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Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? (Users)

posted by compo011 , 17.10.2011, 20:31

> > Now the string is "xChaos_Arachne/5.1.95;GPL,387+ (www.glennmcc.org)".
> > Anyone knows why does it not have any DOS mentioning? Like Arachne 1.70
> > had?
> >
> > Arachne loses much of its charisma without the ability to leave a DOS
> > footprint in internet stats.
>
> If it is soooo Biggg issue I could fix it. Some months ago I was adding
> higher VESA modes to arachne and I have zipped the sources ready for
> build...

- Charisma is something one has to care about. So it would be better for Arachne to be able again to leave this DOS footprint in internet statistics.

By the way, the Ray Andrews version does not have DOS in its string too: "xChaos_Arachne;A4e;1q:20/5.1"

Complete thread:

• Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 17.10.2011, 18:05 (Users)
  • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - RayeR, 17.10.2011, 19:56
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 17.10.2011, 20:31
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 17.10.2011, 20:34
      • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - RayeR, 17.10.2011, 21:28
        • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 13:29
          • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - RayeR, 18.10.2011, 15:11
            • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 15:20
  • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - glennmcc, 18.10.2011, 01:11
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 14:25
  • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - RayeR, 18.10.2011, 02:26
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - glennmcc, 18.10.2011, 04:14
      • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - glennmcc, 18.10.2011, 04:56
        • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 14:47
    • Why the agent string of Arachne 1.95 does not mention DOS? - compo011, 18.10.2011, 14:39