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Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION error
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Doug Kaufman |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION error |
Date: |
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:26:47 -0800 (PST) |
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Henry Nelson wrote:
> > + To add direct WAIS support, get the freeWAIS distribution from
> > + "ftp://ftp.cnidr.org/pub/NIDR.tools/freewais", and compile it. The
> > compile
>
> My question is, is this URL correct? Is there a better one? I tried to
> connect just now, and couldn't.
Yes, this is still the correct URL. I can connect without problems.
> When you said you tested WAIS, can I assume that was Unix, or does it
> compile into the DOS version, too?
This was under unix. I've tried to get freeWAIS to compile under DOS,
but it has not yet been ported (as far as I know). I didn't spend a lot
of time trying to do the port, since there are so few wais:// sites
left.
Doug
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