- Release Date: 1987
- Genre: Shooter
- Style: Side-Scrolling Shooter
Arachne
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  Arachne GPL web browser using its VESA and CGA display modes, respectively. |
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| Developer(s) | Michael Polak and contributors. |
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| Initial release | December 22, 1996 |
| Stable release | 1.95 (2008-11-12) [+/−] |
| Preview release | none (n/a) [+/−] |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | DOS, Linux |
| Type | Internet suite |
| License | GPL |
| Website | Arachne GPL |
Arachne is a full-screen Internet suite containing a graphical web browser, email client, and dialer.[1] It primarily runs on DOS based operating systems, but includes builds for Linux as well.[2] Arachne was originally created by Michael Polak (under the label xChaos software, later renamed to Arachne Labs[3]) in the C language and compiled using Borland C++ 3.1 compiler, but since been released under the GPL as Arachne GPL.
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Background
Arachne is currently the most advanced graphical web browser available for DOS as it supports many file formats, protocols and standards. It is also capable of displaying between CGA 640×200, two color and VESA 1024×768, high color modes. Arachne is designed for systems which do not have any windowing systems installed.[4]
Arachne has image support for JPEG, PNG, BMP and animated GIF. It contains a subset of HTML 4.0 and CSS 1.0, including full support for tables and frames.[5] FTP, NNTP for USENET forums, POP3, and SMTP are a few protocols which Arachne can handle. Arachne includes a full-fledged TCP/IP connection suite, which has support for some dial-up and Ethernet connections. However, Arachne currently has no support for JavaScript and SSL. Arachne can also be expanded with the use of addons for such tasks as watching DivX movies, playing MP3 files, IRC chat, RSS, and viewing PDF documents.
The first release of Arachne with a known release date was 1.0 Beta 2 which came out 22 December 1996. The final official version by Arachne Labs was 1.70R3 for DOS (released 22 January 2001) and 1.66 beta for Linux (released 20 July 2000). While there have been several DOS versions [6] Linux development lay dormant until May 24, 2008 when a stable version, 1.93, of both DOS [7] and Linux [8] branch was released.
Support
Arachne supports a limited subset of stylesheets and HTML. Known support as of version 1.93;GPL:[9]
| Style | Aliases | Options |
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| color | #rgb or #rrggbb or a color name | |
| background-color | background | #rgb or #rrggbb or a color name |
| font-size | %, px, pt | |
| font-style | i[talics] | |
| font-weight | b[old] | |
| text-decoration | font-decoration | u[nderline] |
Derivatives
xChaos software licensed full source code of Arachne to Caldera UK. People from Caldera added animated GIFs and Novell dialer, completely changed the design of the browser, implemented their own support for frames, and succeeded in compiling it as a 32-bit protected mode application (using DJGPP, GNU compiler for DOS),[10] while Arachne is a 16 bit application at the moment. This program was sold as DR-WebSpyder; the name was to associate it with DR DOS, which Caldera owned at the time. Later, when Caldera had transferred DR-DOS to its branch company Lineo, the browser was renamed Lineo Embrowser.[11] A 32-bit protected mode (DPMI) version of Arachne is available but still needs some development.
See also
- Lynx (text-based)
- SPIN (graphical)
- MINUET (graphical).
- List of web browsers
- Comparison of web browsers
- FreeDOS
References
- ^ Rakitin, Jason "Review: Alternative Web browsers" Network World, October 27, 1997
- ^ "Section 508 Alternative Browsers" National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- ^ Arachne Labs
- ^ Stutz, Michael "Czech Browser Won't Do Windows" Wired, June 6, 1997
- ^ "Arachne HTML support". 2008-07-10. http://www.freedos.org/freedos/news/technote/235.html. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ Arachne file archive
- ^ Glenn McCorkle (2008). "Arachne v1.93;GPL". http://www.glennmcc.org/a193gpl/. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ Glenn McCorkle (2008). "Arachne v1.93;GPL for Linux". http://www.glennmcc.org/aralinux/. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ "Arachne HTML support". FreeDos.org. http://www.freedos.org/freedos/news/technote/235.html. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ "Is Arachne the same program as Caldera Webspyder ?" Arachne Frequently Asked Questions
- ^ www.smartcomputing.com
External links
- Arachne GPL
- Arachne Labs homepage
- Mel's Arachne4DOS UK Home page (original site gone but now mirrored at glennmcc's site)
- Arachne users list
- Arachne version history
- Mime.Cfg Secrets by Bernhard "Bernie" Eriksson
- Arachne HTML support at freedos.org
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