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Download DOS Arachne Packages - APMs from Arachne Labs

If you are using Arachne WWW browser (since version 1.40 beta), just click on package name to download it and it will be automatically installed. If you are using other browser, you can download APM, copy it to the computer where your Arachne (1.40 beta or later) is installed and open APM package in Arachne. Arachne will automaticaly configure itself to use these plug-ins.
Important note: not all Arachne packages are maintained by Arachne Labs ?


Character sets

ISO88591.APM (new) ISO-Latin-1 (8859-1) font set (for West European languages - includes RFC1866 entities). [default charset] Size 125 KB
ISO88592.APM (new)ISO-Latin-2 (8859-2) font set (for Central European language - includes conversion table for Windows-1250 encoding), Size 116 KB
ISOLAT-1.APM Older ISO-Latin-1 (8859-1) font set, with larger size 1 fonts. (for West European languages - includes RFC1866 entities). [default charset] Size 125 KB
ISOLAT-2.APM Older ISO-Latin-2 (8859-2) font set , with larger size 1 fonts. (for Central European language - includes conversion table for Windows-1250 encoding), Size 116 KB
KOI8-R.APM KOI8-R (includes Cyrillic characters, prefered by Russian DOS and Unix users).
Size 137 KB
CP1251.APM CP-1251 (Windows-1251) font set (includes Cyrillic characters, for East European languages). Size 134 KB
CP895.APM CP-895 ("Kamenicti",KEYBCS) font set (charset prefered by many Czech DOS users). Size 117 KB
LAT1CONV.APM (updated) Utility for printing of ISO-Latin-1 (default on Internet) chacters on printers using IBM CP-850 ("PC-ASCII" - default for most printers). Size 24 KB
LAT2CONV.APM (updated) Utility for printing of ISO-Latin-2 (default on Internet) chacters on printers using IBM CP-850 ("PC-ASCII" - default for most printers). Size 9 KB
HEBREW.APM HEBREW (includes Hebrew characters)

Arachne Skins

CLASSIC.APM Standard Arachne look'n'feel. [default skin] Size 35 KB
OFFICE.APM Less Experimental user inerface. Size 30 KB

"Downgrade" packages

16BIT.APM Package for backward compatibility with 16bit systems (PC AT/XT, eg. HP-LX palmtop). Installs 16bit DJPEG and disables 32bit PNG2BMP convertor. Size 57 KB
256C166.APM (new) CORE.EXE 1.66 linked without HiColor and PostScript support. Requires less memory than the default one. Size 186 KB
MMEM166.APM (new) CORE.EXE 1.66 linked without HiColor and PostScript support and without support for Virtual Screens and Animated GIFs. Ideal for machines wihtout any XMS memory available. Requires 30 KB less DOS memory than the default CORE.EXE. Size 171 KB
HCOL166.APM (new) CORE.EXE 1.66 linked with HiColor and PostScript support (default part of distribution package). Size 196 KB

Stable plug-ins

TELNET.APM Clarkson university TELNET and text mode FTP client for DOS.
Size 158 KB.
SSH.APM Secure shell text mode client for DOS.
Size 222 KB.
QV.APM 32bit AVI, MPEG3 (audio), MOV (Quicktime) and WAV plug-in. Works also with Gravis Ultrasound. Requires 386 or better CPU ! Maintained by Multimediaware. Size cca 140 KB.
MPEG.APM 32bit MPEG (video) player for DOS. Requires 386 or better CPU ! Supports generic VGA mode 320x200x256, drivers for better video cards are included. Size 85 KB.
SPKRWAV.APM WAV player for PC speaker.
Size 11 KB.
VC.APM Volkov Commander. Shareware file manager for DOS.
Size 66 KB.
DC.APM DOS Controller. Freeware file manager for DOS.
Size 38 KB.
HDCOPY.APM Utility for copying floppy disks. "Cardware".
Size 66 KB.
BINHEX.APM Command line utility for decoding of Macintosh eMail attachments.
Size 19 KB.
AUNZIP.APM Utility for viewing and unpacking ZIP archives.
Size 8 KB.

Development, beta-versions

TTF2FNT.APM True Type - Arachne fonts convertor.
Requires Microsoft Windows ! Size 25 KB.
FEDIT.APM Arachne font editor.
Size 40 KB.
ENTITY.APM (updated) Arachne entity editor.
Size 7 KB.
IRC.APM JPIRC - simple IRC client. Requris manual configuration.
Size 90 KB.
HTMT0922.APM HTMTOY - Simple home page generator.
Size 57 KB.
XEDIT40.APM External text editor of pages and email message bodies.
Size 168 KB.
HTMLEDIT.APM Beta version of external Turbo-Vision based HTML editor.
Size 127 KB.
XPDF091.APM PDF (aka Acrobat) files plugin. Requires 386 or better CPU ! Size 168 KB.
Last updated: 00-10-05
DOSAMP.APM MP3 player (without nag-screen). Size 96 KB.
Last updated: 00-04-25
CDP.APM Another multimedia player (MP3, XM, CD audio, and more). Requires 386 or better CPU ! Size 224 KB.
ACOPY.APM Makes it possible to always save file type of choice to download directory without user intervention. Size 6 KB.
URL2HTM.APM Utility that makes Windows 9x URL files usable in Arachne. Size 3 KB.
SHTML.APM SHTML Processor for Arachne. Size 11 KB.
APM.APM New APM with a few bug fixes. Size 15KB.
Last updated: 00-04-25
APM32.APM 32-bit version of the above APM. Size 54KB.
Last updated: 00-04-25
DJPEG32.APM New version of DJPEG32 for Arachne. Size 68 KB.
Last updated: 00-10-05
PNG2BMP.APM New version of PNG2BMP for Arachne. Size 61 KB.
Last updated: 00-10-05
GZIP32.APM GNU Zip for use with some PDF files. Size 56 KB
Last updated: 00-10-05

Upgrade packages for LIGHT/LOW-END distribution

LGHTHELP.APM Arachne help files. Size 101 KB

Arachne - History List of changes since previous versions. Size cca 100 KB.
Arachne - Old versions Archive of previous stable releases of Arachne.
GIF to IKN convertor can be used to create new Arachne skins. Only for experienced users. Size 177 KB.
DOSPPPD Full distribution package of DOS port of Linux PPP dialer by Toni Lopez. Size 175 KB
Klos PPP Another PPP dialer for DOS. Automaticaly re-dials if carrier is lost. (You'll need to mail them to get the package). Requires 386 or better CPU ! Maintained by Klos Technologies, Inc.
Source code for some of Arachne's utilities.