Re: Is there a version of Lynx for the Apple II/IIGS?

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

Joe <joko@NoMoreSpam.net.invalid> wrote in message news:<3e638ee6_4@corp-news.newsgroups.com>...
> SlickRCBD <yourIP@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> > I'm looking for something that can display some basic HTML documents on an
> > Apple IIGS. Is there a version of Lynx or some other web browser besides
> > Spectrim Internet Suite? I don't want to have to shell out $70 just to be
> > able to display some HTML document on my IIGS's screen (usually
> > instructions of some kind) while I work on my other computer. 
> 
> Spectrum's price was slashed in half, oh, about 2 or 3 years ago. The cost
> of Spectrum is $35, and the built-in text editor has the ability to load
> in html documents and to render those html documents. IOW, you don't need
> the IIGS web browser Spectrum Internet Suite to display/render html;
> Spectrum without the $15 add-on web browser will do it just fine.
> 
> To word that another way...if you want to view html while on the net,
> you will need Spectrum + Spectrum Internet Suite. On the other hand, if
> the html file resides on your IIGS's hard drive, RAM card, or disk,
> Spectrum's text editor is all that's needed to display/render the html
> code.
> 
> Lynx is a Unix/Linux program, but can easily be used by an Apple II 
> that's connected to the net, with any software that emulates VT-100, via a
> dial-up Shell Account. 
> 
> Pricing/ordering information about Spectrum can be found at
> http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko
> 
> Joe Kohn

I think the question is more - Is it possible to port Lynx (or Bobcat) to GNO?

-uso.