoft was already >telling the business community that Win95/98 would not be upgraded again, >and they needed to start the transition to the NT line. I think the user >community as a whole said-- no --and hence we see the arrival of Wi

Re: 1.68 out for testing

2000-12-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
Whatever happened to the Winsock interface for Arachne, as opposed to the DOS packet driver? Is that Winsock a dead issue?

Re: arachne-digest V1 #1360

2000-12-05 Thread Mike Millen
MP>MM> PLEASE Michael, put all the new buttons on the MP>MM> right of the screen (in two lines). MP>it will be 4th screen layout, ok. Great news! Thank you. :) Mike

Re: 1.68 out for testing

2000-12-05 Thread Mike Millen
GM>Personally, I prefer *this* layout to all others. GM>http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/layout.jpg GM>This allows me to keep-an-eye-on memory usage at-all-times. (Tuesday 7:40 GMT) I went for a look but Angelfire couldn't find it. :( Is it still there? Mike

Re: WHEREIS.COM (was RE: DOS Footprints)

2000-12-05 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:06:37 -0500, Roger Turk wrote: > Another search that I did found a file that seems to be similar to the > Whereis.com that I have, but is called FF (for file finder) and is a 1991 > program. I registered my version of FF. Great program for MS-DOS! Unfortunately, it doesn'

Re: http://disvr.cjb.net/dos/dls.html

2000-12-05 Thread Samuel W. Heywood
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:02:21 -0500 (EST), Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> Now Caldera/Lineo is no longer selling DR-DOS except in lots of 50 or more >> copies. So where does that leave the notion of single-copy shareware? > You don't have to buy it for single cop