--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00016 Date: 07/02/97 From: ROBERT TODD Time: 12:41pm \/To: LEE LAWSON (Read 3 times) Subj: Web Explorer Replacement Lee Lawson, In a message on 30 June, to Dale A Cook, wrote : LL> Hmmmm.... ever check out Lynx/2? ;-) Hmm. Never knew there was such a beast. Think you could tell us where we can snag our copy? - Robert ... * ATP/OS2 1.50 * IROC: I'm Really Out of Cash. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: COMM Port OS/2 juge.com 204.89.247.1 (281) 980-9671 (1:106/2000) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00017 Date: 07/02/97 From: BEN HAMILTON Time: 02:02pm \/To: MATT ION (Read 3 times) Subj: DNS lookup in Win-OS/2 sessions BH> Already fixed, David, by moving 'resolv' (not 'resolv2') to the BH> \dos\etc directory. MI> MOVING resolv from its original location will leave it unavailable MI> to OS/2 sessions that need to use it. I'd suggest COPYING it MI> instead... Ya, I didn't mean to say (type) "moved". Copied is the correct term. -Ben --- * Origin: Computer Connection BBS <> Irving, Tx USA (1:124/7008) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00018 Date: 07/02/97 From: DALE A COOK Time: 09:55pm \/To: MATT ION (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: INJOY MI> And so it came to pass, on 06-30-97 21:05, MI> that Dale A Cook spake unto John Thompson: JT>> "go.exe" is a freeware process lister/process killer. The "-k" JT>> switch is used to kill a specified process: DAC> where may I call/ftp/browse to DAC> get a copy of this GO MI> GO15.ZIP on hobbes.nmsu.edu or any of the usual OS/2 sites. ^^^^^^^^Thankyou! I found it on hobbes & have made it available for file-request on my system for anyone who might need it. D.A.C. Sysop 1:365/3253 BTW: I have noticed that hobbes gets awful busy with the "TOO many users logged at one time" error message..........sometimes a fido-freq is much quicker.......... --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: . Gargoyle's_OS/2_Place_904-236-2320_FIDO# (1:365/3253) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00019 Date: 07/02/97 From: DALE A COOK Time: 10:02pm \/To: ROBERT TODD (Read 3 times) Subj: Web Explorer Replacement RT> Lee Lawson, RT> In a message on 30 June, to Dale A Cook, wrote : LL> Hmmmm.... ever check out Lynx/2? ;-) ^^Look at the quote thingie here, it's not my quote! --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: . Gargoyle's_OS/2_Place_904-236-2320_FIDO# (1:365/3253) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00020 Date: 07/02/97 From: LYNN NASH Time: 04:34pm \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: New release of netscape 2 JM>Hello All! JM>On Friday 27 June, 1997, IBM and Netscape released a new version of NS/2. JM>It fixes several bugs to include the "famous" security bug. JM>It may be obtained through the Netscape/2 web page or at IBM's FTP site JM>(ftp://service2.boulder.ibm.com/software/netscape). The file JM>sizes are definately different. To add to James' posting, here is a little script to help anyone that wants to grab the U.S. English version. This will work from a command line as long as you are logged on to your ISP. *********[cut below and save as netscape.ftp]************ user anonymous (put your e-mail address here i.e. user@whatever.com) cd software cd netscape binary get os2en202.exe get plugpken.exe quit **********[cut above]******************* Then enter the following from a OS2 command line FTP -n -i service2.boulder.ibm.com < NETSCAPE.FTP You could put the above line an a command file and name it something like getnetscape.cmd This makes it easy to get these periodic updates until the file names change. When I found out about the new release, I just opened a OS/2 window and ran getnetscape.cmd. It sucked the files down with no further intervention. If you go to the web site you will find nothing that tell you that they updated the files and kept the names the same. Hursley also issued a speed-up Java runtime as runtime.exe but the exact location escapes me at the moment. www.warpcity.com has a pointer. The Java files are even newer than the new netscape release and has the complete runtime package along with programming classes. No problem so far with both of them installed. --Lynn * SLMR 2.1a * Psst! Hey kid! Wanna try a BBS? The first time is free --- DB 1.39/004485 * Origin: The Diamond Bar BBS, San Dimas CA, 909-599-2088 (1:218/1001) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00021 Date: 07/03/97 From: LEE LAWSON Time: 01:59am \/To: ROBERT TODD (Read 3 times) Subj: Web Explorer Replacement Hello Robert! Wednesday July 02 1997 12:41, Robert Todd wrote to Lee Lawson: RT> Hmm. Never knew there was such a beast. Think you could tell RT> us where we can snag our copy? http://hobbes.nmsu.esu is where I found it. Look for OS2LYNX271.ZIP *and* EMXRT.ZIP. The 0.9c or later version of the EMX runtime is required to run LYNX. If that isn't good, let me know and I'll make sure that Bob has them. (surely he does, Mr. Juge has just about every OS/2 utility thought of!) And yes, they're also available for f'req here.... Take care, Lee Internet: leel@hal-pc.org ... Does your religion have the approval of the BATF? --- GoldED/2 v2.50+16LM3 * Origin: The Politically Incorrect - OS/2 (1:106/1010) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00022 Date: 07/02/97 From: BOB HOLIDAY Time: 09:52pm \/To: WILLIAM MASTOP (Read 3 times) Subj: OS/2 and PAP? Hello William! Sunday June 22 1997 00:12, William Mastop wrote to David Richardson: WM> Hello David! WM> Wednesday June 11 1997 23:26, David Richardson wrote to Dale A Cook: -=>>> Quoting Dale A Cook to David Richardson <=- DR>>> I use PPP PPDIAL29.ZIP to connect to my ISP and launch it from DR>>> the command line using an .rsp file for the script. I have a DR>>> file called pppdoc that talks about PAP but haven't made much DR>>> sense of it yet. WM> What is ppdial29.zip? Any idea where I can get it? Look for ppdial31.zip 40416 2-18-97, or newer. VERSION 3.1 OF PPPDIAL.CMD An OS/2 Warp 3.0/4.0 PPP/SLIP Dialer script. Supports redialing when busy etc, multiple phone number support, post-connection response file. Supports call-back systems. Requires OS/2 REXX. Bob 1:120/125 rholiday@oeonline.com ... oxymoron: fast idle --- JMail-G 2.81 * Origin: Living in interesting times (FIDONET 1:120/125) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00023 Date: 07/02/97 From: JACK PFISTERER Time: 08:34pm \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: New release of Netscape2 Responding to James McKenzie: JM> On Friday 27 June, 1997, IBM and Netscape released a new version of NS/2. > ... It may be obtained ... at IBM's FTP site (ftp://service2.boulder.ibm > .com/software/netscape). The file sizes are definately different. Just downloaded the file dated 27 Jun 97 and found the contents identical to what I downloaded two or three months ago. I think the 27 Jun date is just an artifact of some housekeeping activity, but certainly not a new version. It would be very strange for Netscape or IBM to issue an update without changing the labeling. Jack P. --- FLAME v1.0 * Origin: L.A. Valley College BBS <@Support.COM> (818)985-7150 (1:102/837) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00024 Date: 07/03/97 From: JAMES MCKENZIE Time: 11:14pm \/To: LYNN NASH (Read 3 times) Subj: New release of netscape 2 Hello Lynn! 02 Jul 97 16:34, Lynn Nash wrote to All: JM>> Hello All! JM>> On Friday 27 June, 1997, IBM and Netscape released a new version of JM>> NS/2. Neat idea, Lynn. I endorse postings like this one. If anyone else has ideas like this one, please post them. I've been trying all day to retrieve the updated Thinkpad "stuff" for a 760E I recently bought. It came with Windows95, but is going to be Warped very soon. James ... August 24, 1995: The best day OS/2 ever had! --- GoldED/2 2.50+ * Origin: OS/2 Support * Your place for OS/2 information and Files (1:309/63) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 273 OS/2 INTERNET Ref: EBC00025 Date: 07/04/97 From: CHRIS PITZEL Time: 02:02am \/To: LEE LEFLER (Read 3 times) Subj: Locking the Comm Port > There's no harm in locking the port at 115200. A lot of HTML > (in fact, most of it) is highly compressible, and would benefit > by having the higher speeds. LL> Off to a bad start, and it gets even worse.... If the UARTs LL> aren't capable of the speed, locking at a higher speed can cause the port LL> to drop bits. This is most noticable on a file LL> transfer using a protocol such as ZModem where you will LL> see a lot of CRC errors and resends. I say noticable LL> because it will happen in other places, but you won't LL> see it or the retransmission (such as TCP) is masked LL> from the user. Retransmissions will actually make the LL> transfer rate slower than if you had locked at a lower LL> rate. If the hardware is capable, then in most cases LL> there is no harm. Most, if not all modern UARTS are capable of 115200. Heck, even the 16550 (not the 16550A) on my old PS/2 model 80 machine is easily capable of 115200 without dropping any characters. And that PS/2 machine is *10* years old. This dropped character phenemenon only happens when people insist on using their 14.4k or 28.8k modems with their older 16450 serial cards. It works half the time, but the other half the time, weird things happen. LL> buffers. > X2 connections. I've seen X2 connections up to 51.3k, and I > certainly wouldn't even think of driving a modem running that > fast with a measly 57600bps link -- you'd be getting buffer > ovverruns if you even tried that (while you're surfing to a fast > site). And buffer overruns are not pleasant things to deal with > (the only solution, usually, is to either raise the locked port > speed, or lower the speed of the modem itself). LL> Buffer overruns are dealt with through hardware handshaking. LL> It's not a function of the locked port rate. You should lock your port I've seen situations where the data transmission from the remote site actually overruns the buffers inside the modem, making the hardware handshaking totally useless. When stuff is coming off the remote server at 115k, being compressed down to 40kbps, and going over an X2 link, it doesn't take very long for that small buffer to get full. LL> at a speed higher than your expected transfer rate. It LL> does little good to lock your port at 115k (although it LL> probably won't hurt either) if your ISP is locking at LL> 38.4k. I personally lock my V34 Courier at 115k and LL> occasionally see 110k transfers downloading newsgroups LL> from Sprint. But I have also dealt with an ISP that LL> had VFC (it's been a while) modems on a 19.2 terminal LL> server. 19.2k was all you were going to get.... One of my IP (actually a local college) providers uses old DECservers which lock the attached USR Sportster 33.6k modems at 19.2, but in reality, because LAT is so inneficient, they only get 14.4k speeds. (the term servers aren't smart enough to run their own PPP, so the PPP has to be run on a VAX system). The other providers in town use 56k uplinks to the internet, but also expect 15 users to share that common 56k uplink. With that little bit of bandwidth, why even bother installing 33.6k modems? I'll just be glad when we all don't have to use clunky old modems anymore. Sure, my Courier V.Everything's been a nice modem, but it's damm slow, even when it's downloading at it's top speed (I'm used to using a T1-connected ethernet connection). --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: COMM Port OS/2 juge.com 204.89.247.1 (281) 980-9671 (1:106/2000)