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- From: mann@ipacific.net.au (Angus Mann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: ECS Web Browsers?
- Date: 12 Feb 96 18:32:42 +1100
- Organization: Intercom Pacific Pty Ltd, Australia, +612 281-1111
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- >>The browsers need WB3.x, because they use datatypes. datatypes.library is
- >>included on the WB disks, not in Kickstart. And you'll need Kickstart 3.x
- >>as well, because WB3.x won't work without it.
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- >Actually, they don't *require* WB3.x or KS3.x. To get any graphics with a
- >web browser, you would need the DataTypes of WB3.x. Most (if not all) the
- >web browsers will run on an ECS machine with at least WB2.0. Upgrading to
- >3.1 to get the graphics is definitely worth it, however. On an ECS
- >machine without a graphics card, you will be limited to 16 colors though.
- >A graphics card on an ECS machine will give 256 to 16M colors though.
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- Yes they DO require 3.x. You can't run them on a machine using 2.x, they
- simply pop up a requester telling you they need 3.x, or crash.
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- Angus Mann, mann@ipacific.net.au
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