Subj : Re: Slow PPP/IE with 8 MB To : comp.programming,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.lisp From : Ulrich Hobelmann Date : Wed Aug 24 2005 11:47 am Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t wrote: >> From: >> 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. > > With only 8 megabytes of RAM, and not just a simple test/echo loop but > actual useful software: InterNet Explorer / Mail And News > When I tried that in 1998, it took 20 minutes just to download the home > page of AT&T WorldNet, and 5 minutes each time I clicked on the scroll > 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? In 1998 some people were using P2s running at 300 MHz with 32MB RAM or more. Those machines are now considered garbage by most. *Nobody* buys them, because you can get better (used) machines that are even more quiet, several times as fast, and that still cost less than $200. Go find a decent, old machine that works and sell you Mac to the museum. -- I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. Dogbert .