19 Nov
2001
19 Nov
'01
7:33 a.m.
Well, I hope it's documented. At least there's a NETSCRAPE for DUMMIES book I
can give someone for Christmas. How difficult is it to learn this iCab? I
don't want to have to learn it in order to teach someone else. Is it pretty
intuitive? (that way I can answer questions on the phone and have some chance
of guessing right.)
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <mythtech(a)Mac.com>
To: "Classic Computer" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?
I've drawn
the conclusion that the only real memory-hog is the Netscape
browser.
A couple of folks have advised me to install a 32MB simm for that purpose
alone.
It would certainly be a shame to make the system buckle when browsing just
because it lacks RAM.
I would give iCab a try (www.icab.de), it is free, and works extremely
well. It uses way less RAM than Netscape, so it should work with just 8mb
installed (4mb might be tight). I am running the latest version right now
and it is taking up just 2.9mb of RAM.
It is also faster and more stable than Netscape in my experience... and
it is actively under development even for the 68k version, something you
won't get with Netscape (the 68k version is dead in the water for
Netscape).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>