The 1.44M Web Challenge (fwd)

[Rachel Polanskis]

While we are on the topic of bloated OS's and Software,
dig this, and be prepared to be absolutely stunned by what 
is possible when a development team gets it right!

This package is incredible, and I have no reason to doubt 
that it could well be the future of embedded Network/www technology.

MS, Netscape, and anyone involved in the development 
of bloated software should watch, and learn from QNX...

Oh - sorry - PC users only :(

All that's missing for me, anyway, is a TCP/IP stack for my network card.
Dialup users, enjoy enjoy! 


rachel


----- Forwarded message from Rachel Polanskis -----

The challenge: Put a Web browser, a web server, a POSIX-certified
realtime OS, TCP/IP and a windowing system on a single 1.44 Mbyte
floppy disk.

Impossible?

QNX Software Systems Ltd. announces the QNX Demo Disk (downloadable
from http://www.qnx.com/iat/).  This single 1.44 Mbyte floppy disk
contains:

	  1. Voyager Web Browser (Full HTML 3.2, frames, tables, etc.)
	  2. Voyager Embedded Web Server
	  3. The QNX Realtime Operating System
	  4. TCP/IP (with PPP including CHAP/PAP support)
	  5. Photon microGUI Windowing System
	  6. A "remote control" device to simulate a TV set top box
	  7. An Internet Phone Dialer
	  8. A Graphical File Browser
	  9. A Graphical Text Editor
	 10. A Vector Graphics Animation
	 11. Over 180 Kbytes of HTML and image content

With this floppy disk and a desktop PC, you can browse the web or
turn that PC into a web server accessible to other computers on the
Internet.

To download a copy, visit the http://www.qnx.com/iat/ website.  To
run the demodisk, you'll need a PC with a 386 or better, 6 Mbytes
of RAM minimum, a mouse, VGA or better video and, optionally, a
modem.

A floppy drive is required, but the hard drive is not. 

----- End of forwarded message from Rachel Polanskis -----
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Rachel Polanskis                 Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia 
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