Re: Q: AppleTalk GS to MacSE

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article pubpc1@library.ucla.edu writes...

>I have to use Netscape on the PC for web browsing, though, even
>though it is slow.  If I ever get SIS on the GS, I'd bet it will
>be faster.

    Why anyone would choose to use SIS over Netscape is beyond me.
There is a misconception that SIS is a web-browser, it is not. It
is simply a GUI version of Lynx, and just like Lynx, works from a
shell account (so no PPP, no graphics, no plug-ins, no downloads,
etc, etc). I think a "Lynx super-enhancer" might describe it better.

    It is still a very vaulable tool, and I'd almost certainly be
using it now if I didn't have a PC on my desk. If you want to say
it's faster because there are no graphics to bog it down, then
turn off the graphics in Netscape (but even then Netscape is still
capable of more). SIS is neat, but a slight bit over hyped. ;)

>The Mac SE is a slow Mac, so the modem may serve an accelerated GS
>better.  BTW, I have done tests that I posted several months ago showing
>that at 9MHz, a GS is faster at most tasks than a 16MHz Mac LC.

    Heh, when I first saw the Macintosh LC, I had a IIgs with 2 MB
RAM and running 2.6 MHz. I recall my first impression was how there
wasn't much difference in speed between it and my GS. :) Better
graphics aside, the LC was a far cry from being the replacement
for the Apple IIgs that Apple had intended it to be.

>The solution?  I have the best of both worlds by using a serial
>switchbox which you can get for $10 (the rotary dial type) and
>share the modem between the two computers.

    I should find one, I usually just leave cables dangling behind my
modem, which lead to my IIc Plus, IIgs and 5x86.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca