[Duo2400] Re: Browsers

[R. McFarlane]

At 04:35 PM 12/4/2003, Robert Friede, had this to say :

>I'd like to add that over years of living in the Maine boonies I've
>had great success using a Diamond SupraExpress external 56K serial modem.
>Unlike with GV, you don't need to install any extra software for it to run
>just fine on the Mac OS.
>
>As for browsers, there's surely no accounting for taste. Some prefer today's
>iCab (which still offers even a 68K version) or the venerable and reasonably
>bug-free but noncompliant Netscape 4.8, but there's a terrific, debugged 
>version
>of Mozilla 1.3.x for Classic available these days from <wamcom.org/> which 
>seems
>by far the best of the lot!
>
>Bob F


I too can vouch for both Supra and USR/3com external modems. I have two 
2300c's and a 270c and my external 56K USR modem works great! I also have a 
NewerTech UltraDock 16sce, so I readily have cable access to my PB's.

As for browsers, it is a great testament to the Mac platform and the 
developer that we STILL have a 68K browser that is almost 100% compliant. I 
could be wrong but I do not think there is anything similar for 16 bit 
win3.x users.

As soon as I get my StarMax 3000/240, I'll be looking into compiling a 
recent version of Mozilla for those , like myself , that do not have X on 
all their machines.


Sincerely,

R. McFarlane

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