Crystal Atari Browser (CAB) v1.5

CAB is an internet browser developed by Alexander Clauss for the TOS (Atari) platform. Current CAB releases are now commercial products distributed by Application Systems Heidelberg (ASH) in Germany. For more details contact ASH or visit their website at: http://members.aol.com/ashinfo/

CAB v1.5 remains available as an entry level freeware release. CAB v1.5 meets the HTML 2.0 specification and supports many draft HTML 3.x and NetScape enhancements. Amazingly CAB can be run from floppy on an Atari ST with 1Mb memory or more - try running Micosoft Explorer or Netscape on a 296 PC!

Alexander is on the right with Goetz Hoffart (centre) and Thomas Much on the left.

System requirements

CAB can run on any TOS (Atari) compatible computer with 1Mb or more memory. The exact memory requirements to display images depends on the colour depth. The greater the colour depth the more memory required, i.e running in TrueColor gobbles up more memory than running in monochrome. Please note:

• From CAB 2.5 some of the modules require PPP-Connect for full functionality.
• For colour printed output NVDI 4 (or later) is required because NVDI specific calls are made.

These web pages are developed and maintained using CAB with Everest running in parallel under MagiC. OLGA is used to enable files saved in Everest to be automatically updated and redisplayed in CAB. Together these provide a simple but effective web authoring setup.

Browsing using CAB on-line

Apart from CAB you'll need:

• Internet account with a suitable internet provider (IP)
• TCP/IP stack, the software which connects your machine to your IP. Currently the options are:
  • STiK offers SLIP, CSLIP access
  • STiNG offers SLIP, CSLIP, PPP access
  • Mintnet offers PPP and SLIP?? access
  • PPP-Connect offers PPP and SLIP access
• CAB.OVL file. CAB communicates with your TCP/IP software via this file. The appropriate CAB.OVL file for your TCP/IP software must be copied to your CAB MODULES folder otherwise CAB will not work.

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Registration benefits include:

• Master disk containing latest versions of CAB/STiK/CAB.OVL
• A nice warm feeling knowing you've supported ongoing CAB development!

CAB is a truly international application with English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Swedish resource files (RSC) with documentation and ST-Guide hypertext help in an increasing number of languages.

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Other reading

• ST Format #81/April 96/p14-22: Hitch a lift into CyberSpace feature includes CAB coverage explaining how to set up CAB with STiK.
• ST Format #76/Nov 95/p58-59: Web of Intrigue feature includes HTML Browser coverage.
• Atari Computing #2 December 1996/p43: Review of v1.5, rated 90%
• Atari Computing #6 August 1997/p14-15: Review of CAB 2, rated 95%
• Atari Computing #7 November 1997/p18-19: Review of CAB 2.5 and PPP-Connect, rated 96%
• STraTOS #1 April/May 1997/p12-13: Review of CAB/STiK in French

Please email jconnor@cix.co.uk details of any reviews etc. I've missed!

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