[Info-vax] web browsers for VMS on ALPHA

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <4d62f944$1 at news.langstoeger.at>, peter at langstoeger.at (Peter
'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER) writes: 

> In article <RTcuQUHQUMng at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> >In article <ijuikh$loo$2 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
> >> 
> >> I thought upgrading to an XP1000 would speed it up somewhat, but it is 
> >> still slow.
> 
> You could speed it up a little by installing the images,

Done that.

> do a lot of AUTOGEN with FEEDBACK and grant yourself
> enough UAF memory resources...

Will investigate after the reboot.

> >   I don't know wht chip was in an XP1000, but I thought it was an EV4.
> 
> No, one of the fastest EV6 (EV6 500MHz or EV67 667MHz).
> 
> IIRC, only a ES40 (EV68 833MHz), a DS15 or DS25 (EV68 1GHz)
> and all EV7 (1.15GHz and 1.3GHz) are faster.
> The XP1000 is a wonderful hobbyist system...

Right.

> Remember, an XP1000 is a COMPAQ machines,
> while DEC was already or almost at EV6 before the suicide.
> 
> >   You need at least an EV5 to get decent speed in most browsers.
> 
> And enough RAM (where my/many XP1000 have 2GB)

I have 2 GB.