This may help some of you who only have access to limited computing resources, say Spoonslayer in Mississippi.
A pretty good DOS based web browser may be downloaded, free of charge to non-commercial users, from home.arachne.cz
It needs no other software to work with your modem.
We have used it at home for over six months now. We have it running on an 8MHz 286 PS/2 with 2 MB of RAM and a 32 MB Hard Disk Drive.
It works quite well as long as the graphics are turned off. Fortunately, this web site has been designed so that graphics are not required. Not all web sites are so friendly to browsing in text mode.
It is best to download larger pages and read them off-line to reduce your Internet charges. Also, purge the cache from time to time.
Other DOS web browsers that I evaluated have not worked well at all for us.
I am sure you forumites could find alternative uses for any monies not spent on computer equipment or software.
A pretty good DOS based web browser may be downloaded, free of charge to non-commercial users, from home.arachne.cz
It needs no other software to work with your modem.
We have used it at home for over six months now. We have it running on an 8MHz 286 PS/2 with 2 MB of RAM and a 32 MB Hard Disk Drive.
It works quite well as long as the graphics are turned off. Fortunately, this web site has been designed so that graphics are not required. Not all web sites are so friendly to browsing in text mode.
It is best to download larger pages and read them off-line to reduce your Internet charges. Also, purge the cache from time to time.
Other DOS web browsers that I evaluated have not worked well at all for us.
I am sure you forumites could find alternative uses for any monies not spent on computer equipment or software.