Mail Archives: opendos/2002/10/30/12:23:10
Another possibility is Breadbox Ensemble 4 (a GEOS-based product), from
Breadbox, http://www.breadbox.com
This a complete productivity suite (which does not really compare to
Win+Office in terms of number of (useless) features, but does a very
good job and you are not tied to the M$ standards and prices. It runs
fine on 386-class PCs.
They have an evaluation version from which you may try the Web browser.
Philippe.
Thomas A Webb wrote:
>
> Arachne is your best bet.. I use it on older machines, and it works fine,
> supports most functions well. It fits on a floppy, so you can download it
> and carry it home from someone elses machine..
>
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 10:37:01 -0500 (EST) "Paul O. BARTLETT" <bartlett AT smart DOT net> wrote:
>
> > My main computer has died (electrical problems), and I don't know
> > when I will have the money to get it fixed. In the meantime, I
> > resurrected an old computer running MS-DOS 5. It does have a modem and
> > comm package, so at least I am able to dial into my ISP Linux shell
> > account with a terminal emulator and read mail and news. However, I
> > have no graphical web browser.
> >
> > This old machine (and I mean old) is an 80386sx machine with only
> > 5MB of memory, some of which is used for a randisk. Is there such a
> > thing as a graphical web browser that can run on such a crippled
> > machine? If so, can it establish a PPP connection on its own, so to
> > speak? Finally, the mouse port on this tired old box is dead, so I
> > would need something that can be controlled with cursor keys.
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