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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Win95/IE vs BL3/Links2 on an old 486 w/ 8MB RAM
  • Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:32:10 +1300

Justin Gombos wrote:
>
> BL3/Links2:
>
> It froze to the point that a cold boot was the only option.
> (BTW, on another webpage Links2 spontaneously terminated
> abnormally, so overall reliability may be poor).

How big was your swap partition?

> Conclusion:
>
> Don't even think about running graphical browser on a 486
> with 8MB RAM.

With only 8mb, you should have a 16mb swap partition.

> If anyone wants to seriously consider resurrecting a machine
> with 8MB RAM, web browsing is not a practical application.

Links (non-graphical) works fine with 8mb RAM. Graphical
browsing on 8mb RAM also works fine when the 8mb RAM machine
is used as an Xterminal.

Cheers,
Steven





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