-=>> Quoting bob klahn to Nancy Backus on 20 Jan 10  22:07:00 <=-

 NB>>> When I do do any browsing, which admittedly isn't very
 NB>>> often, but does happen once in a while, I use a version of
 NB>>> Lynx for DOS...  (My DOS computer does have some *nix
 NB>>> commands on it, too, courtesy of my resident Wizard, who
 NB>>> used a Unix mainframe at work at one time...)  I can't do

 bk>> Ok, how about sharing?

 NB> Not sure just what you are after... but, my Wizard
 NB> suggested you look for something called The Berkeley
 NB> Utilities... He found them on the web back in 2004, they
 NB> are standard Unix commands for DOS, up-to-date as of Win98
 NB> (so they recognize long file names).  He says that if you
 NB> can't find them he could send you a copy of them.

 Found them. opennetwork.com/berk.html

 bk>> Maybe make that the rule?

 NB> It probably is sort of an unwritten one... but one doesn't
 NB> necessarily know what anyone would glom onto... ;)
 NB>
 NB>>> any Java, though... but I rarely need it for what I'm
 NB>>> doing. On the occasional time that I do, we just go to the
 NB>>> Wizard's machine, which does have Java capabilities...

 bk>> Dos with Java? Or Windows or Linux?

 NB> No, that's Windows(98) with Java...  that's the machine
 NB> that also has more protection on it, not being straight DOS
 NB> and so less vulnerable.

 Any form of Windows, less vulnerable than Dos? Excuse me, I have
 to go lie down.



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