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From: robigo@icicle.winternet.com (John Boggs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Mosaic for FreeBSD 1.1.5
Date: 19 Nov 94 16:01:53 GMT
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dim@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (D. Gerasimatos) writes:

>Well, I've been using "chimera" for a couple of months now, but I tire
>of it. I'd like to install "netscape" or "mosaic". As far as I can tell,
>a "netscape" binary for FreeBSD has not been released, so there goes that
>(there is a generic 386bsd binary, but I sure cannot get it to run). 
>I don't have the Motif libraries installed, and cannot get them installed
>for quite some time (either I pay, or I somehow get them from UCB, which has
>a site license). So, I am looking for a "mosaic" binary that will
>run on FreeBSD 1.1.5. Help, advice, and pointers are much appreciated!

I got mine from the incoming directory on freebsd.cdrom.com.  It works
fine as long as you don't try to capture text from it with the mouse,
at which point it dumps core.  That's the incoming directory in the
freebsd tree, don't remember the exact path.

-John