Re: Netscape works under EM86

[wim bakker <wbakker siteways nl>]

Gary A. Allen wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> In an earlier E-mail I mentioned that I could get the Linux/386 version of
> Netscape to start from the EM86 emulator.  Unfortunately Netscape kept
> respawning until it bogged the machine thus  requiring a Killall.  Fortunately
> Larry Zimmerman sent out a script to the user group that he claimed would
> fix this problem.  I tried his script and it works!
> 
>                      My thanks to Larry Zimmerman!
> 
> Anyway the good news is that Netscape works under EM86.  The bad news is EM86
> is **slow**.  Even with a fast chip like the Alpha, 80x86 emulation really
> eats up the CPU time.  Also I suspect the Maxtron Millenium card that I'm
> using is relatively slow compared to the Silicon Graphics machines that I'm
> used to (SGI boxes have the fastest graphics cards).  I'm looking forward to
> someone hacking out a Linux/Alpha version a Netscape.
> 
> What's a good graphics card for an Alpha/Linux 164LX box for doing real time
> solid 3-D manipulations, i.e. Plot3d, TecPlot, CAD work?
> 
>                                  Gary Allen
> 
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which version of netscape you use, would you mind sending the script to
me?

t.i.a.