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

Wed Dec 3 17:33:56 PST 2003

Hi Art,
I just verified that iCab is compatible with OS7.5 (acc. to the developers).
Give it a try if you do have a copy.

Edgar

> 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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