Another topic that does not belong on this list:
 
 
>Ingrid H. Shafer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> The performance of Netscape seems to depend on the version and on
>> the system on which it is installed. When I run it on from my home
>> in Windows 3.1 on a 486/33 IBM Thinkpad with 8megs RAM I have no
>> problems whatsoever (plus a 28,800 modem); when I use the university
>> system with a workstation networked to a VAX and Ethernet I have to
>> reboot several times an hour.
>
>It also depends on the OS. I run it for weeks at a time on a Mac
>networked to a Vax via ethernet with no problem. Windown 95 seems to
>handle resources better then 3.x, and both Netscape and ethernet are
>resource eater.  Here at UMass we're having a lot of problems with
>Netscape on PCs.
>
>Pressing the Back button retrieves a page from the cache, so hard drive
>problems could also be an issue.
 
Thomas Thole
St. John's University
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