- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 03:18:31 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Glenda Watson Hyatt <Glenda@eaglecom.bc.ca>
- cc: WAI Interest Group Emailing List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
An alternative is to install linux, an X window system, and then you can probably use an up to date version of Netscape or Mozilla. Charles McCN On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: Off the top of my Head Opera runs on such a machine: http://www.operasoftware.com There is also Arachne - a graphical browser that works in DOS - I have used it on a 386 machine quite happily, but I forget the URI (it may be http://www.arachne.com of course, but I think it isn't) There are probably others - brailleSURF might do it, and is a graphical browser. And of course early versions of Netscape were available for such machines - I think at least Netscape 2 would do it and maybe even Netscape 3. I don't know if the license on those allows them to still be used, but I imagine Netscape would be prepared to allow it if they didn't already. I have no idea what the story is with IE, but someone can probably tell you. Charles McCN Charles On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Glenda Watson Hyatt wrote: Hi folks, I have a question regarding browsers, but non-accessibility related. What browser, preferably graphical, would you recommend for a 486 with Windows 3.1? And, more importantly, where might I find said drivers? A group of small businesses have joined forces and are salvaging old computers, refurbishing them and giving them to people with disabilities who otherwise couldn't afford them. Without access to computers, access to the web is a moot point. Thanks. Cheers, Glenda ********* Glenda Watson Hyatt Soaring Eagle Communications "Creating freedom and power through accessible communications" E Mail: mailto:Glenda@eaglecom.bc.ca Website: http://www.eaglecom.bc.ca Want to know how to make your website accessible to more people? Subscribe to our FREE newsletter by emailing mailto:newsletter@eaglecom.bc.ca ********* --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA
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