Donna Hood Pointer writes, <My sister has my old PB190, 40MB RAM, 500MB or 1G HD (I don't remember which). Running system 8.1. We don't live in the same state, so anything I help her with is done long distance using my psychic computer powers. I'm her "expert". It's a long time since I've run system 8. She has to connect via AOL dial-up. She's using AOL 4 which I think is the most current version that the 68000 machines can use. The browser with that version won't do very much with current websites (as I recall it had a lousy reputation even when it was new). She has Netscape 4.01 on there also. I suggested she try connecting via AOL and then opening Netscape and using it instead. But the machine tells her she doesn't have enough memory. She should have plenty of memory. The only other app running is Stickies, which I guess is a startup item. We've tried it with virtual memory on and off. With AOL she has been running with VM off, since she has plenty of memory. She has Communicator, not the stand-alone version. Any suggestions? iCab maybe? More current version of Netscape, but I'm not sure she can go higher looking on the Netscape site. PB190 is not PPC.>
Being conversant with both the PB 190 and OS 8.1, here are my thoughts: 1. The problem might be on account of how much memory she has allocated to each application (in this case AOL and Netscape Communicator). IIRC if there's too much memory allocated to each app, when you try to run both, there can be problems. I'd suggest checking memory allocations to the apps and perhaps increasing them (via "Get Info" in the File Menu). She might have to experiment with this a bit. I know I've had to, and usually it works for me. But if these experiments don't work, there's always -- 2. With all that RAM she has in there (my own PB 190 only has 4 MB and I have RAM Doubler on it, so I'm only working with 8 MB RAM), she should be able to set up a very nice RAM Disk. Ask her to make a RAM Disk (Memory Control Panel) and put both AOL and Netscape on the RAM Disk. Then open AOL from the RAM Disk, sign online and open Netscape also from the RAM Disk. This has worked really well for me. Also note -- 3. Even if Stickies is an auto-launch, she can still quit out of it (and if she wants to, go to the Startup Items folder, I believe, and remove Stickies to prevent the auto-launch at startup). If she has occasional use for Stickies otherwise, she can put it in the Apple Menu items for easy access at her own discretion. It's been awhile since I've had the need to get rid of auto-launches of apps I don't use that much, but I'm pretty sure. 4. iCAB, IMNSHO, is unreliable. I've used it on and off for over a year, on my PB 190, my former 7200/120 and my current G3/233. When it works, it's wonderful. REALLY wonderful, in fact. When it doesn't, and often it doesn't, alas, it's awful -- it freezes up the system and it's slow. Personally I use Netscape first, and only go to the iCAB when I'm having problems with Netscape (which is a lot less often than iCAB). I think it'd a good idea for your sister to download iCAB as she can, but to consider it as a "backup browser" only. Hope I've helped, ~Yersinia -- 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
