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- From: joewald@crl.com (Joseph Waldvogel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: SS3.3 and Netscape2.0b3 - Sob!
- Date: 14 Jan 1996 01:26:13 GMT
- Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access
- Message-ID: <2007.6586T1036T1801@crl.com>
- References: <4d9eoh$kid@maureen.teleport.com>
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- X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED*
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- >Joseph Waldvogel (joewald@crl.com) wrote:
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- >: >Joseph Waldvogel (joewald@crl.com) wrote:
- >: >: Yes 2.0b4 seems to be very stable, it hasn't crashed on my YET! I'm
- >: >: using
- >: >: 16 Colors, and B&W is just toooo LAME and boring, It's SLOW on my A1200
- >: >: 030/50Mzh system, but it's Usable going WWW, using E-Mail and Newsgroup
- >: >: stuff it's just to SLOW.
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- >: > Is it the fault of the net connection? or its the video that is too slow?
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- >: > Stephan
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- >: I have a FAST 28.8K connections, thats fine, the fault is with the Video
- >: DIsplay being to SLOW. Like I said it not BAD for WWW, but anything having
- >: to do with Messages, it's just SLOW, trying to go though them all Quickly.
- >: Now if I was in B&W mode, it would be Quick for everything, But you can't
- >: see CRAP when WWW if your using the Backgroud Pictures, whre as 16 Colors
- >: you can easly read everything.
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- > If you want I can send you a preliminary driver that is pretty fast in
- > 16color. maybe 2 time the speed of external one you are using right now.
- > (If your 030 as no mmu this prelimirary version is as fast as it will go
- > so you wont need the final version)
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- >: So if I want to go WWW, need a Browser to do a lot of pages with FORMS,
- >: Netscape works great, AMosiac just Crashes all the time, and IBrowse has no
- >: Forms support right not. I'm using THOR on the Amiga for Newsgroups and E-
- >: Mail as thats what I spend most of my time on the Internet for, if I use
- >: THOR, I tie up my phone line a whole lot less even though I doesn't cost me
- >: anymore from the phone commpany or my ISP as there both Unlimited. I'm
- >: using the External VIdeo AGA driver, but I don't notice that much of a
- >: speed Incress using it.
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- > What setup did you choose for the driver?
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- > Stephan
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- I have a 50Mzh 030 with the MMU! I'm using the AGA-EVD driver in 16 colors,
- Screen mode is Multiscan:Productivity, Size 640x480 , Refresh 4, Black Border,
- Refresh Always, and Amiga Mouse pointer.
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- Is this Final version going to use the MMU?
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