You compacters everywhere: Our Ted Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks about putting his Classic II online. Ted describes his Mac thus:
<<It has System 7.1, 4 MB RAM (8 with RAM Doubler), 40 MB Hard Drive. I installed FreePPP 2.6.2 and Netscape 2.0.2 and it FreePPP will connect...>> Not a year ago, I was messing online a lot with a Classic II. Mine was running System 7.5.5 with Open Transport 1.1.2, Eudora 3.1.3 lite, and a coupla different browsers. Netscape 2 was too light or too old often achieving what Ted experienced. Netscape 4 was too heavy; it stumbled along poorly. Netscape 3.0.4 Gold was just about right. Security, Java, and what Eudora calls "Waste cycles drawing trendy 3D junk" kinda stuff doesn't do credit to the current thinking of web designers with Netscape 3. I forget what Netscape 3 does about Javascript. Seems to me it did that ok. Also, I ran the early Internet Explorer 2.1 browser. I found I liked it much better than any Netscape. It was quicker, lighter, brighter... But being earlier, it didn't do quite as much as Netscape 3. It may not do Javascript; I dunno. It was lots better than Netscape 2 though, that's for sure. I will be configuring a Classic II to take over the basic eMail task of our venerable SE now doing this duty up at the senior center. It will have both the IE 2.1 and Netscape 3.0.4 Gold browsers on it just for the occassional fun demo. I haven't tried the iCab 68k browser on the Classic II yet but will. I do suggest you consider going the Open Transport route. You can load a slim System 7.5x or even a slim MacOS 7.6.1. You can add Open Transport to System 7.1 if you like. I seem to remember that you need a specific version of System 7.1 to do this, something like System 7.1.2(?) or maybe an SDK of some kind. I haven't done this but listers here have. Just keep it slim. Also, avoid using RAM Doubler. It bogged down my trials horribly. Put a real full 10 MB of RAM in your Classic II. You will be cramped in the Classic II's 10 MB of RAM. I was able to get a slim System 7.5.5/OT with Eudora 3.1.3 and IE 2.1 up all at the same time and interacting when I could find a website for 'em to interact with. Keep us posted with your experience. Oh... and I just read where our "Alexander Kaaling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> just asked the same sort of question as did Ted. Here we go again... Bill -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
