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- From: CSCDM@lusta.latrobe.edu.au (Maxwell,damian)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Web Broser - Egad Intl.
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 04:33:15 GMT
- Organization: La Trobe University
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- Edward Chadez (echadez@galileo.carl.org) wrote:
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- : Correct -- a 'web browser' would need to be connected to the 'net in order
- : to browse things on the web. But what if you simply want to set up a kiosk
- : that is a multi-media viewer using standard HTML documents?
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- then get the version of amosaic that has no network support in it.
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- : I suppose you could start up a TCP/IP stack and an http daemon just to serv
- : your browser...a lot ov overkill IMSHO.
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- no kidding.
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- : How about an HTML viewer? Sure, a connection to the 'net would make it a
- : web browser, but you wouldn't need to be connected in order view HTML
- : documents (even with inline images) (assuming you have all of the necessary
- : files local to your machine. I believe that this is the way AMosaic-nonet
- : worked.
- well done, you answered your own question.
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- also, IBrowse will only try to use amitcp if it need to.
- ifyou only open fill://localhost/* URLs then there is nor problem
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- : Damian Maxwell (Penfold) : I loaned a friend $8000 for plastic :
- : cscdkm@lux.latrobe.edu.au : surgery. I really don't think he'll :
- : cscdm@lusta.latrobe.edu.au : pay me back, and now I dont know what :
- : cscdm@luxor.latrobe.edu.au : he looks like. 8-( :
- : La Trobe University, :........................................:
- : Melbourne, Australia. : Cheap programming! Enquire within. :
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