Re: Dead or alive...
From Lemming <l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk>
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· 24 Sep 2001 21:11 · View full thread
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drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: >On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 02:38:39 -0000, in alt.ascii-art, > (anonymous@bogus_address.con) wrote: > >> >>On 2001-09-24 Rob...@dse.gen.nz said: >> >> > > >Anyway, who can be stuffed copying it to DOS? Are there DOS >> > > >newsreaders? I doubt there are... >> > >> > > There are many DOS-based web browsers...including Net-Tamer, >> > > Arachne, DOS-Lynx, Bobcat, WebSpyder, etc., etc. >> > > >> > > In fact, there are more 'Net access programs for DOS than >> > > there are for Win-Doze. >> > > >> > > I'm using Net-Tamer right now. >> > >> >Ooooh. I'm wrong. Does it use the windows dial-up networking, >> >or does it emulate that itself? >> >>Not sure what you're asking here; I have no idea >>what 'windows dial-up networking' is. >> >>I can tell you that all of the DOS-based Internet >>programs -- including the ones mentioned above -- >>are designed for pure, real DOS. They don't rely >>on, or require, any Win-Doze resources. > >But DOS has no networking facilities at all. Do you have to download a >load of extra shite like a TCP/IP stack? My introduction to the internet was a DOS program called KA9Q. It didn't support the web, but it did have SMTP email (is there any other kind?) NNTP and Telnet. From memory, it all fit under 640K. Is this relevant? How bloated is Windows, or even X? -- Lemming Curiosity *may* have killed Schr�dinger's cat.
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