I've got nothing against this forum (I was happy to find it!), but can anyone recommend any other "GOOD" DOS forums. I want to post a request for 'pain free' internet dos tools like: SLIP dialer, Graphical Web browser, mail reader, etc. (Pain free means it works out of the box. No tweeking and futsing around.)

http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/index.htm

As MS-DOS and compatable is virtually obsolete and the software was written in the days before true multi-tasking, therefore it is quite difficult to find 'out-of-the-box' software, I have emailed you a large zip file of a now defunct website which helped me a lot. As to easy install software all I can point you too is Breadbox Ensemble aka GEOS, though it is aimed at Educational Use, with a little searching it should be feasible to buy, around $99.00: http://www.breadbox.com The only other Commercial Software which I believe is still supported is NeOS: http://www.neosoftware.com/neosft03.html#dos Also for Office Apps Easy Software is still sold, but have been unable to ascertain if it is still developed/supported: http://m8software.com/easysoftware/easysoftware.htm Though in all honestly without tweaking it will be hard to run any version of 'MS-DOS or Compatable' O/S and Software, as to other forums - good luck there are none better than this one.................

DOS Internet Pages: http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/ http://browser.arachne.cz/mirrors.shtml http://www.nettamer.net/tamer.html A few of them work "out-of-the-box", but all of them will need to know the basics (phone#, DNS, etc.)

Hi, I've been BBSing for ten years using DOS InterNet, the main theme which kept me going was the dialer. The closest thing to "Pain-Free" that i've seen is `Arachne' but there are instances where its dialer is as inadequate as any other. Your life would be simpler if you could use an NIC instead of DialUp; i shown on January 26 what `Arachne' is missing so that more applications are supported, but in vain: http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/16037.html If cut-and paste operations followed by editing is more than you can handle then i'd quit right there because that's just the start of this adventure... Salutations, Michel Samson a/s Bicéphale