>>Now, I don't really NEED the PB to go online; I'm mostly curious if I CAN do it, and I figure that if there was an email client and a web browser already on the hard drive when I got it, it's gotta be possible. Right?<<
It is possible. But use OT 1.1.2 and Netscape 3.04 Gold. NS 2 is a pain. Claris also has problems--tried it, didn't like it, so it just sits there. My 190cs has 16MB memory, RamDoublered to 32 MB. >>(1) A PCMCIA card, 56K. (2) A Global Village Powerport Platinum 28.8K (also a card) (3) A Global Village Teleport Bronze external modem. (4) A Best Data 56K external modem (which I daily use with my 7200, so I know it works).<< OT 1.1.2 will work with all of these, and NS 3.04 will retrieve your mail. (FreePPP will also work, but can be a PITA.) >>The card modems worked ONLY when using ClarisWorks 4.0 Communications, terminal emulation, but while they connected me, my ISP wouldn't accept my password.<< That's one of the things I didn't like about CWorks. IIRC, CWorks and NS 2.0 require that a cookie be accepted to read the password. OT 1.1.2 gets around that, and NS 3.04 will remember your mail password. (See Cookies, below.) Having to sign onto someone's Web page to get mail just introduces an unnecessary step, just like using Hotmail or Yayhoooooo. Further, you have to sign on, log in, ask for mail, and then stay online to read and respond to mail. With NS 3.04 and OT 1.1.2, you can sign on, download mail, sign off, and respond at your leisure--offline. If you click on "Send Mail" the computer will sign back on, send the mail, and wait for you to check for mail, or just browse about, or sign off again. NS 3.04 will do Web pages on the 190, but it's bog-slow, and many Web sites today use later iterations of HTML and JavaScript that don't work well with NS 3.04. This is written on the 190 cs, BTW. COOKIES: I don't like cookies, or cookie alerts, or sites that require a cookie to work. You can get around this in NS 3.04 by deliberately going to a site (something innocuous like "Learn to Count with Humpty Dumpty") that you know will set a cookie. Then sign off, and open the Netscape * folder in your System Preferences Folder. Find the MagicCookie file, do a Get Info on it, and lock it. Do the same with the Global History file. Then the snoops think that they can set a cookie, and that they can snoop around in your history file to see what porn sites you visit. Doesn't work. They're both locked, can't be written to, and have but one entry in them for "Learn to Count with Humpty Dumpty." Since I did this, I get just about zero spam for one thing, no alerts (the sites **think** they can write to your cookie file), and two files that stay the same size no matter how much browsing I do. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
