I have several such machines at work, mostly doing exactly what you plan. Put
Win95 on it and grab a copy of MS-IE 3.02. It works quite nicely and supports most
everything you will want to check on commercial sites (except the latest gee-whiz
stuff on some of the entertainment sites). You'll have no trouble with NS4.05 on
that box. That's the combo that works for us; we do make NS the primary browser
but that's because it is our "company standard".
Suzanne wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> Today we're supposed to receive a 486 PC as a long-term loaner to use while
> we save up to buy a monster Pentium 3D workstation. I haven't used a PC for
> more than 5 minutes at a time since '89, way before Windows, so this should
> be an interesting learning experience. I don't have any details about
> brand, installed software, etc.
>
> Our main goal right now is to use the 486 to preview Web pages, write HTML
> and to check gamma on Web images. We work on Macs and want a little easier
> control over the look of our final product.
>
> I would appreciate your suggestions of freeware or shareware programs to
> download for use on the PC.
>
> I vaguely recall nightmare stories about installing/deinstalling MSIE.
> Which version do you recommend that we use, and do you have any tips about
> installing it?
>
> Can you recommend a mailing list for help for PC newbies?
>
> thanks, Suz
>
> Suzanne Stephens, Stephens Design; Ashland, Oregon
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