Re: Anyone have success running Arachnid (IIGS Web Browser)

[Brian <bpicchi@gmail.com>]

On Feb 16, 1:16 pm, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> > Kim Howe authored the program and has recently released it as
> > freeware.  You can find it here:http://a2central.com/author/mmaginnis/
>
> > As soon as I open the application, it crashes my machine (freezes
> > it).  It also crashes on Kegs emulator.  Anyone have any luck running
> > it and if so, what's the secret.  I have Marinetti running.
>
> Yes, I have run both PR1 and PR3, but only on real hardware- a ROM 3 IIgs
> with 2 MB RAM and no accelerator.
>
> I recommend PR3, since it removes the requirement for an HTTP proxy.
>
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I'm using PR3, directly from http://members.optusnet.com.au/appleiigs/arachnid.html

The fact it happens immediately at start up every time (in both
emulation and on a real machine) indicates it's the program, but maybe
it's a coincidence.  I wonder if there's a difference between this PR3
and the one previous sold by Syndicomm.