OPS: Re: implementing upgraded Lynx (cf. Lynx28, PINE42)

[Malcolm Taran]

I use Lynx a lot, and PINE more.  I'm also on the EMT
team, since I joined SCN a coupla years ago.  A colleague
at the UW mentioned the (minor) upgrade to PINE last Nov.
I've never heard of either of these upgrade 
implementations 'till Andrew forwarded a copy of his 
reply dated Wed, 9 Feb 2000 23:51 to scn at scn.org

The inability of SCN Lynx to further identify a [LINK],
not to mention frames inability, makes an ever-increasing 
portion of sites increasingly difficult.
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Andrew Higgins wrote:

2" 2"                                         ... I am (idly) wondering
2" 2" about a Lynx 2.8.2 upgrade. I am _asking_ for immediate action on
the SSL
2" 2" patch to permit users a range of services not currently available to
2" 2" them with the limitations of our current browser.

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Chanh Ong wrote:

2" I upgrade lynx to 2.8 backup 10/1998 and ask for people to test and
2" feedback.  I hear from no one.  If you like to test it out, try to
2" run lynx28.  I also upgrade pine to 4.2 in 11/1999 and receive no
2" feedback.  If you like to test it out, try to run pine42.

>From the main menu and from the 'go lynx' menu, I tried
lynx28, lynx2.8, lynx 28, lynx 2.8
LYNX28, LYNX2.8, LYNX 28, LYNX 2.8
The consistent result was
"Please type a command or the NUMBER of your choice."
As well as permutations prefixed with "run" and "go";
the consistent result was the above or respectively
"Type 'go' with no parameters to get a list of places to GO"
Lynx 2.8 did not run.

>From the main menu and from the 'go pine' menu, I tried
pine42, pine4.2, pine 42, pine 4.2,
PINE42, PINE4.2, PINE 42, PINE 4.2
The consistent result was
"Please type a command or the NUMBER of your choice."
As well as permutations prefixed with "run" and "go";
the consistent result was the above or
"Type 'go' with no parameters to get a list of places to GO"
Pine 4.2 did not run.

---> ?
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On 11 Feb 2000 13:13
Andrew Higgins <bb156 at scn.org> quoted Rod Clark

2"          ... And I personally can't do a single thing
2" about it, any more than you can, because I don't have the
2" necessary expertise at solving the Unix problems with it that
2" will come up on SCN's FreePort-ish system.
2"
2"    There are exceptionally few people who do. And their time is
2" already booked solid for the foreseeable future. ...

So let's upgrade to the mid-nineties.  This, in itself, is
a substantial valid reason to euthanize FreePort.  Triage.
As I understand, SCN will remain fully available to legacy
PC hardware and software, fulfilling a mission of SCNA.

Cars no longer have holes in the grilles for inserting the
hand-start crank, there's no pocket by the driver for the
buggy whip.

Andrew wrote
>
Let me finish by recognizing the hard work and dedication of the many
volunteers at SCN and all that they do. I am in awe of the wisdom and
experience brought to bear in these fields. If the sum total of my
knowledge of these matters were binarily codified it would be all zeds.
Nada, nichts, nil, bupkus. I appreciate all that is done.
>

Yes
Malcolm Taran

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