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On 24 Apr 2000, at 22:08, William A. Parrette wrote: (in part) > Another resource for those who don't currently have Web ac- > cess. And the primary reason is that their "classic" computer > doesn't have the "uumph" to handle the bloated, resource-hogging, > memory-leaking browsers such as Netscape or Internet Explorer, > there *may* be another option. > > Find a friend who does have the bloated, resource-hogg ... oh, > heck, ... one of those "other" browsers, and have them point it > to: > > http://lynx.browser.org/ > > Lynx is a free-ware program that is distributed under the GNU > copy-left general public licensing agreement. It is also a *text > only* browser -- it doesn't know how to display graphics images, > sounds, or any other non-text item. Because it is *text only* it > is a rather small program and can run on those olde ... er, uh, > ... I mean "classic" computers that don't have quite all of the > "bells and whistles" that, uh ..., "less-classic" computers of > today have available. > > Once your friend has reached this site, download a copy of the > version that works on your system, copy it to a diskette, and in- > stall the system from the diskette on to your home, "classic" ma- > chine. > > It ain't quite as snappy, nifty, and neat-o as a full graphic > browser, but if you really don't need the pictures, animations, > and sounds (ask Murray!), this is a fully functioning browser > that can do most everything else. > > I wish *I* could help. But, as a Mac person -- and there is > no Mac version of lynx available yet -- I wouldn't be of mush > help anyway. Or, you can still e-mail janet for a text copy in > e-mail (she's so friendly and helpful :-) ) > > If this helps just one user, another one of my book-length, > nerdy, techno-geek, off-topic posts to the list will have been > worthwhile. Take care and grok around the clock ... > > Bill-- > ...who sometimes thinks that Chicken Little was right. > Hi Bill and All, First, let me say I find your posts always worthwhile. Second, Lynx will work on very limited hardware, in DOS on AT's! But you need an understanding ISP like the Freenet. The volunteers at the community based Freenets are generally a Godsend when it comes to support... If you have a 386 with 8 megs of Ram running Windows 3.1 then my personal preferences are Opera for the browser and Pegasus for the e-mail. Opera is free to evaluate for 30 days and still (in compressed download form) is about 1.5 megs. Pegasus is a little larger. If you will just try these two software packages (even on the high priced full blown latest el-jazz-bando computers) you will appreciate their speed and quality performance. As Janet so aptly put it... Opera makes all the others seem "tone deaf". My "two-bits" ............. murray Incidentally, I downloaded WebFerret too and put it to the test over the last few days. It's also a "keeper". [log in to unmask]