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From: "Matthias Paul" <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DOS and WIN/98
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 06:23:12 +0100
Organization: Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen
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On 2001-01-26, Bernie wrote:

> >Later versions (eg. 2.1b2) were a bit faster, but still they were *not*
> >any faster than their 16 bit cousin (Arachne ;-) ... ?
> 
> Hmmm... "cousin" - parent would be a better word. I didn't use
> WebSpyder much so I can't say.

FWIW, for sure Arachne is the mother, but the relation between
DR-WebSpyder 2.x and Arachne 1.xx is more complex than just
a question of customizing and "pretty-coating".

While I was in the UK, the DR-WebSpyder team not only ported
it to 32-bit DPMI (DJGPP), they also rewrote large parts of the
framing and rendering engine, incorporated Allegro 2 & 3 as graphics
and sound library, put in Javascript and printer drivers (Slate), and
added their own networking stuff and dialer. So the result is far
more than just a port... (Mind, even NetScape/Mozilla and Internet
Explorer are both loose derivative works of Mosaic.) 
Ironically, 32-bit DPMI DR-WebSpyder 2.1 was not able to display 
.HTML pages larger than ca. 250 Kb, while 16-bit Real-Mode
Arachne took a long time to process, but after having a coffee, 
it would display such pages more or less correctly... ;-) 

 Matthias

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