Re: Net Tools

[ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)]

Joe Kohn (joko@well.sf.ca.us) wrote:

: I saw Mosaic the other day for the first time, and it completely knocked my
: socks off. That's a graphic based front end for WWW and apparently the
: source code is available. Would it be possible for someone to implement
: Mosaic for the Apple II?

What do you want to implement Mosaic on Apple II? First, it does not have
enough resolutio, and second (I hope I am right), many of us is using
InterNet (or WWW) from some UNIX (or whatever machines) hosts.

: In the meanwhile, it seems as if we can use Lynx as a non-graphic based
: front end, but my arrow keys seem to act other than Lynx docs say they
: should act. I'm using ProTerm, but could switch. Has anyone found an Apple
: II telecomm program where arrow keys with Lynx work they way they are
: supposed to?

I can't even see the cursor! I have just logged on to hnsource.cc.ukans.edu
and don't know how to operate Lynx without the cursor.

: The Mosaic I saw was connected to a "T-1" line that had a direct connect. I
: was just floored by what I saw. Huge graphic files spped through the net and
: were displayed in mind blowing photo-realistic manner, right from within
: Mosaic.

When I am in Mosaic, the last thing normally I want to see is graphics! It
makes my system so slow! You see, I just happened to see 'IBM' as one of
the link, and clicking on it let me wait for about a minute! - just to
see the IBM WWW with >> an IBM logo <<.

: It's kind of incredible that I've been using the net for probably 2 years,
: and seeing Mosaic, it was like I was seeing something different than I'd
: ever seen before. I was seeing the future. I haven't seen anything so that
: completely impressed me in a long long time...maybe never.

Mmm... I am not as impressed. Actually it is more like a networked HyperStudio
with many stacks linked together. But I must admit that it is a very nice
system, much better than the text-based front end we used on InterNet.

: Silly question...but...do people who access the net from school terminals
: get to use Mosaic?

Why not?

: Joe Kohn

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