Mail Archives: opendos/1997/06/17/12:07:59
On Tue, 17 Jun 97 02:07:16 +0300 "-= ArkanoiD =-" <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
writes:
>nuqneH,
>
>> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 08:18:54 -0700 (PDT)
>> Reply-To: geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net
>> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
>> cc: caldera-opendos AT caldera DOT com
>> Subject: Official word
>
>[dd]
>
>> WebSpyder is based on Arachne by Michael Polak of XChaos Software.
>Caldera
>> has partnered with XChaos to produce a version of Arachne that will
>> address OEM market opportunities.
>
>Will it support CGA and HGC? Polak said NO - about Arachne..
>---
Keep in mind the Caldera is targeting
an OEM market and that CGA is not a
viable OEM option in 1997 -- nobody's
building the monitors, and the
resolution isn't conducive to even
minimal graphical content. HGA could
have some use to OEMs, but a 256KB
VGA card/circuit and a VGA monochrome
tube makes a lot more sense, again
because the resolution to support a
modicum of GIF/JPG-type graphics is
there and the hardware cost isn't
very much more than an HGA equivalent.
Having actually run Windows 3.1 with a
Hercules card and monitor, I simply
don't see it as making sense for a
graphics-capable browser.
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