Re: Net Tools

[cust_ts@kruuna.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)]

(Sorry, I did some cutting and pasting. Hope you don't mind, Joe.)

In article <2lgnov$mpd@nkosi.well.com>, 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?
[...]
>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.
>What would it take? Am I dreaming to think I could use Mosaic on a GS?
 
Well, for that kind of performance, the computer needs a direct Internet
connection; I've heard of [rather] distant rumors of TCP/IP for GNO, but
I dunno.
Alternatively, there are versions of Mosaic for Windows that can use SLIP
(Serial Line Internet Protocol); there's also a Mac version, I dunno how
that works. In case you use Mosaic over a modem, I don't think animation
is feasible.
In any case, even the possibility of a GSMosaic seems waaaaay off.

>With Mosaic, you could search the net by using your mouse. I want it.

Yah, sigh. :-)

>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.

Maybe I have an overactive imagination, but just using Lynx and
extrapolating from that knocked by socks off. :-)

>
>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?
>
>Oh...about ProTerm's arrow keys in Lynx...I'm set for VT-100. Would another
>setting be better?
>

That's what I use too - what's the trouble, exactly? Remember (from our
email conversation), lynx works best when only 'reverse' and 'underline'
display in inverse (menu Misc/Preferences/More).

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

If they have XWindows, yes.

>
>Joe Kohn
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