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to: WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
from: Roy J. Tellason
date: 2005-05-01 20:06:16
subject: Freebies

WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to CHARLES ANGELICH:

-> WC> I found an upgrade shop near here that offers a few
-> WC> "whiteboxes" for sale now and then. Not too far and I need
-> WC> to check them out. My specs are at least 5 slots and 512
-> WC> Meg RAM. 

-> WC> I can't load their web page as they use Microsoft web page
-> WC> creation tools that use non-standard HTML :-( 

-> Try using LINKS or LINKS2. I'd be very surprised if KNOPPIX did
-> not include that. It's a text-only browser but it retains a
-> good deal of the HTML layout (tables etc.) from the page and
-> can display individual graphics if you wish to see one. Kinda
-> slick really. :-) 

WC> Not sure about LINKS but it's got LYNX.
WC> Anyway easy enough to find out as it opens a menu
WC> of browsers when I select "internet"

WC> Mozilla told me nothing, Konquoror told me the exact non-compliant
WC> HTML instruction.                                
WC> Even named the HTML standard it violated.
WC> I'll give it a shot, thanks.

WC> Tried Dillo too and it wouldn't load either.

This is where "view source" comes in handy,  if you know anything
about how HTML is supposed to look.  It ain't that hard,  mostly,  though
the contorted crap that some software comes up with is another story...

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