Message-ID: <01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A455A828@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: RE: WebBoy (was: any new dos?) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:24:36 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com WebBoy, Arachne, DR-Webspyder, Skipper (AFAIK) are all graphical web browsers for DOS. If you want text based, perhaps a DOS port of Lynx is more to your liking, perhaps Nettamer as well. Have a look at "www.fdisk.com" and "www.browser.org" for links to various DOS browsers ... Joe. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark in Clinton TWP. MI. USA [SMTP:MarWar AT Provide DOT net] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:06 AM > To: opendos AT delorie DOT com > Subject: Re: WebBoy (was: any new dos?) > > > Well, is Webboy text or not, I assume not? > Also, do you have a ftp for Arachne? I would rather use text based > browsers however have another user who rather likes the point and click > and > something dos based would be great not depending on w311. > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > On 2001-11-19 opendos AT delorie DOT com said: > -In article <01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A455A81D AT emwatent02. > -meters.com.au> you write: > -> As far as I know, no English edition of V4 has been released, > -> although there is an English edition of V3 available (this version > -> did not support Javascript, though). So, you would need the > -> help of someone versed in Japanese to install this, after which > -> you should be able to operate it via the icons). > -I wish whoever tries it luck. I had a couple of goes at installing > -the V3 from the Japanese site and it always ended up with a blank > -screen. Maybe there is more to it than running the install batch > -file :( On the other hand, if anybody does succeed, I'd be > -interested in finding out what it takes. > -.... > -> BTW, a derivative of WebBoy V3 is still available, in several > -languages > (including English), see > -"http://webboy.aleph.com.br/index.html". > -This one does install OK and it works pretty well too (as a viewer > -at least, although the inability of passing a filename is a downer), > -but so far Arachne still rules. > -Alex. > --- > -____________________________ _______________________________ > -( Alex Venn ) ( Success has many fathers, ) > -(_) aven AT ukgateway DOT net (____) but failure is an orphan. (_)