Mac os 8

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Jim Scott <bennytheSPAMLESScat DeleteThis @shaw.ca> wrote:

 > It is important to know which "old computer" model, since the answer
 > will be different depending on it's capabilities. Whether it is a 68k
 > model or a PowerPC model is particularly important.

I forgot to also ask, which OS 8? There is a big difference between 8.1
and 8.6.

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wrote:

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 > I have an old computer running mac os 8. What is
 > the newest browser that I could use without upgrading anything? I have
 > netscape 3, but might be able to get 4.

I think iCab 2.9.8[*] is the newest and most modern that'll work under
Mac OS 8.0. But there may be some older Mozilla version available, which
would be better at CSS. If that matters to you.

Note that "old computer" is hardly a definition. Given that you're
running Mac OS 8, it might be a 68k CPU. If so, iCab 2.9.8 will still be
an option, but I doubt there ever was a 68k build of Mozilla.


[*] <http://www.icab.de/>

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wrote:
 > I found this group through the Moz website.
 >
 > Now for my question: I have an old computer running mac os 8. What is
 > the newest browser that I could use without upgrading anything? I have
 > netscape 3, but might be able to get 4.

I think newest Netscape Communicator 4.8 works in MacOS 8.1.
I think you could find updates here:
<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://lowendmac.com/macos.shtml" target="_blank">http://lowendmac.com/macos.shtml</a>

At least Communicator 4.7 should work with OS 7.6.1

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wrote:

 > Now for my question: I have an old computer running mac os 8. What is
 > the newest browser that I could use without upgrading anything? I have
 > netscape 3, but might be able to get 4.

you can run Netscape 4.8.0. A better alternative is probably iCab.


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Marko Koivuniemi wrote:

 >
  >> I found this group through the Moz website.
  >>
  >> Now for my question: I have an old computer running mac os 8. What is
  >> the newest browser that I could use without upgrading anything? I have
  >> netscape 3, but might be able to get 4.
 >
 >
 > I think newest Netscape Communicator 4.8 works in MacOS 8.1.
 > I think you could find updates here:
<font color=purple> > <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://lowendmac.com/macos.shtml</font" target="_blank">http://lowendmac.com/macos.shtml</font</a>>
 >
 > At least Communicator 4.7 should work with OS 7.6.1
 >
Not if his "old computer" has a 68k processor.
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it's a 7100/66av. I might go for moz 1.0(about), as it should work.
As for the version of os 8, It doesn't say. The splash say "Mac OS" and
the system info says "mac os 8"

poly-p man
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wrote:

 > it's a 7100/66av. I might go for moz 1.0(about), as it should work.

Considering the following system requirements:

  Mac OS 8.5 or later
  PowerPC 604e 266 MHz or faster processor, or G3/G4
  64 MB RAM
  36 MB of free hard disk space

I think "should work" is slightly too optimistic. I tried Mozilla on
a 225 MHz 603e and it "worked" but I quickly deleted it. With a 66 MHz
601 you will probably decide to delete it about 3 times faster.

 > As for the version of os 8, It doesn't say. The splash say "Mac OS" and
 > the system info says "mac os 8"

You should probably update to 8.1 since 8 wasn't quite ready for prime
time. It's a free update.

Getting back to the browser question. In my heretical opinion, the best
browser for Macs of this era is MICROSOFT! Internet Explorer. It will
work with the most websites at a reasonable speed. Netscape 4.8 is
faster but its dated rendering engine renders lots of websites unusable.
Until iCab has better CSS support, it too is a questionable choice.

You didn't mention how much RAM you have. Browsers are RAM hogs. iCab
says 5 MB free RAM, Internet Explorer says 16 MB total, and Netscape
says 24 MB total. In other words, you need more than that if you want
things to run reliably.

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In article ,
Jim Scott <bennytheSPAMLESScat.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote:


 >
  > > it's a 7100/66av. I might go for moz 1.0(about), as it should work.

Then Opera 5 and 6 would also be an option. <http://www.opera.com/>
seems to only offer 6.03, which has advantages over 5 - but personally I
thought 5 was better. Dunno where you can still get it though.

[...]

 > Until iCab has better CSS support, it too is a questionable choice.

iCab 3.0 has excellent CSS 2.1 support, but the current betas aren't
publicly available - only to registered users. iCab 3.0 for Mac OS pre-X
is a little less polished at the moment[*]. No idea how well it runs
under Mac OS 8.1. Most users seem to be running it under Mac OS 8.6 and
up.

Still, even in spite of its CSS problems, iCab 2.9.8 is well worth a
serious test run. If the CSS bugs bother you you can always switch off
CSS support. No site ought to be CSS-dependant anyway. (Yes, I know,
many are.)

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