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Message no. 1
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Question???? [OT]
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:48:52 EST
On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 21:16:11 -0500 Bull <chaos@*****.COM> writes:
<snip>
>The sight is all Java Enhanced, or some such drek... I think it's to
>keep
>deckers like myself who are seriously behind the SOTA (Win 3.1)
>out...:):)
>
Actually, it used to be in C, but it was changed over to Java in
October(?) in interest of preventing outages and in the hopes of making
it more user-friendly (it's supposed to upload new comments as they're
sent, before you had to reload the page) Of course, I haven't been there
since they went to Java (a move I supported, btw) so I don't really know.
ShadowRN is a much more friendly environment, in any case:)

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Message no. 2
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Question???? [OT]
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:48:51 EST
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997 01:38:53 +0000 Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
writes:
>|Tim nToo is right, Shadowtech is a sourcebook, sort of the precursor
>to
>|Cybertechnology. If you mean Shadowland (http://www.shadowland.org),
>|you'll need some sort of 32-bit OS (almost anything except normal
>|DOS/Windoze, ie Unix/Linux, Win 95, Mac 7.2 (I think), OS/2 (almost
>|certainly), or Windoze NT), and a browser that can run Java. If
>you've
>|got that, just go over there and sign on (instructions are over
>there)
>|It's a nice place, but I haven't been there since they went to Java
>|(can't run Netscape 3.01 32-bit over AOL:(
>
>Why does it require a 32 bit CPU to access a web site?
>
>That seems very.... strange.....
>

Not to access the site, just to run the Java applets once you're
there...I don't know that it even requires 32 bits ('cause there's a
version of Netscape that can run Java under normal Windoze), but you
can't run Netscape for Win95 over AOL (you need a TCP/IP stack), and
normal Netscape can't run the applets, thought the 32-bit version can...

--
-Canthros
If any man wishes peace, canthros1@***.com
let him prepare for war. lobo1@****.com
--Roman proverb
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Message no. 3
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Question???? [OT]
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:48:52 EST
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997 02:22:50 +0000 Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
writes:
>|>Why does it require a 32 bit CPU to access a web site?
>|>
>|>That seems very.... strange.....
>|>
>|The sight is all Java Enhanced, or some such drek... I think it's to
>keep
>|deckers like myself who are seriously behind the SOTA (Win 3.1)
>out...:):)
>
>I can't see much reason why Java can't be made to run on 16 bit
>systems.....
>It's all in the settings...
>
Apparently it can, it's just a heck of a lot more difficult and it runs
more slowly. At least, there's Netscape with Java in 16 bits, but I heard
somewhere that it runs much more slowly (and the implementation has
problems)

--
-Canthros
If any man wishes peace, canthros1@***.com
let him prepare for war. lobo1@****.com
--Roman proverb
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