On Feb 9, 2005, at 8:02, Rex Baldazo wrote: > So I finally got around to wiping the old PowerMac I picked up from the > swap meet, and doing an install from the OS 8 CD that I also got at the > swap meet (thanks!) > > Unfortunately the Netscape 3 browser that came with OS 8 is really > slow. > Slow to start up, slow at loading pages, just really really slow. Not > certain if it's the hardware (a PowerMac 5200/75 with 32 MB of RAM) or > what. But I'm hoping there's a way to get a faster browser onto this > machine. I noticed the Netscape site does have downloads of more > recent > browsers--anyone have opinions on whether a more recent rev would be > any > faster on this old PowerMac? Are there any other good alternatives for > an old OS 8 machine besides a Netscape browser? >
I used to use iCab when I was using classic from day to day. It is the longest-running beta ever, but it worked pretty well, could masquerade, and was fast. Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2373 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050209/f3f825c0/attachment.bin
