DosLynx Quick Start Home Page

I think you'll find that many of the crashes have been wrung-out of Doslynx in v0.20b. Also, I have updated it with WAT2001A (though, without DHCP support) and Turbo Vision v2.0. And, slimmed it down some in its memory occupancy. DosLynx really runs strong, now. I believe it is fully worthy of that beta designation that I've given it, finally!

There are a couple readme files for DosLynx. One is the now updated README.HTM which still tells about the original features, command line parameters, and other important stuff. There is also a history file which describes the major changes I've made in bringing Doslynx from v0.16a to v0.20b. The history file also contains known bugs or missing features. If you find one that isn't there, please email me at fmacall@nccw.net. Finally, Wayne S. Buttles has provided a little cheat sheet of the key commands to run Doslynx from the keyboard. It includes ones he added.

Remember that you can navigate with your numeric key pad by putting Num Lock ON.

DosLynx no longer contains a built-in graphics viewer. That has been replaced with a swap out and call to DLXVIEW with a parameter naming the .BMP, .GIF, .JPG, .PCX, or .TIF file to be viewed. You may edit DLXVIEW.BAT to invoke your favorite viewer. The DosLynx v0.20b package contains a sample DLXVIEW.BAT which invokes LXPIC (requires CGA+).

DosLynx still has no forms support. But, I've found that google can be used for searching the Web without it. Simply invoke google with a URL like http://www.google.com/search?q=+%2Bdos+%2Bpacket+%2Bdriver

As Wayne said: "I have enhanced DosLynx for my own personal enjoyment. It will never be as good as the ['386+ based] versions of Lynx, but at least it is better than nothing. . . . I am just releasing my changes to the general public in hopes that it will help some other Dos User. I have made every attempt to keep it compatible with the lowest IBM-Compatible computer so that the greatest number of people can benefit and I will continue to do so as long as I play with the code."

Good luck, and happy browsing.

fcm
11 April 2002