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Date:      Tue, 24 Jan 95 11:12:39 MST
From:      terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
To:        jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber)
Cc:        mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com, freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: Term version of Netscape
Message-ID:  <9501241812.AA12976@cs.weber.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199501241742.MAA09792@grendel.csc.smith.edu> from "John Fieber" at Jan 24, 95 12:42:22 pm

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> M.C Wong writes:
> >   Currently, I do not have SLIP/PPP access and is forced to use term as
> > a temporary solution, just wonder if anyone knows term version of Netscape
> > exists ? I am running term version of Mosaic on 1.1.5.1 at the moment but am
> > interested in Netscape.
> 
> You need FreeBSD 2.x to run Netscape.  

There are patches for running the 2.X netscape on 1.1.5.x.

> That aside, I had the idea of compiling the CERN httpd server
> with term support and then using it as a proxy server for
> Netscape.  I don't know if it would actually work in practice but
> it is a nice idea.

It works, and the cache is nice, actually, but using a modem is too
slow for WWW browsing anyway.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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