Welcome to Arachne !
Arachne is the graphical WWW browser for DOS, which means that:
  • it can view hypertext documents with inlined images (HTML language)
  • it can browse World Wide Web (HTTP protocol over TCP/IP connections)
  • it doesn't require any Windows, OS/2 or Linux (Unix) to run on your PC
    But that's not the end ! Arachne can also:
  • send and recieve Internet e-mails (MIME compatible)
  • edit source code of local HTML pages
  • perform FTP downloads and uploads
  • call any DOS application as plug-in

    • At this moment there are two mailing lists available concerning ARACHNE:

    #1 = arachne@freelists.org
    Technical topics and development of Arachne are the main topics on this list.
    To subscribe: send an e-mail to: arachne@freelists.org with subscribe in the subject line.
    This mailing list is archived.
    The archive is at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/arachne/

    #2 = arachne4dos@coollist.com
    This list is also dedicated to ARACHNE but... with many "Off Topic" casual conversations added.
    To subscribe: go to http://www.coollist.com/group.cgi?l=arachne4dos
    This mailing list is NOT archived.

    Also of interest:
    !! glennmcc Arachne v1.73; GPL and ..... comming soon http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc

    Proposed Modifications (2DoList) http://www.johncsparks.plus.com/arachne.htm

    Arachne 1.73 GPLAll about Arachne 1.73 GPL
    Arachne 1.75 GPLLatest version 1.75 GPL
    miscellaneousUsefull... like plug-ins
    home page Bastiaan, PA3FFZDutch language 95% (Nederlands)
    a173gplf.zip ('full version' with all add-ons enabled)
    Download this file and then unzip the contained SFX file itself.
    (ZIP file contains.... a173gplf.exe)
    What has changed....changes.txt
    ** change to new wwwman.exe ** see below
    List of changed files between v1.70 and v1.73;GPL....filelist.txt
    ARACHNE "LITE" = starters version
     New users may wish to get a173gpll.zip instead.
    (most of the add-on features are commented out
    but can be easily re-enabled as you become more experienced)
    ** change to new wwwman.exe ** see below
    The program "wwwman.exe" in the lite and the full version of Arachne should be replaced by a more recent one. This can be done after unpacking and installing Arachne. The new wwwman.exe is in new3wman.zip
    Download it now!

    Original Source Codes ** GPL

    By Michael Polak
    SRC code for Core.exe ar173gpl.zip

    List of files contained in the ZIP ar173gpl.txt
    SRC code for Insight.exe insight.zip
    SRC code for wwwman.exe wwwmansr.zip

    Modified source codes

    Cleaned SRC code for wwwman.exe by Ray Andrews 1wwmansr.zip
    Cleaned/Fixed by Ray/Michal 2wwmansr.zip
    GIFIKN.ZIP is a utility to convert .gif images to the Arachne .IKN format.
    USRC169U.ZIP ARACHNE Config Wizard changes
    * Add feature compatibility for follow systems:
    DR-DOS, OPEN-DOS, PTS-DOS, NDOS, Windows, MS-DOS

    * A bug with calculating QSC was fixed

    * xCh: test for invalid TEMP variable settings

    * xCh: bug fix for "rem FILES=", a.bat always in current directory

    This page updated: November 20, 2004