on 5/15/05 2:30 PM, PCI PowerMacs at [email protected] wrote:
> > From: "DaveP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PCI] 5500 and internet problems > Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 23:12:01 -0400 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I run I-Cab on my 5500 and I don't think I've ever hit a site that > didn't work... Best of all, the virus and pop-up attempts bounce off > like a softball hitting my Saturn... It's great having a reliable > computer sitting next to my PC... :) > > DaveP in Ohio > Quadra 650/PowerMac 5400/PowerMac 5500 and way too many PCs... > > -----Original Message----- > From: PCI PowerMacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Geneva G. Evans > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:55 PM > To: PCI PowerMacs > Anyway, if you find a workable answer, please post it. I am convinced > that the biggest part of the problem is with Internet Explorer. Ginny > >> Hi All, >> I have a powermac 5500 running os 9.1. It has a Newertech G3 upgrade >> in the cache slot. It often has trouble surfing the Internet. >> Sometimes when I go to a website, Internet Explorer pops up an error >> saying that the URL can't be found (and this happened a few times with > >> www.google.com and other popular sites. The network is fine. Any >> ideas? I know little about pre-OS X Macs. Thanks. Anthony Many sites seem to be "graduating" these days to "supporting" only the latest browsers, which doesn't include IE 5.x on the Mac (or on Win, apparently, either). Sbcglobal.com has a message on their portal page stating portentiously that IE 5 is too old & 1 should consider upgrading. IE & NS 4.x don't work at all there; their JavaScript is too old. As was suggested, iCab might be an answer to your problems, but their Style Sheet treatment are not up to today's standards yet. I have run the fairly bug-free WaMCom Mozilla 1.3.1 successfully on a 6500, cousin to your 5500, but the performance is, shall we say, lackluster. Opera 6 is another possibility. In a way all this is good, because a lot of nonstandard, mostly M$-proprietary code out on the Web is going to be re-written. But it leaves older machines & OSes out in the cold. -- Bill Art page: <http://geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
