seabass1858
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im thinking of using a pentium mmx to start an internet 3.1 project. what all would you recomend for this. remember windows 3.1 and opera 3.64. would it work effectively to access the internet.
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Chuck(G)
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You're wasting your time using a 32-bit CPU to run a 16-bit OS that loads a 32-bit OS/DPMI server to run a 32-bit browser.
I don't even think that early versions of NCSA Mosaic used a 16-bit base, but loaded WIN32S.
You might be much better off with very contemporaneous 32-bit operating systems. Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0, OS/2, Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/386 and others.
I don't even think that early versions of NCSA Mosaic used a 16-bit base, but loaded WIN32S.
You might be much better off with very contemporaneous 32-bit operating systems. Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0, OS/2, Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/386 and others.
Caluser2000
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Whats the machine specs? There'd be a lot of page loading errors I'd imagine. NT 4.0 and Firefox 3 would be a lot better. What else do you intend to do with the machine? Run dos and Win3.1 apps? You can duel boot to dos/win3.1 if needed. Whats the machine specs?
Edit- I see your having success in the other thread.
Edit- I see your having success in the other thread.
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Opera 3.62 (I was unaware of 3.64 if it wasn't a typo) works pretty well for the modern web still, rendering maybe 20% of pages fine, and 30-40% usably - with knowledge of HTML you can navigate 80% of pages or so, but that involves reading the source for links and then pasting them in. The runner-up would be IE5 for compatibility, and while it renders some things better, it's highly crash-prone when it finds something it doesn't like, whereas Opera will generally keep going.
Arachne is the best DOS-based browser, being compliant with most modern standards, but that's not Win3x.
As for using a Pentium to run Win3x - perfectly reasonable to me - there's 16-bit Win3x apps that benefit strongly from a Pentium, like Zombie Wars, so it's not unreasonable.
Arachne is the best DOS-based browser, being compliant with most modern standards, but that's not Win3x.
As for using a Pentium to run Win3x - perfectly reasonable to me - there's 16-bit Win3x apps that benefit strongly from a Pentium, like Zombie Wars, so it's not unreasonable.
seabass1858
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win 3.1 project
I like your answer and opera seems to do everything i ask it to do. no problems except for video streaming which i knew would happen but as far as checking emails and browsing the web it is perfictly fine the specs are pmmx 166mhz 48mb, 4mb pci video 1.7gb scsi.
I like your answer and opera seems to do everything i ask it to do. no problems except for video streaming which i knew would happen but as far as checking emails and browsing the web it is perfictly fine the specs are pmmx 166mhz 48mb, 4mb pci video 1.7gb scsi.