text browser availability for "primitive" PCs?

[sshone at dewey.pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us]

I recently received this request from one of my Reference Librarians.
Can anyone give me some suggestions?

Many thanks!

Saralyn Shone
Library Computer Systems Specialist
Arlington Public Library
Arlington, TX

email:  sshone at dewey.pub-lib.ci.arlington.tx.us
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   Do you know of a place on the Internet where we might be able to 
download Lynx or another text based browser for my patron.  He has 
been calling all week and I haven't been able to give him an intelligent
answer.  Everything I read about Lynx says that it was written to use 
on a Vax system.  Does that mean that it won't work on a home PC?  Or 
is there another text based browser??  The patron has a 286 with a 
14.4 modem and windows 3.1.  He has a black and white monitor.

He is really not interested in graphics.  What would you suggest?  
He really doesn't want to spend a lot of money on the old machine.  
He is mainly interested in genealogy sites and most of these I have 
noticed are gophers.  He has not found the computer stores to be very 
helpful.   Any suggestion you could offer would be greatly appreciated.