Re: LYNX-DEV DOS, DOS and Windows

[Benjamin C. W. Sittler]

On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Filip M Gieszczykiewicz wrote:

> You (David Combs) wrote:
> > Please -- no one is really SERIOUS about trying to make lynx
> > work on an XT?  Or on anything less than a 386?
> > I don't hack the code; I don't even use C as my main
> > language (I use "Mainsail") -- but what of the code
> > I have looked at is complicated enough as is.
> > Worrying about 64K limits simply turns lynx into one
> > huge can of WORMS.  I cannot think of anything more
> > awful than trying to do that; lynx will never work
> > again on ANY computer!
> > Seems to me it would probably be cheaper for someone
> > with an XT to toss it out the window and get something
> > newer -- they'd save money on the maintainence expense
> > alone.  If they want to use lynx on an XT, then
> > dial into a shell-account (ie, timesharing) somewhere,
> > and use it there.
> > Life is just plain too short to have to worry about
> > 64k limits!
> 
> Greetings. I'd KILL for lynx that ran on an XT. Do you even
> realize how many of those machines are STILL in use in schools,
> homes, third-world? Good lord... millions. All our "trash"
> ends up somewhere.
> 
> BTW, Linux is being ported to the 8086 (or was it the 8088? ;-)
> for use as an embedded-multi-tasking-kernel-which-happens-to-
> be-free... no, not binary compatible with 386+ but still. If
> it has VM... ****WHOA**** (I hate writing VM, did it on my
> apple way back when ... in assembly + a custom 1MB card...
> ahhh... I miss doing that...) ANYways... I think lynx should
> be ported to the XT. Even if with a slow VM that use use a
> swap file (after sucking in all the expanded, extended, hacked-on
> RAM -- remember the AST SicPack? ;-)

As would I. Several of the public schools in our area don't have any kind
of access to time-sharing systems, and could really use a web browser that
would run on their old IBM PCs and PC-jrs (don't laugh too hard.) An Apple
][ port would also be useful, but I doubt that'll happen before the last
of the Apple ]['s dies completely. A 286 version would also be quite
useful, and could access memory a bit more efficiently.

Does anyone know the current status of ELKS (the embeddable linux kernel
subsystem) for 8086/8088-class machines?


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