HTML viewer for DOS

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J. Yazel

I'm looking for an HTML viewer for DOS that displays like a browser.
Please don't mention Arachne. I've already tried that and it's nothing
but problems.

I have a couple of text only HTML viewers but I would like to be
able to show the complete display.

Thanks.

Jack
 
J. Yazel said:
I'm looking for an HTML viewer for DOS that displays like a browser.
Please don't mention Arachne. I've already tried that and it's nothing
but problems.

I have a couple of text only HTML viewers but I would like to be
able to show the complete display.
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Have you tried Solway's ViewHTML ?

http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/files/viewht25.zip (75k)
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/#viewhtml

| VIEWHTML v2.5: Quickie HTML Viewer
|
| Quickie HTML viewer and converter. Are you like me in prefering to
| read text in easy-to-read DOS text mode? A very useful tool for viewing
| web documents off-line, with hypertext linking and colours. You can also
| use this program to simply convert HTML documents to standard text files.
| Uses extended memory for loading large files. You can now also copy text
| to the Windows clipboard. Open links in your main browser with the click
| of the mouse. This program can save a lot of time.
 
Trying to get a word in edge-wise "omega" wrote in said:
dszady said:
Trying to get a word in edge-wise "omega" wrote in
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/files/viewht25.zip (75k)
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/#viewhtml

VIEWHTML v2.5: Quickie HTML Viewer

Quickie HTML viewer and converter. Are you like me in prefering to
read text in easy-to-read DOS text mode? [...]
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Thank you. I will need this soon.
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I got to wonder, how come? Is it a plan to go back to basics, leave the city,
pursue the simpler way of life, grind your own acorns...? :)
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A couple of years in prison ought to do it.
Actually, no really, I was just given a 386 which I wanted for Dos only.
It came with Windows 3.1. When I saw that I wanted to blow chunks, if you know what I mean.
So I formatted it and now it is dos only.
What do you mean grind acorns? Am I going into the tanning business? Or just sick of eating bird seed?
 
dszady said:
Trying to get a word in edge-wise "omega" wrote
dszady said:
Quickie HTML viewer and converter. Are you like me in prefering to
read text in easy-to-read DOS text mode? [...]

Thank you. I will need this soon.
Click to expand...

I got to wonder, how come? Is it a plan to go back to basics, leave the city,
pursue the simpler way of life, grind your own acorns...? :)
Click to expand...

A couple of years in prison ought to do it.
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I've thought about that one, for computer study. Yet they don't let you
have personal computer use there too easily. :( The exception is when
companies contract to have prisoners do telemarketing (US)...
Actually, no really, I was just given a 386 which I wanted for Dos only.
It came with Windows 3.1. When I saw that I wanted to blow chunks, if you know what I mean.
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I do know what you mean. W3x, especially unmodified, can be like a deformed
clown, wearing pink polyster.
So I formatted it and now it is dos only.
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The DOS, the console mode, I concur with that plan. I even still keep my system
to boot there first, where I must affirmatively type the W key to proceed on.
In hopes that I would spend time in that quieter environment. But, not a great
deal of luck with the strategy. It's like turning on the TV - it's too close
a reach to just proceed on to the goodies and gratifications of Windows. A
DOS-only computer would be an interesting plan.
What do you mean grind acorns? Am I going into the tanning business? Or just sick
of eating bird seed?
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Ah, the saying would be regional. It's ref to the American Indians, the natural
way of life, where many were known to grind acorns for a main food source. As
opposed to modern ways, microwaves etc.
 
I do know what you mean. W3x, especially unmodified, can be like a
deformed clown, wearing pink polyster.
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How did you know that's what I wore in the 70's
P.S. Back to XNews :)
 
dszady said:
Trying to get a word in edge-wise "omega" wrote in
dszady said:
Trying to get a word in edge-wise "omega" wrote in

http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/files/viewht25.zip (75k)
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/#viewhtml

VIEWHTML v2.5: Quickie HTML Viewer

Quickie HTML viewer and converter. Are you like me in prefering to
read text in easy-to-read DOS text mode? [...]

Thank you. I will need this soon.
Click to expand...

I got to wonder, how come? Is it a plan to go back to basics, leave the city,
pursue the simpler way of life, grind your own acorns...? :)
Click to expand...

A couple of years in prison ought to do it.
Actually, no really, I was just given a 386 which I wanted for Dos only.
It came with Windows 3.1. When I saw that I wanted to blow chunks, if you know what I mean.
So I formatted it and now it is dos only.
What do you mean grind acorns? Am I going into the tanning business? Or just sick of
Click to expand...
eating bird seed?

Could always run a lean version of Linux. Some are
still aiming at running on a 386 with a very lite
Window Manager.
 
dszady said:
Trying to get a word in edge-wise "omega" wrote in snip

A couple of years in prison ought to do it.
Actually, no really, I was just given a 386 which I wanted for Dos only.
It came with Windows 3.1. When I saw that I wanted to blow chunks, if you know what I mean.
So I formatted it and now it is dos only.
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That's what I did. IIRC, you have to find an old puter that never had
W95/later on it, just W3X. Then it can be reformatted with DOS 6.22. But
if it had W95, the HD gives the message "there is another version of DOS
already running", and you can't clean it for true DOS. I plan to just
run DOS games on mine, I have a 486/25 and a 485/50.

Do you know of a good newsgroup for DOS questions? Some of those old
games from 1988-1992 have lots of quirks.

Mike Sa
 
omega said:
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The DOS, the console mode, I concur with that plan. I even still keep my system
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Karen:
When you say "console", isn't that the screen seen when going to a DOS
prompt in W9X, not a true DOS prompt (restart, F8...)?

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
That's what I did. IIRC, you have to find an old puter that never had
W95/later on it, just W3X. Then it can be reformatted with DOS 6.22. But
if it had W95, the HD gives the message "there is another version of DOS
already running", and you can't clean it for true DOS. I plan to just
run DOS games on mine, I have a 486/25 and a 485/50.
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Why couldn't you simply boot from a DOS floppy, FORMAT C:, then
proceed to install your preferred DOS version? Am I missing
something here?
Do you know of a good newsgroup for DOS questions? Some of those old
games from 1988-1992 have lots of quirks.
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Try alt.msdos.programmer

There's also alt.msdos.batch and a whole bunch of comp.os.msdos.*
groups.

For games you can check out the groups in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.*


Cheers, Phred.
 
Do you know of a good newsgroup for DOS questions? Some of those
old games from 1988-1992 have lots of quirks.
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You'll find really helpful and friendly people at alt.dos Mike.
They really love their DOS.
 
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Could always run a lean version of Linux. Some are
still aiming at running on a 386 with a very lite
Window Manager.
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If you could. Could you tell me more? And/or where to look.
I plan on another machine.
 
Phred said:
Why couldn't you simply boot from a DOS floppy, FORMAT C:, then
proceed to install your preferred DOS version? Am I missing
something here?
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It's been awhile since I did it, but that's what you have to do, load a
DOS 6.22 floppy, key FORMAT, and what happens is as I described. There
may be a way to wipe the drive with eraser utilities now, I don't know.
Try alt.msdos.programmer

There's also alt.msdos.batch and a whole bunch of comp.os.msdos.*
groups.

For games you can check out the groups in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.*

Cheers, Phred.
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Thanks for the info.

Mike Sa
 
Rereading. Do you mean you want graphics support? Solway's prog lets you use a
hotlink to launch an external image prgram.
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Yes, I want the display to look the same as it does using Netscape
or Microsoft's browser (except that I don't want to use it on the
internet).

By the way, I have Viewht25 but it crashes with a 200 error (machine
is to fast for the software timing routine). I'll check the current
version at the URL you showed to see if the author has fixed the
problem. I frequently use a text-only viewer in DOS (maybe because I
haven't found a full-function one yet).

Jack


Jack
 
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Yes, I want the display to look the same as it does using Netscape
or Microsoft's browser (except that I don't want to use it on the
internet).

By the way, I have Viewht25 but it crashes with a 200 error (machine
is to fast for the software timing routine). I'll check the current
version at the URL you showed to see if the author has fixed the
problem. I frequently use a text-only viewer in DOS (maybe because I
haven't found a full-function one yet).

Jack
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I downloaded Viewht25 and it works on the newer machines.

Thanks for the pointer.

Jack
 
It's been awhile since I did it, but that's what you have to do, load a
DOS 6.22 floppy, key FORMAT, and what happens is as I described. There
may be a way to wipe the drive with eraser utilities now, I don't know.
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Yeah. I've seen a small utility product called ClearHDD recommended
for this. Comes from Samsung, but allegedly works with other drives
too. Still only about 11 KB in 2003!

<quoting from an old FAQ>
ClearHDD
As a low level format program, this program will erase all data on the
HDD. Data should be backed up before running this program.

1. Precaution
This program runs in DOS mode only.
Back up the data before running this program.
The target HDD to be cleared must be detected and recognized in CMOS
Setup prior to running the program.

2. Running the program
Enter "CLEARHDD 0 or 1" on the A:\ prompt. (Clearhdd 0 for Master,
Clearhdd 1 for Slave)
</quoting>

Check out the current page at:
<http://www.samsung.
com/Products/HardDiskDrive/support/faqs/faqs_20000120_0000000036.htm>

There's a link to the program near the bottom of that page.


Cheers, Phred.
 
I downloaded Viewht25 and it works on the newer machines.

Thanks for the pointer.

Jack
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Additional info on the new version.

My first quick test was with Win98 running a DOS box. It ran
normally.

When I booted to a DOS command line, every time that I start it,
there is a 3 second delay. I frequently am lookiing through many
HTML documents and the 3 second delay is somewhat irritating.
I'll try to contact the author and ask if this is normal.

Jack
 
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