Re: Anyone have success running Arachnid (IIGS Web Browser)

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"David Schmidt" <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:jhka2s$ggj$1@dont-email.me...
> On 2/16/2012 5:25 PM, Brian wrote:
>> On Feb 16, 1:16 pm, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
>>> Brian wrote:
>>>> Kim Howe authored the program and has recently released it as
>>>> freeware.  You can find it here:http://a2central.com/author/mmaginnis/
>>>
>>>> As soon as I open the application, it crashes my machine (freezes
>>>> it).  It also crashes on Kegs emulator.  Anyone have any luck running
>>>> it and if so, what's the secret.  I have Marinetti running.
>>>
>>> Yes, I have run both PR1 and PR3, but only on real hardware- a ROM 3 IIgs
>>> with 2 MB RAM and no accelerator.
>>>
>>> I recommend PR3, since it removes the requirement for an HTTP proxy.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ]DF$
>>> Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and
>>> Macintosh computing.http://macgui.com/vault/
>>
>> I'm using PR3, directly from http://members.optusnet.com.au/appleiigs/arachnid.html
>>
>> The fact it happens immediately at start up every time (in both
>> emulation and on a real machine) indicates it's the program, but maybe
>> it's a coincidence.  I wonder if there's a difference between this PR3
>> and the one previous sold by Syndicomm.
> 
> I pulled all the pieces down, and loaded it up on GSport.  It's able to 
> connect to the outside world; http://hobbes.nmsu.edu was the first page 
> I could find it would render.  I needed to:
> 
> 0. Plug the Windows latptop in with a wire, not wireless
> 1. Pick the correct adapter number in GSport:
>    http://gsport.sourceforge.net/ethernet.html
> 2. Have Marinetti find an IP address with DHCP
> 3. Remove the original Arachnid.prefs file that came with the distro
> 4. Create a Cache folder at the same level as Arachnid
> 5. Fire it up - see what connects! 

I use the same addresses for ADTPRO1.2.0, and TCP/IP, which 
works on Safe2.22, so, why shouldn't it work on Arachnid.PR3? 

Bill