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 Collegeville, MN 56321 Listowner priest-l, deacon-l, osb-l