[SOC] "alternate" browsers, e-mail, etc....

[Rob Matherly]

Was looking for a dos-based Telnet client.  Then I got a wild hair
you-know-where about finding a dos-based e-mail client to run on and old
286 I've got laying around.  I found http://www.fdisk.com, which had a lot
of neat dos programs.

The one that seemed the most interesting was a link
(http://home.arachne.cz/) to a program called Arachne, a dos-based
graphical full-color browser.  From the description, there isn't much less
that it will do than IE!  Plus it's only a 1 Meg download!  Have it
downloaded, but haven't installed it yet.  It also says it'll run on a 8086
with 500k!  There are add-ons you can get to play sounds and other stuff
too.  It says it will display .gif, .jpg, and some other format.  You can
also get a plug-in to play videos.

Does anyone have any experience with this app?  Am still looking for Telnet
and E-mail programs to run on a 286 with VERY limited resources.  If anyone
can suggest any, please do!

72/73/oo
Rob, kc0bom
ARRL; FP Qrp -330; Live-Wire #442; IA QRP #143; SOC #497; QRPp-I #19

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