The short answer is you can't. Anything that is CGI is, by definition, a client-server application. Such a thing requires a network connection. If you're offline, you don't have a network connection.

Now, what that means is that you cannot test it out. You can write anything you want into a text file, then test it when you're connected again.

You also could download all the data and create the site on your laptop. You'd have to run some sort of webserver and use http://localhost/cgi-bin/my_cgi_script.pl as your address (or whatever the Win2k equivalent to that is). However, unless you feel comfortable handling all the administrative details, I'd suggest taking a quiet vacation.

Sorry to hear about all that stuff, but ... yeah.

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