From: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 14:59:35 -0500 (EST)
To: Tim Gerla <timg AT climax DOT polaristel DOT net>
Cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] Downloading Timeout Ideas
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If the gui stuff dies and you have option to use it I suggest lynx 2.6,
I downloaded the distribution successfully the first time that way.
On
Sat, 25 Jan 1997, Tim Gerla wrote:

> A while ago when I was downloading MSIE (yes, I know, it was stupid),
> my connection kept timing out. Even different servers did not help.
> I've also had that problem downloading other large files. Here are
> some things I did to solve it:
> 
> * Used an old 16 bit winsock. (Trumpet Winsock) You must also use a 16
> bit client.
> * Netscape times out frequently, but a dedicated FTP client, such as
> WS_FTP seems to work much better.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> -Tim
> -- Tyball AT irc, -==<UDIC>==- Greeter
> Tim Gerla -- timg AT climax DOT polaristel DOT net -- http://timg.home.ml.org/
> Unsolicitied e-mail is probihited. Copyright (C) 1996 Tim Gerla
> 
> Caldera sues Micro$oft, buys DR-DOS and Novell DOS 7, will release
> OpenDOS, the FREE DOS with multitasking, much more! www.caldera.com
> 


jude <jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com>