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In message <ant1709591cbVbXX@crespo.demon.co.uk>
          Dave Santorum <davesH@ESspam.crespo.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <6d56a83748%glenn@squirrel-net.demon.co.uk>, Glenn Richards
> <URL:mailto:glenn@squirrel-net.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > In message <353122a8.41107183@news.demon.co.uk>
> >           paul@nospam.zero-g.demon.co.uk (Paul) wrote:
> > 
> > > Here's the situation: my kids have an A3010 (2Mb). I have a spare 2.5"
> > > HDD (250Mb Quantum Daytona) after a recent laptop upgrade, and also a
> > > spare external 28.8 modem.
> > 
> > Right, you might actually find that the serial port on an A3010 is a bit on
> > the lame side for Internet usage.
> 
> hmmm, downloading seems fine, rendering of web pages is another matter...
> News/mail etc are OK and *seemed* to be the same at 19200 on the A3010
> as at 57600 on a PC 486/75 laptop. Using a proxy for browsing obviously 
> improves matters there too.
> But, you will need at least 4Mb for most stuff.

You *can* run news and mail on 1 Mbyte and no hard disc.  I've done
it.  IRC too.  But you won't enjoy it at all.  On 2 Mbytes and, in
my case, a Zip drive (with the Alsystems drivers, if you don't like
pain) it's a bit easier, and you can *almost* run a web browser.

I don't *think* you can run Internet 4 on an ARM250.  I've run
Internet 5, and while it's a bit of a fiddle (boot off a floppy
load new !Boot, etc, etc, strip down to get rid of memory-eating
modules etc.), it *does* work.

I'd recommend ArmTCP as your dialler, it works well and doesn't
use much memory.

As apps, you can just about manage Newsbase in 2 Mbytes, and I
wouldn't be without Zap 1.35 (it is so much smaller than the latest 
versions!) when dealing with the A3010.

IRC is easy in 2 Mbytes.  POP and NewsHound run fine, as does 
Messenger.

ArcWeb fits into 2Mbytes, at least in early versions.

As for other stuff, I suggest you try it and see.

kira.

-- 
Kira L. Brown.  Testing Zap 1.39.  Brave or what?
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