Re: Why no Mosaic for Apple IIgs?

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

James OReilly (joreilly@news.dorsai.org) wrote:

: I understand one can get www for Apple II by using lynx, but that Mosaic 
: is not available for Apple II.  Do I understand correctly that Mosaic is 
: the gui for www?  If the Apple IIgs is a graphics computer (gs stands for 
: graphics & sound), why can't it run Mosaic?

There is no lynx for Apple II. You can dial up a net host with your II and use
it as a terminal and run lynx on the host. Gui net clients like mosaic require
your machine to have its own net address, which currently is not possible on a
IIgs or any II. Pretty doggone simple explanation eh? Then if it becomes 
possible to put your IIgs on the net with slip or localtalk or ethernet, it
will still be necessary for someone to write client apps.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
shack@southwind.net                               when internet wasn't cool