From:	csantill AT lausd DOT k12 DOT ca DOT us
Message-ID:	<342DAB2F.B13A1DE5@lausd.k12.ca.us>
Date:	Sat, 27 Sep 1997 17:56:15 -0700
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To:	Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: A DJ Web Browser
References:	<3 DOT 0 DOT 16 DOT 19970928005911 DOT 23df35f4 AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se>

from: csantill AT lausd DOT k12 DOT ca DOT us

Peter Palotas wrote:
> But I don't know anything about PPP, SLIP, TCP/IP and stuff, (except that
> they are protocols used on the internet, and in intranets, and stuff), so
> I'd need to pick up a load of information on this. Also would it need to
> contain (I suppose it should) a TCP/IP socket driver for DOS, or is there

I know Brennan has some links to some communcation stuff but I don't
know
if any of that could be used here.  I'm actually considering writing
this
this stuff my self because I want to know exactly how my code works, not
hit compile & pray that it does.

> Using a portable graphics library for this would also probably be a good
[SNIP]
> bug free, but that applies to all programs/libraries)´. JLIB is portable,
> but are there better alternatives perhaps? I've never used GRX, is it good?
> Allegro ofcourse exists, but isn't that better for games like programming?

Actually, I write all my own mode 13h graphics stuff just because I
prefer that
way.  I've never used any of the libs that you mentioned though I've got
GRX 2.1 installed on my 386 B&W laptop & I've got both GRX 2.1 & Allegro
2.x
on P120.  My motivation for this project is to get my latop connected to
the
net because I have a working ext. US Robotics Courier 14.4k modem (I've
tested
it w/Qmode 4.6 test drive).

What I want from this project is a GNU/FSF/freeware *DOS*(may somebody
else can
do a UNIX port but I'm only worried about DOS) web browser that isn't
text
only like DOS ports of LYNX.  I'd like it also to support 386+ 4MB RAM
machines, any modem, and any VGA card that can do 0x03 text mode, but
also 0x12 640x480x16 graphics mode & 0x13 320x200x256 graphics mode
along w/a few other X-modes & of course SVGA
640x480x8bit-32bit for people w/those systems.  Saying this about the
grafix
capabilities, Allegro's use sounds tempting but I'm unsure of its
portability &
it's ability to run on 386(I think it requires a 486 to run make that
comes w/it).
I've never even read the JLIB docs so a link to some info on it would be
cool
because even my P120 only has a 14.4k modem & download speed suck on it.

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