[Duo2400] Re: iCab or Mozilla-can I use with OS 7.5.3?

[Edgar Peinelt]

Hi Art,
there are versions of mozilla run-capable with OS 8.1, and yes, mozilla is
faster than Netscape. But with a minimum of 28 MB RAM allocation recommended
you should not consider installing it on a 36 meg Duo. The same applies to
NS6. iCab is appealing because of its small RAM footprint: 5 MB will do. I
have it on my (56MB/OS 8.1) 2300 and find it reasonably fast with a 56k
modem. MS IE 5.0 might be an alternative (also needs only some 5 MB) - which
I discarded because it is some banana software (same as NS6 btw). So I would
recommend iCab, their latest vs is almost perfect and backwards compatible
to even OS7.6 IIRC. But then the below said is true: you can't expect much
speed from a 2300, and especially not from a connection through its serial
port.

HTH
Edgar

>> to check it with my Duo 2300c. Am I a dreamer to think
>> it will work correctly on the internet with only 100
>> MHz and 36 meg RAM?
>> Thanks for any thoughts you folks might have...
>>  
>> Art in Silicon Valley
> 
> 
> Hi Art,
> 
> You're not a dreamer, but, it's slow.  Netscape 4 is slow (but
> much faster).  If you use Netscape 6 or higher, it's slow.  If you have a
> DuoDock with ethernet, it's still slow.  Over a modem it's slow but not
> too much slower.  The processor is your bottleneck.  Web browsing is the
> impetus I have to consider a 2400 over a 2300.
> 
> I do it all the time and pretend I'm using a 2400 modem with
> CompuServ or something.
> 
> -t
> 
> 
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