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

[Art Rice]

Thanks to both of you for the very helpful
information. It looks like I first need to upgrade the
OS to 7.6 or 8.1, then install iCab and try it.
Downloading the OS upgrade with the internal 14.4k
modem will be a time consuming task!

Art in Silicon Valley

--- Edgar Peinelt <edgarpeinelt at usa.net> wrote:
> 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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