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Re: lynx-dev l.b.o needs updating
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev l.b.o needs updating |
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Sun, 13 Dec 1998 20:09:49 -0500 (EST) |
>
> no-one responded to my message last week (below):
> lynx.browser.org/ needs updating to mention the 2 new platforms;
I added that to the INSTALLATION file in the development version, which
is appropriate since 2.8.1 doesn't build with these.
> whom should i prod to do this? or are they now prodded ... ?
> yes, i need to add them to Lynx Help for Beginners too.
>
> > 981120 pg wrote:
> >> In a recent note, Martin Kraemer said:
> >>> I fetched lynx2.8.2dev.4.zip after your announcement
> >>> that the OS390 EBCDIC changes had been incorporated
> >>> into standard lynx. And tried to compile it on BS2000.
> >>> And BINGO!!! The EBCDIC charset was detected right away,
> >>> and a first quick test shows that lynx 2-8-2b4 runs on BS2000
> >>> and displays most pages as expected. This OS is `different enough'
> >>> (i.e. not at all similar, except for the char set) from IBM's OS390
> >>> that I can say that you did a tremendous job with the portability!
> > will someone add OS390 & BS2000 to the list of supported systems?
> > it's important new & potential users be aware of all successful ports.
>
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