You have plenty of memory. Rather than wasting time fixing problems on an old OS, go straight to OS 9 (9.1 upgrade too). It will have Explorer 7 netscape built-in, but you can download for free the latest versions from Download.com. I'm against the Zip; it's too slow and not a good substitute for a hard drive or simply a CD writer. These items are reasonably priced (I know, I sell them) and should give you no hassles.
On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 09:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am still having problems on mu G3, with Explorer 4 and Nescape 4. > Explorer > 4 will access about 3 searches, then just hangs. The mouse pointer > moves OK, > and I can be running Solitare while I am waiting for the web page to > load. > While Solitare in in the foreground and Explorer is in the background, > if I > select Control-Option-Escape, Explorer wil abort. > > Well that solves the hanging application, but why doesn't it abort > Solitare > when it is in the foreground? This is a consistent problem. > > So I started using Netscape instead, and it took on a new personality. > It > seems that the mouse pointer was always active, because whatever it was > pointing to would attempt to access a link on whatever Netscape was > displaying. Note: The mouse button was NOT depressed when this was > happening. This only seems to happen with Netscape and no other > application, > so it isn't a problem with the mouse. Now Netscapr will not start at > all. > And I am getting 'Error 1' messages. > > There should not be a lack of memory problem, as I reciently installed > 768 MB > of memory (3-256 MB boards). The system only had 32 MB of memory, and > there > were obvious problems in running applications. Now with 768 MB of > memory, > a;; applications require 2 to 3 times as much memory. > > I am running OS 8.1. Is 8.6 any better? Where can I find downloads > for > Explorer and Netscape? Remember, surfing the net is something that I > can't > do, so I need a single web address. If the content of the System > folder is > getting trashed, which is causing the problems, would it make sense to > buy > some 250 MB ZIP drives; install an operating system on one, and > placing a > backup copy on anothe. Then when Explorer and Netscapr get screwed > up, I can > boot from the CD, and delete the old System and repplace it with the > copy. > > Reloading the OS and all the applications on a weekly basis is a real > pain. > Are there any reasonable alternatives? Thanks, > > David Blish > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives > | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > Best Regards M. Hammad Solex Micro 4052 Raffee Dr San Diego, CA 92117 858 270 5877 -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
