>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:23 +0800
>From: "Kenny Song" <kensong@pc.jaring.my>
>
>On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:12:18 -0600 Keith Isley wrote:
>
>-----------
>>I tried Newtscape on my MP 130 using a 14.4 PC card modem....and it was
>>reeeeaaalllllyyy slow. Is that because of the modem - or do I have something
>>set wrong? The cache and related files got really big, really quick - about
>>300k after only a few web pages. It left me with about 50k in internal
>>memory. I got spooked, so I deleted the program and its storage files.
>>
>>Any suggestions, as always, are appreciated.
>>
>-----------
>If you intendto download web pages, you'll need a Card for storage. 350K
>storage will not allow you to do very much. Also, avoid downloading any
>images and set Newtscape to ignore tables. Newtscape allows you a certain
>level of control for the Cache including limiting the No. of stored pages.
>play with them to set a comfortable limit.
>
>14.4 is indeed very slow. E-Mails are fine but if you intend to surf, get
>a 28.8 at the very least.
unfortunately, if you've got a PCMCIA modem in the MP130's only slot,
there's no place to put a memory card...
I still have a 14.4 modem that I use for testing on my MP2K, so I don't
think transfer speed is the biggest problem. it sounds like you probably
have a lot of packages installed in your limited Internal store, which
probably means that 1) you don't have a lot of store left (and that's where
Newt's Cape puts pages, which still take up space, even when compressed; as
Kenny suggests, you could keep the cache small (plus avoid large pages and
graphics)); 2) you may not have a lot of heap available (each installed
package uses some) that would explain slowness in parsing/displaying the
HTML pages -- so, you might freeze packages you're not using to increase
heap a little; or you could move some of your non-internet packages to a
Card -- that would give you both more store and heap when you're using your
modem with NIE and internet apps.
Steve
weyer@kagi.com
NewtDevEnv, Newt's Cape, Sloup, Crypto,...
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/newton/index.htm
http://www.kagi.com/weyer
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