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Posted by: Mr. 680x0 on 2007-07-20 19:27:40
I'm online with my Quadra 630 via a PDS ethernet card, and just decided to stop my and say hi. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go and download ShadowIRC. 😀
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Posted by: tomlee59 on 2007-07-20 20:58:54
It's just so *fun* to surf with a 68k, isn't it? I mean, just being able to do so with such ancient machines is a kick. I have an old Plus hooked up to the 'net 24/7 just for fun. My students find it amazing that a computer that's about as old as they are can surf (ok, dog-paddle) the net. Your Quadra positively flies in comparison!
Enjoy!
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Posted by: Mr. 680x0 on 2007-07-21 05:06:12
Netscape is a bit of a pain though. 😛 I couldn't download ShadowIRC because SourceForge didn't want to load on the Quadra.
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Posted by: iMac600 on 2007-07-21 05:14:11
Netscape is a bit of a pain though. 😛 I couldn't download ShadowIRC because SourceForge didn't want to load on the Quadra. Then again, SourceForge doesn't load on much. 😉
It really needs a lot of work to bring it up to code, imho.
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Posted by: MacMan on 2007-07-21 05:33:18
Quadras are great on the internet. I've been using my Quadra 700 for internet for the last 3 weeks as part of RetroChallenge and it does the job nicely. Sites like this are OK but I've had a couple of occasions when I've needed to access modern, bloated sites and used the G4. I could quite happily ditch modern machines though and revert to using this Quadra for everything - it would probably be more productive too! 😉
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Posted by: Forrest on 2007-07-22 05:16:10
You're better off running iCab 2.9.9 on your old 68K Mac - much faster than Netscape.
http://www.icab.de/index.html
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Posted by: MacMan on 2007-07-22 09:54:25
I find iCab is good for accessing complicated sites that won't render properly in Netscape, but it does hog the CPU alot. In terms of speed, Netscape 3 is the fastest browser I've used on my Quadra 700.
Basically I use both Netscape and iCab depending on my needs.
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Posted by: TylerEss on 2007-07-22 10:28:22
Try using Netscape 2: it rocks the hizzouse!
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Posted by: Quadraman on 2007-07-22 18:46:40
My 630 (actually a Performa 631CD with upgraded 040) has a comm slot ethernet card yanked from one of my LC580's.
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Posted by: macintoshman on 2007-08-23 20:32:26
My quadra is slow on the web. 🙁
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2007-08-24 06:23:23
As is my LC475...which is why it doesn't see the net very often. 🙁 Ah well, still a great machine.
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Posted by: ianj on 2007-08-29 13:23:17
My 840AV can handle many sites capably, but it chokes on fancy stuff like eBay, etc. At the very least, it's decent for reading news and such.
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