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Reply 20 of 32, by GeorgeMan

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Sorry for the offtopic, but "arachne" actually reminds me of the greek word "αράχνη" (which is spelled arachni, with emphasis on the 2nd a (ά)) and means spider. Actually this is pretty damn the same word in english and greek, just with different writing! 😁 Everything's connected out there, people! We just don't realise it! xD

It seems that this is the case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachne 😁 😁

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Reply 21 of 32, by MrEWhite

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GeorgeMan wrote:

Sorry for the offtopic, but "arachne" actually reminds me of the greek word "αράχνη" (which is spelled arachni, with emphasis on the 2nd a (ά)) and means spider. Actually this is pretty damn the same word in english and greek, just with different writing! 😁 Everything's connected out there, people! We just don't realise it! xD

It seems that this is the case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachne 😁 😁

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Reply 22 of 32, by Caluser2000

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Curoius enough the Zenith has Arachne as part of its FCC ID.

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Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 23 of 32, by Caluser2000

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elianda wrote:

Won't work, even Cello and NCSA Mosaic already required a Win 3.x running on a 386 in enhanced mode.
Better try DOSLynx or maybe Arachne.

I did manage to get an early version Mosaic connected using winpkt.com and Trumpnet Winsock 1.1 but the results were less than stella, which is to be expected I guess.

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Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
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Reply 24 of 32, by EverythingOldIsNewAgain

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Caluser2000 wrote:
elianda wrote:

Won't work, even Cello and NCSA Mosaic already required a Win 3.x running on a 386 in enhanced mode.
Better try DOSLynx or maybe Arachne.

I did manage to get an early version Mosaic connected using winpkt.com and Trumpnet Winsock 1.1 but the results were less than stella, which is to be expected I guess.

Netscape 4.08 will sort-of-run in standard mode so it might be worth a try:

http://www.i24.com/de/win31/tips/n408_std.htm

Reply 25 of 32, by Caluser2000

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Thank you for the reference. Certainly worth a crack just for the sake of it. I suspect I'll have to install it on my 486 first then transfer it across if the installer borks.

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Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
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Reply 26 of 32, by matze79

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Arachne doesnt support 287 in current release 🙁

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Reply 27 of 32, by sliderider

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What would even be the point of trying to get online with a 286? You might not have to worry about malware, but you won't be able to see very much either.

Reply 28 of 32, by matze79

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Whats the point of running old technology, Fun.

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Reply 29 of 32, by Caluser2000

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matze79 wrote:

Whats the point of running old technology, Fun.

And because you CAN. Some people just don't get it 😉.

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Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 30 of 32, by simon_e_hall

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Don't know if anyone still monitors this, been playing with my 286 recently using a dedicated DOS or Windows 3.1 CF Card depending what I want to play with.

Recently been playing with Windows and yes I can get Google up and do a search using winsock and NCSA Mosaic (v2 alpha), pretty fast as well, but...

you have to scroll down to the bottom of the web page through all the code Mosaic does not understand (to be expected) and yes, only a few webpages open but it is all good fun, you can see the google image of the day and the search box!

So yes it is 'sort' of possible and intresting seeing what works. My 286 runs at 25mhz and has 16mb of ram but still a 286 at heart.

Reply 31 of 32, by rmay635703

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simon_e_hall wrote on 2022-12-10, 21:55:
Don't know if anyone still monitors this, been playing with my 286 recently using a dedicated DOS or Windows 3.1 CF Card dependi […]
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Don't know if anyone still monitors this, been playing with my 286 recently using a dedicated DOS or Windows 3.1 CF Card depending what I want to play with.

Recently been playing with Windows and yes I can get Google up and do a search using winsock and NCSA Mosaic (v2 alpha), pretty fast as well, but...

you have to scroll down to the bottom of the web page through all the code Mosaic does not understand (to be expected) and yes, only a few webpages open but it is all good fun, you can see the google image of the day and the search box!

So yes it is 'sort' of possible and intresting seeing what works. My 286 runs at 25mhz and has 16mb of ram but still a 286 at heart.

It appears there are a couple 286 class browsers for 3.x including this one I’ve never heard of, seems to run ok

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=G098x0QhOeGl4k … eature=youtu.be

Reply 32 of 32, by Jo22

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rmay635703 wrote on 2024-04-04, 16:56:
simon_e_hall wrote on 2022-12-10, 21:55:
Don't know if anyone still monitors this, been playing with my 286 recently using a dedicated DOS or Windows 3.1 CF Card dependi […]
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Don't know if anyone still monitors this, been playing with my 286 recently using a dedicated DOS or Windows 3.1 CF Card depending what I want to play with.

Recently been playing with Windows and yes I can get Google up and do a search using winsock and NCSA Mosaic (v2 alpha), pretty fast as well, but...

you have to scroll down to the bottom of the web page through all the code Mosaic does not understand (to be expected) and yes, only a few webpages open but it is all good fun, you can see the google image of the day and the search box!

So yes it is 'sort' of possible and intresting seeing what works. My 286 runs at 25mhz and has 16mb of ram but still a 286 at heart.

It appears there are a couple 286 class browsers for 3.x including this one I’ve never heard of, seems to run ok

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=G098x0QhOeGl4k … eature=youtu.be

Cool! 😎 I read there's TCP/IP network stack named NetManage Chameleon 3.10 which seems to be running in Windows 3.0 Real-Mode, even! 🙂

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