To: ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru
Cc: geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Official word
Message-ID: <19970617.101506.6407.0.editor@juno.com>
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From: editor AT juno DOT com (Bruce Morgen)
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 10:16:49 EDT
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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.