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- From: chall@clover.cleaf.com (Chris Hall)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Web Broser - Egad Intl.
- Date: 2 Jan 1996 13:54:54 GMT
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- Angus Mann (mann@ipacific.net.au) wrote:
-
- : How on earth can a web browser be stand-alone? You NEED a TCP/IP stack to
- : connect to the web. And you don't need your communications program to dial in -
- : use a simple dialer and put it in a script that also runs StartNet.
-
- : You say the because of that you almost never browse the web. Well since the web
- : is part of the Internet, and you need to use IPv4 to connect to the 'net,
- : it's not exactly a valid reason....
-
- Here's a idea for you. A terminal with a built in web browser. Call some
- company's BBS/telephone web page and browse their stuff without having to
- be connected to the net. On their end, all they would need is a
- combination of getty and a http server. This would be a good basis for
- those new telephones that have displays for info and email.
-
- This could get expensive for LD calls but for local calls it would better
- than calling up to get their info via fax.
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- Chris Hall
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