Some links in this document are working only if you are
connected to Internet. Most important online link for you is
Arachne online homepage,
where you can get the latest version of Arachne.
More information: info@main.naf.cz.
Distribution and licensing: sales@main.naf.cz.
Author of the Arachne WWW browser:
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xChaos software (CZ)
Michael Polak -
author of most of the code (including HTML rendering and xSwap (TM)
memory manager) and of all documentaion. Designer of user
interface (including all animations, icons and the "error message skull" ;)
Inventor of DOS Gateway Interface (DGI).
xChaos software is oriented on developing component-based, highly
customizable applications. Visit homepage of xChaos software homepage
for more information. e-Mail: xchaos@main.naf.cz
Arachne is partly based on work of following companies and individuals:
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IBASE group (CZ)
- Ing. Ivan Polak - color palette optimization algorithm, images in 16 color modes.
e-Mail: pola@main.naf.cz
- Ing. Zdenek Harovnik - X_LOPIF,
DOS graphics library for EGA, VGA, SVGA and VESA cards,
XMS and EMS memory management, conversion of TTF fonts to DOS enviroment,
virtual screens, code optimizing.
e-Mail: haro@main.naf.cz
- Ing. Jan Vlaciha - memory management.
IBASE is powerful database capable of keeping multimedial data, which
has currently been ported to Unix (Linux) and can output data stored on
server to the World Wide Web - if you are online, see demo.
- Erick Engelke (Canada)
WATTCP - free TCP/IP library routines sources
Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Erick Engelke
Used with permission.
Portions Copyright (c) 1993 Quentin Smart
Portions Copyright (c) 1991 University of Waterloo
Portions Copyright (c) 1990 National Center for Supercomputer Applications
Portions Copyright (c) 1990 Clarkson University
Portions Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, Imagen Corporation
- Antonio Lopez (E)
PPPD.EXE - port of Linux PPPD to DOS, see details.
Used with permission.
- Merit Networks (USA)
PPP.EXE - public domain PPP dialer for DOS, see details.
- Independent JPEG group (USA)
DJPEG.EXE - public domain convertor of JPEGs to GIFs, see details.
- Jan Patera (CZ)
JPNG2BMP.EXE - fast decompression of JPEGs and PNGs to bitmaps.
Used with permission.
- New Wave Microtechnology (CZ)
Portions of WWWMAN.EXE - utility for surfing local drives.
Portions of MAILMAN.EXE - utility for converting e-mail messages
to HTML. Both utilites were developed directly for xChaos software.
e-Mail: shaddack@bbs.cez.cz
- Bill Neisius (USA)
PLANY.EXE - public domain sound player, see details.
- Clarkson University, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (USA)
TELNET.EXE (CUTE) and FTP.EXE - public domain telnet and ftp programs.
Notes:
LZW algorithm in GIF files is implemented in IBASE group graphics
library X_LOPIF since 1992.
Arachne was written in C language and compiled using Borland C++ 3.1 compiler.
It was developed originaly on my old noname computer, which
doesn't exceed minimal configuration: 386DX/40,
8 MB, 600 MB HDD, Trident 512 kB SVGA, 14" color monitor, 14400 noname
faxmodem, MS-DOS 6.22, Desqview. Development now continues on noname
AMD K5/133, 32 MB, 2.5 GB HDD, S3 Virge 2 MB and OpenDOS 7.02, but we
are still testing Arachne on slow PCs with 386 CPU. We are not
testing Arachne on 286 based PCs and XT compatible PCs, but Arachne is
reported even in this enviroment.
In Greek language, Arachne means spider. According to ancient Greek
legend, Arachne was a name of woman, who dare to compete with goddess
Athena. Arachne won, but Athena punished her - Athena turned Arachne
into a spider.