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[Neo Sze Wee <neoszewee AT gmx.net>]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 09:44:04PM -0400, sindi keesan wrote:
> I typed free when I had just started BL2 and I think it was taking up 4M
> RAM without running any programs (the hard drive version).  How does one
> interpret the numbers?
> 
> I got Arachne running on a 286 with 1M RAM.  It helped a lot to delete
> all the icons and turn off graphics (you can view individual images) but
> it was really slow.  Arachne does not handle a lot of HTML, not even
> counting the ssl and javascript.  You need to replace the djpeg with a
> 16-bit version.  Nettamer will also work, very slowly, on an XT.
> 
> I got Lynx working on a 386 with 3M RAM at reasonable speed and I can just
> click on the images to view them individually.  You need a version
> compiled without NSL - the full-size one would not work at all for me.
> Contact me or Doug Kaufman for a copy of Lynx 2.8.5 for DOS. Will Links or
> Lynx run on 4M RAM in Linux?

I have a 20 mbytes partition and I have installed a BL-like os. I source
binaries from slackware and debian. I can run lynx, links 0.9x. I have a
primary dos partition and I have installed arachne, lynx for dos. This
is not a laptop.

> 
> Is this a laptop with no way to add RAM?  
> 
> On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> 
> > Neo Sze Wee wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > If I have a very old 486 with 4 ram
> > >
> > > If I am using the latest svgalib and I still have 
> > > problem with links 2.x, what do you think is the problem? 
> > 
> > It could be RAM.  4mb RAM is too little to run the latest
> > libraries, the latest binaries and the latests kernels
> > (even with 8mb RAM, it is not easy).  It is unrealistic
> > to expect a graphical browser with ssl and javascript to
> > run on 4mb RAM in Linux.  If you need a graphical browser
> > on such a machine, I suggest you look at Arachne running 
> > in DOS.
> >   
> > Cheers,
> > Steven
> > 
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