I've located the source of the problem. The server sends "iso8859-1" as MIME type of the html file. As we all know, that isn't a valid MIME type at all! So the browser asks what to do with it. When I choose to open it with the browser, it acts exactly as it would with a zip file when you choose to 'open' it instead of 'saving' it: it saves the file in some temporary place on the hd and then opens it. I wonder how it can work for you... what browser are you using?

Edit: And the file http://members.aol.com/jmnsam/Files/pong21.com sends "text/html" as MIME type. That is one messy server!

Edited by Mr Creosote at 01:00 on August, 16th 2003

Yes, it's a DOS program, but you can directly run it from the Windows Interface, too. Just double click the pong21.com file, and it should start in DOS mode automatically.

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Mozilla Firebird. Select "Save link as" (or similar), whereupon it will attempt to save it as a html file. Remove the wrong file extention, and it will work.

Edited by Tapuak at 01:06 on August, 16th 2003

What is your operating system?

well here is a picture of what it does when I open it.

wweeaaaaalllllllll thhhhhaaaattttttssss ccccreeeeennnn lllloookkkksssssfffiiiinnneeeee ttttoo mmmaaaeeeaaaeeeee333333!! iiiiiitttt'ssssss iiiinnnnnnn llll333333333tttt nnnooottt eeennggglliiissshhhh!!!

Looks like a display error... You could try the following: Right click on the file --> properties --> screen/display --> check "full screen". Then run the file again. If that doesn't help, I'd recommend trying it in "DOS-Mode" or look for another Pong version...

It looks a bit better, but it still isn't working right.

It's workin fine now.

Thanx