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- From: djhoward@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu (howard daniel joseph)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Info on "Voyager"
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 02:56:07 GMT
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- Dan J. Fraser (dfraser@mother.com) wrote:
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- : In article <4egd57$rnp@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> djhoward@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu (howard daniel joseph) writes:
- : > MUI3.2 is being especially written/optimised to run on a 2M A1200.
-
- : I can imagine MUI running just fine on a 2MB machine. But other software
- : running at the SAME TIME? Hmm, that'll be a close call.
-
- You're forgetting something here.
-
- This isn't aimed at power users.
-
- And by power user, I mean people who think they could keep track
- of more than one program at a time ...
-
- Also, the 1200+ or whatever is in development, and can hopefully
- replace the A1200.
-
- You got a better solution?
-
- This is targeted at people who just wanna surf really, and those
- crazy Amiga people who will likely expand as quickly as they can afford
- but can't wait for the 1200+ :)
-
- : Also, to buffer even some of the simplest WEB pages in RAM for effecient
- : scrolling will take nearly 512 kilobytes. Even AWeb, which is quite
- : effecient requires nearly this much space.
-
- 512k sys + 512k buffer on browser, +256k network overhead leaves
- ~600k free, enough to run AmIRC or so ...
-
- Also bear in mind, a lot of people will be using TV screens, not
- much resolution or crowded Workbenches. This pack, is in essence, to
- networking what the A500 was to games. :) The cheapest computer out
- there, but cramped for "power users" :)
-
- : Unless Voyager/BlazeBrowse/Mindwaker/whatever has some sort of virtual
- : memory support for low memory situations, it won't be a viable solution in
- : 2MB.
-
- watch out! It's got a harddrive ... I'm sure MindWalker isn't
- this advanced yet. It's still learning HTML I hear ...
-
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