Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 00:01:06 RST
From: ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru (-= ArkanoiD =-)
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To: editor AT juno DOT com, (Bruce Morgen)
Cc: geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Official word
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In message <19970617 DOT 101506 DOT 6407 DOT 0 DOT editor AT juno DOT com> editor AT juno DOT com (Bruce Morgen) writes:
> 
> >> 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.

Just one word: palmtops.

>  HGA could 
> have some use to OEMs, but a 256KB 
> VGA card/circuit and a VGA monochrome 
> tube makes a lot more sense,

Ever seen *green* [S]VGA tube? I tried to find one for a long time.
No success. Another thing: ever seen _cheap_ VGA that can work as second
display controller?

> 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.

I prefer HGC for most applications i use.

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