Subj : Re: Slow PPP/IE with 8 MB (was: How much should I charge for fixed-pri...)
To   : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.lisp
From : rambam
Date : Wed Aug 24 2005 01:02 am

rem642b@Yahoo.Com (Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t) writes:

> > You say that you are running running System 7.5.5 on your Mac Performa.
> > There should be no problem using PPP on your system.
> 
> bar to see a different portion of that home page. Do you know how to
> get better response time with only 8 megabytes of RAM?

With system 7.5.5 8 megs should be fine for the trivial things you are trying.
I have run graphical web browsers on systems with 4 megs.

 
> > Configuring PPP is something that even a child can do.
> Only if that child has the proper set of instructions.

But you are the "experienced programmer with 20 years of experience"
And it turns out that your inability to access the internet is because you
dont know how to install software on your system !
LOL!!!

> Currently when I try to start IE from CD-ROM, it freezes the whole
> machine, requiring cold restart. 

So dont use IE
There are many other browsers.
Only idiots who are completely oblivious to security issues use IE.

I think that you should abandon any idea of working in a computer related field.
Your computer skills are abyssmal.

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Seek simplicity and mistrust it.
Alfred Whitehead

A witty saying proves nothing. 
Voltaire

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