I tended to keep both Netscape 4 and the last 68k version of iCab on my
68k boxes. Both of them I'd keep Javascript disabled. A lot of mobile
sites worked fine, and it was somewhat usable. With Javascript enabled
they tended to either crash a lot, break websites worse, or just stall
the whole machine for minutes at a time. iCab looked better and tended
to do sites better when it worked, but it was slower and crashier. What
tended to happen was iCab would lock up the whole machine for several
minutes while rendering, while Netscape 4 would take longer to render
but leave the system functional.
I have to say that if your buddy is a computer guy, you may be in for
some trouble. A 486 even on Windows 98 will still run versions of
Firefox and Office XP new enough to interoperate with modern stuff
completely fine, at a decentish speed. There are even addons for Office
XP to let it read/write the new docx/xlsx/etc formats used by newer
versions of Office. Windows 2000 can be run on a 486, which opens up
even more options. With Linux...
I love the idea though, and hopefully you can pull it out!
Scott
On 1/5/2013 7:31 PM, Robert Hesson wrote:
I don't think the quadra can run anything over 8.1? Never tried though.
Wager starts in two weeks.
I've had the machine since 1993 and don't think there is too much left to add
to it.
It currently has:
Radius VideoVision Studio NuBus video editing card.
FWB scsi jackhammer NuBus card
68mb ram
2mb VRAM
Apple adjustable keyboard (with pads and number pad) original bus mouse
Apple 16" color display
Apple external cd 300e caddy cd rom
Sonnet quad doubler.
Apple color onescanner
Iomega zip 100 drive
Syquest ez flyer 230
Iomega Jaz 2 GB
It runs very well - other than the web browser issue.
I still use it for work stuff now and then... Like working with fonts
(fontographer)
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 5, 2013, at 5:26 PM, James Fraser <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello,
--- On Sat, 1/5/13, Robert Hesson <[email protected]> wrote:
System 7.5.5.
I have another external drive running 8.1, but it runs
best with 7.5.5.
I'm sorry to hear that, seeing as how 8.5 seems to be the bare-bones minimum
that Classilla will run under, with 9.1. being the recommended minimum:
Classilla requires any Power Macintosh with at least 64MB of RAM (virtual >or physical),
50MB of free hard disk space and MacOS 8.6 or higher. A G3 >processor with 128MB of
physical RAM and OS 9.1 is the recommended >minimum. (Although Classilla will run on OS
8.5, due to various bugs in >that version we strongly advise updating to OS 8.6.)
http://www.floodgap.com/software/classilla/releases/
Is your 700 stock? Or does it have a PPC upgrade installed? If the latter,
you -might- try running Classilla following the advice for low memory:
http://www.floodgap.com/software/classilla/releases/#lowmemory
Does the wager start next week? I ask because if you have a couple of days to
prepare, you might try the LEM Swap List and see if anyone is willing to sell
you a PPC upgrade (I have no idea how rare they are/n't).
Not sure if you want to sink any money into the machine, though.
Best,
James Fraser
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