Re: Web Access

Wim Osterholt (wim@djo.wtm.tudelft.nl)
Tue, 17 Jan 1995 22:00:45 +0100 (MET)

Harold:

> If your server uses Lynx (text based browser) then to get to the Web
> site press the letter 'g' which prompts for URL to go to and just type
> http:\\www.hpl.hp.com/browser/modified.html. Gets you right to the CP
> stuff. It does for me anyway. The only problem I've found is that it
> sometimes is too busy.

Wow, this works great. The byte counter is pausing sometimes for half a
minute or so, but the stuff gets transferred.
(BTW, is it 'transferred' or is it (as lynx says) 'transfered'?)
I don't know what magic is involved here, but there is only one little
confusing thing to mention. Most entries are mentioned to be 00xx.gif .
I move the bar on such an entry, then I press <return>. This gives me a
screen of text with the word 'text' highlighted as the only possible choice.
I press <return> again and now it says that the screen cannot be displayed
on my terminal. It offers nicely the possibility to download this file.
Pressing the 'd' shows the miraculous result: the file arrives on my
machine. It puzzles me why these files are indicated by the word 'text'.

Regards, Wim.

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