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Classilla 9.3.2
Posted by: ClassicHasClass on 2013-01-11 12:08:50
Except if you *have* enough RAM, they won't be paged out...
That assumes that the classic VM system is at all logical. Why take the risk? We already know that classic VM is not a typical demand-page system and that loads are non-determinative. So if you have the RAM, why not get around that problem completely?

Besides, you don't get those pages for free. First there's the overhead of VM itself -- with it disabled, the nanokernel turns all loads and stores into direct access. The VM system ages all memory pages using an LRU algorithm every eighth page fault (this got better in 7.5.5, but still occurs in OS 9; see TN 1069), which gets worse as memory increases, and VM uses up file descriptors and disk cache for its data fork loading. There is also maintenance of the backing store which must occur even if nothing is being paged out, and the backing store still exists and is serviced even in the 1MB "file mapping only" VM mode, even though the store is itself not used for the code fragment mapping. None of this happens with VM disabled; it's all real memory and there is no abstraction or overhead.

In fairness, OS 9 did substantially improve code fragment mapping, and OS 9 even has SPIs for letting the app itself control it, but you get this even with VM off. So there's even less of a reason to take the hit.
Posted by: markyb86 on 2013-05-16 22:27:03
I'm having a bit of an issue after swapping hard drives. I formatted this guy and copied my older slower HDD to it.

Everything seems to work fine, except classilla. I was using a custom theme so that might be what is screwing it up.

Is there a way to trash my preferences and start clean?

(I've already trashed the Classilla folder, along with the Mozilla DB I found under prefs, but I don't know where else to look)

Thanks guys.

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Posted by: Dimitris1980 on 2013-12-22 02:28:15
Hello,

i just downloaded classilla 9.3.2 and until now is working great. My system (which i am using it right now) is:

Performa 6116 at 60 mhz with sonnet G3 at 500 mhz installed

136 mb ram

Mac OS 8.1 & 9.0

A pds video card with 1 mb of ram

Macintosh Color Display with 640x480 resolution

Apple M3501 keyboard

Macally adb mouse.

The only problem is that the Greek fonts (i live in Athens, Greece) don't appear correctly. I tried all greek character encodings with no success. Is there a solution for this? Also, is there a way to install greek language and with some key combination to change from one language to another? And finally, is there a way to play youtube videos on this computer system?
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