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Classilla 9.1
While I haven't run Classilla on a 601 (as all of mine are in storage,) there is no technical reason why it would not work on a 601 (well, not NOW, anyway; which is why CHC posted his latest post.) And Classilla will also (I can confirm,) run just fine on 8.6.
PowerPup, I appreciate it but actually I'm pretty sure that configuration will run even if I have to deprecate 601s. The only system I'm slightly worried about is the 7200 because I don't know enough about how the upgrade card works, though I imagine Sonnet has it covered.
That said, there are some other problems emerging with me porting TraceMonkey (not least of which being the source code is heavily gcc centric and the code generator needs quite a lot of rewriting for CodeWarrior). I'm pretty sure I can do it but I'm also pretty sure I don't want to do it right now.
And, today, I heard from someone using a IIci and a 601/66 to run Classilla. He has 96MB RAM installed and describes it as pokey, but useable. Now that is hardcore. 8-o
So I'm pretty much thinking I'm going to stick with SpiderMonkey for 9.2 and 9.2.1-9.2.2. When I go back to JavaScript, probably sometime after the 9.3 layout update, we'll have to take up this matter again. I've had a few suggestions to use mfrtcl/mfrtcu instead, though I am not sure how well that will work (it's ns resolution, but mftb/mftbu is cycle resolution, and I don't know how much precision is needed). I also have to confess I don't fully understand how TraceMonkey's code generator works, and there are many bigger fish to fry now that I at least have SpiderMonkey running in Classilla.
Still, anybody using a 601 (a 68K with a 601 or an x100/7200/7500) for this is definitely invited to post here so I can hear about it.
That said, there are some other problems emerging with me porting TraceMonkey (not least of which being the source code is heavily gcc centric and the code generator needs quite a lot of rewriting for CodeWarrior). I'm pretty sure I can do it but I'm also pretty sure I don't want to do it right now.
And, today, I heard from someone using a IIci and a 601/66 to run Classilla. He has 96MB RAM installed and describes it as pokey, but useable. Now that is hardcore. 8-o
So I'm pretty much thinking I'm going to stick with SpiderMonkey for 9.2 and 9.2.1-9.2.2. When I go back to JavaScript, probably sometime after the 9.3 layout update, we'll have to take up this matter again. I've had a few suggestions to use mfrtcl/mfrtcu instead, though I am not sure how well that will work (it's ns resolution, but mftb/mftbu is cycle resolution, and I don't know how much precision is needed). I also have to confess I don't fully understand how TraceMonkey's code generator works, and there are many bigger fish to fry now that I at least have SpiderMonkey running in Classilla.
Still, anybody using a 601 (a 68K with a 601 or an x100/7200/7500) for this is definitely invited to post here so I can hear about it.
File Under the 'just because I could' category:
Classilla 9.1 on a Powerbook 5300c/100 with 64mb RAM
Slow but it works. Using wifi on a WAVELAN.
Thats one project completed.
Classilla 9.1 on a Powerbook 5300c/100 with 64mb RAM
Slow but it works. Using wifi on a WAVELAN.
Thats one project completed.
Wow, I have to congratulate them. I wish I could get it on my 6100/66, but I think it only had 16MB/32MB RAM and is currently running 7.6 which I wouldn't install over even if I had a Mac OS 8 install disc as then I'd want a 7.6 disc. It's got Netscape 4.08 and IE 4 I think.
Anyone have any suggestions on the possibility of inexpensively sourcing a new SCSI cdrom for the 6100 (2x/4x? can it go any higher?) ? The one I have doesn't seem to work. The drive churns audibly, but won't eject the tray. Either that, or some suggestions on possible solutions to fix it? It'd be nice if it had a working drive, not that I have any computers that can natively burn mac compatible cds.
I'll fire my 6115 up and see how it goes. I've got still got the stock 60MHz PPC in there, but I upgraded it to 72MB of RAM.
FWIW, I'm posting this from a Performa 6214 with 48MB ram running OS8.5, from Classzilla. 'Pokey' is probably a good word for it, but it does the job better than most alternatives. Some keystrokes are lost as I type this, when I type too quickly or too far ahead. The auto quote stuff didn't work for me either. But other than that it seems ok.
Rob
When 9.2 comes out, we'll have to see how well it works then (it'll still be 601 compatible). Thanks for the test data point. 
@nathan
Its not cheap, and I recon u can do better, but here is one . . .
http://www.cloud9tech.com/
scsi cdrom under hardware
Its not cheap, and I recon u can do better, but here is one . . .
http://www.cloud9tech.com/
scsi cdrom under hardware
@powerpup
So If my pismo didnt have afunctional clockbattery, would my cache not work?
So If my pismo didnt have afunctional clockbattery, would my cache not work?
Only if your pismo has an upgrade card in it, then it might not enable the L2 cache on the upgrade card. At least that's what my PowerMac 6100 is doing. 
I don't remember if I ever mentioned it. But I seem to remember trying Classilla on a PB5300 with Mac OS 8.1. Little buggy, but it worked. Really slow cause I was going through Appletalk. (The printer port.)
I don't remember if I ever mentioned it. But I seem to remember trying Classilla on a PB5300 with Mac OS 8.1. Little buggy, but it worked. Really slow cause I was going through Appletalk. (The printer port.)
Test post from Classilla 9.2 on a PowerBook 1400+G3/466. :rambo: