DOS ain't dead

Do you have installed a DOS packet driver for your network card?

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> I am wanting to use a more modern browser on my Windows For Workgoups
> Computer. I am getting sick of all the errors on netscape and microsoft
> internet explorer. I like links2 from my linux computer, so I downloaded
> the links2 program from Glenn's site.
> Here
>
> To make a long story short, after I installed it, it didn't seem to work.
> It kept getting "host not found" errors. I hunted for configuration
> files, but couldn't find any obvious ones. Can anyone help me with this
> problem and if not, is there a way of contacting the developer. The
> developers website appears to be down.

I also use links2 and I tried to contact the author a few months ago with little success as well.

Are you using graphics mode, which is GLINKS.bat in the BIN folder? This seems to work better than text mode on my machine.

What is in your WATTCP.txt file, which is also in the BIN folder?

Have you tried Arachne, another DOS web browser?

> I am wanting to use a more modern browser on my Windows For Workgoups
> Computer. I am getting sick of all the errors on netscape and microsoft
> internet explorer. I like links2 from my linux computer, so I downloaded
> the links2 program from Glenn's site.
> Here
>
> To make a long story short, after I installed it, it didn't seem to work.
> It kept getting "host not found" errors. I hunted for configuration
> files, but couldn't find any obvious ones. Can anyone help me with this
> problem and if not, is there a way of contacting the developer. The
> developers website appears to be down.

Mik's website is not functioning and hasn't been for some time.
I think he is in the throes of the last year at university and too tied up
to do anything else.

I use Arachne, Lynx, Links2 (graphical and text) and Elinks.

For Links2 you need to have a working wattcp.cfg in the same directory
(\bin if that is where yours is).

This is the .bat file I use to invoke Links2:

d:                                 ;;  change to drive
call ram1.bat                      ;;  creates a RAM drive and puts %temp% on it
cd\test\links\bin                  ;;  cd to \bin
set RANDFILE=noise586.exe          ;;  tells Links where to get seed data for SSL use
set TTY_SCREEN_INTFACE=direct      ;;  sets up screen (as advised by Mik)
rtspkt 0x60 -m auto                ;;  load DOS packet driver
links.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5           ;;  invokes links.exe
rtspkt -u                          ;;  on exit, removes packet driver from memory
set RANDFILE=                      ;;  removes that environment parameter
set TTY_SCREEN_INTFACE=            ;;  same for that one, too
call unram.bat                     ;;  removes the RAM disk

Note: noise586.exe is loaded at boot. I can post it on my website if anyone
wants it. It loads high and is very small.

Jennifer, if you are looking for a text browser, then I have found Elinks to
be the more stable one. Both Links2 and Elinks handle SSL.

If you want a graphical DOS browser, then Arachne is the best.