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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > links-ssl won't display images for me.  Does it do so 
> > for you?  
> 
> I don't use links-ssl (the default links does everything
> I need).  Looks like I won't be recommending links-ssl as 
> an add-on.

It works nicely for webmail and other sites needing logins.  It even works 
better than lynx for filling in forms.  Just does not do images (for me, 
anyway).   If I did not want to view images, I would not be so likely to 
use BL3 since I can't think of anything else to do with X right now.  Have 
not tried the ftp upload yet but we do also need ftp download which kermit 
will do.

> > Unless I can get microcom to work, 
> 
> microcom isn't your only problem.  You also say you are unable 
> to download.  It is possible that you have a flaw on your system 
> that is causing both problems.  Could be a hardware issue in the 
> modem/computer or some problem in configuration.  I assume you 
> are booting without CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT ?


It is probably not hardware as I have the same two problems on both 
computers.  I will try without autoexec.bat and config.sys soon and report 
back.  I have to wait my turn to use those computers.  

> 
> > Can't use BL3 to download the newer BL3, unfortunately.
> 
> I have had no problem using links to download in BL3 (although 
> the biggest file I downloaded with it was only around 200kb).
> Is your problem with links or with wget?


links, wget and lynx all stall (0 B/sec) at about 72-75% of the three 
linux files I tried to get with this - lynx.tgz, kermit for SW30 (binary) 
and 61K zlib.so.1.1.3.  No trouble accessing websites, viewing images with 
lynx or links, or downloading a small .com file.  Must be something in 
linux files that is interfering with downloads.  

zlib stalls at exactly the same byte every time I try with wget.  45444 or
similar, out of 61K, and kermit or lynx stalled at about 1.86M (1.68?) one
time and then at 4096 bytes on all succeeding tries.

I will make a DOS boot disk and try again soon.  I thought it was Xvesa
that had problems with things like himem.sys and emm386.exe and Xvesa has
worked fine for me ever since I was able to type and see A B C 1 2 3
(probably related to mono VGA monitor used to boot the first time, need to
check that out too and take careful notes).