>BUT at the shell account of my ISP, web-surfing is only possible with
>Lynx and text-mode. For about 6 months I have been more and more
>irritated not to be able to see frames, java, "cookies",
lynx accepts cookies
>images etc.etc., so finally I decided to convert to PPP in January. This has
>NOT been without several problems and hours of work:
>1. I had to install Windows 3.1 on my 486-25MHz-PC. Until that I
>only used DOS-programs! (If I had alot of money I would consider
>buying a newer machine, a Mac or a PC with linux (unix) I guess.
>Probably NOT Windows95.
>2 . A had to buy 16MB ram, SIMM 30 pin modules, costing 100$.
Memory's cheap. Why so much in Denmark?
>It's nostalgic to say farewell to Yarn and I even get a little
>sentimental, but cheer up! There is a life after Yarn!
I'm glad you're pleased with your new setup, and enjoy Windows 3.1. I guess you
haven't yet experienced your first General Protection Fault. (Windows 3.1 is
still DOS, you know, but with a prettier interface. Even Windows 95 and NT
preserved a significant amount of DOS code.)
But, you could have had the best of both worlds. Why not just telnet into your
shell account during a PPP session? You're not going to read your mail while
surfing the 'Net, anyway. But you could with DOS in another Window.