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["Udo Kuhnt" <048321887-0001@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>>> Well, unless you want Arachne to be a web browser for machines of the
>>> last millennium only, you'd better get used to people using high-powered
>>> ones. :-)

>> What's the point of running DOS and Arachne on a high-powered
>> computer? I'd like to know what you think. Why not just use something
>> that is fully capable already? There is little hope that Arachne
>> will ever make up it's current limitations.

> There is a point in running DOS and Arachne: in every day practice one
> will not catch a virus, worm or other nasty animals.
> This concerns especialy the e-mail handling in DOS.

> There is no special point in using a high powered modern machine but
> sooner or later you have to use a modern machine, just because your 20th
> century model became beyond repair.

> New users will use new modern machines... and WE have to tell them how
> to install DOS on those new machines and how to get DOS running.

> Where to get drivers for modems, printers, USB, PCMCIA, fire wire or
> whatever auxilary will be invented or added to our computers?

> How to live without serial (RS232) or parallel (PRN) ports?

> Can we cope???

> Regards, Bastiaan

Thank you, Bastiaan; that was about the best comment on this subject
that I have read so far.

Regards,

Udo

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