SM>;
SM>In a msg of , Lynn Nash writes to Rich Veraa:
SM>;
SM>Lynn,
 LN>  The english only version seems to
 LN> be discontinued, it was last updated in Dec 1996.  All versions
 LN> were replaced by the international version.  Since that was about
 LN> three months ago
 LN> The international version did fix several strange hangs over the
 LN> December 96 version.  The international version size changed again
 LN> because they have fixed several other things but they were not
 LN> listed.
SM>If you or anyone else knows where I can get the complete archive,
SM>including the plugin pak, of that release, I'd sure appreciate a
SM>URL (or whatever).
SM>This is one of the problems I've found with the "get from IBM only"
SM>concept, altho I fully understand it.  Makes it hard to go back
SM>to something that works when the newer release is broken if the
SM>previous release suddenly disappears without fanfare!
I am not sure what you are asking above Steve. I just use a script which I
posted as a message here around July 2 as a follow-up to James' message that
started the thread.  Here is a repeat.

To add to James' posting, here is a little script to help anyone that wants
to grab the U.S. English version. This will work from a command line as long
as you are logged on to your ISP.
*********[cut below and save as netscape.ftp]************
user anonymous (put your e-mail address here i.e. user@whatever.com)
cd software
cd netscape
binary
get os2en202.exe
get plugpken.exe
quit
**********[cut above]*******************
Then enter the following from a OS2 command line
FTP -n -i service2.boulder.ibm.com < NETSCAPE.FTP
You could put the above line an a command file and name it something like
getnetscape.cmd
This makes it easy to get these periodic updates until the file names
change.  When I found out about the new release, I just opened a OS/2
window and ran getnetscape.cmd. It sucked the files down with no further
intervention.  If you go to the web site you will find nothing that tell you
that they updated the files and kept the names the same.  Hursley also
issued a speed-up Java runtime as runtime.exe but the exact location escapes
me at the moment.  www.warpcity.com has a pointer.  The Java files are even
newer than the new netscape release and has the complete runtime package
along with programming classes. No problem so far with both of them
installed.

The only other way is to navigate from IBM's WEB page at
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp  to the Netscape link for your language
which will take you to one of the service?.boulder.ibm.com  FTP sites and
download it via Netscape or Webexplorer or whatever you use for a browser.
There appear to be 4 identical sites, service, service2, service3 and
service4, which are just to spread out the geographical locations on the
net in IBM's huge world wide backbone.
As I pointed out the International version seems to be the same for
everyone, with the only thing changing is the default code pages and
documentation.  For actual surfing both incoming and outgoing default
languages seem to be menu or notebook options assuming the other
requirements are in place for various languages.
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