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On 13 Jul, in article <slrn7omqvb.k77.robm@bob.bob.bofh.org>
     robm@bob.bofh.org "Robert Mortimer" wrote:

[DIS] 
> Having checked with the last person to work on it, there where Y2K
> issues, the most glaring where fixed but there are probably numerous
> others. The source code is available on demons ftp site for those that
> want to have a look.

I looked, shuddered and moved on :(  I can't believe that anybody would 
work on it without being paid to do so and I still find it hard to see 
what a front-end does with a date.
 
> If you like the pain, you can run a packet driver to do the dial-up
> and then swap between ka9q and your web browser withinin one session
> according to what you want to do, memory clashes allowing.

There are some gains to a packet driver if the compile is aimed at it. 
Dropping the PPP/dialer and loading the driver high delivers a 
significant gain in free memory and I'd have thought that as digital 
channels proliferate, access via the packet interface would come into 
it's own. It's easy to do if CIPA is typical of the software involved.
 
> Have you looked at Caldera's offering of late? Last time I played with
> it it was getting quite usable although somewhat of a memory hog.

I've tried 2.1, but it (like the other DOS browsers) falls between two 
stalls for me. It doesn't (do any ?) do SSL, so far as I can see, and 
it's no better at basic page/file collection than what I have in YAN, 
but then that's what I'm used to.

By the way, if you like GUIs, the Newdeal v3 suite has a browser and 
PPP/dialer which work OK, even in the trial version.

Incidentally, has Lynx got persistent cookies yet ?

Ian.
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