I've been on the "Nightly" branch (8.0a1 at this writing) for the last couple of weeks (Win 7 Pro 64-bit). It's the only native 64-bit release, and crashes/hangs far less often than Firefox 4/5 ever did. I'm disappointed that Mozilla *still* won't publicly release native 64-bit binaries for Firefox, so I'll stay on the Nightly update path as long as I can. I only have 1/2 dozen add-ons, and they seem to be working fine.
Maybe someday Comcast will grace me with cable in my area...
You're kidding, right? We had Comcast DVR in Massachusetts (before we moved) and the UI sucked big time. We even lost all the programming on an 80% full disk, not a power glitch, but something else.
Not the response you were expecting....
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Network access to this
computer has been blocked pending identification of the user and the root
cause of the problem. If you have additional evidence regarding this
incident, please forward it to abuse@calpoly.edu and reference our case
number CP#199662.
First computer was 6809-based "FLEX" made by The Computerist of Chelmsford, MA. A whopping 2 MHz and 64K of DRAM. Running the OS/9 operating system. I used it to write my college essays, and my father used it for some analog design work (RF CAD). Started with a cassette tape interface before adding two 5.25" floppies. Actually re-wrote parts of the O/S I/O level drivers, and wrote a 6809 disassembler.
If I remember right, the 386SX and 486SX did not have a functional floating point processor, but there was a socket on the board for an outboard one. I don't think this ever made it to Pentium.
Many Ham Radio contesters are still using DOS to log our contest activity. At KC1XX we just retired a 486/66 MHz running DOS that had been the mainstay of our 40 meter operating position since at least 1995. We are still running DOS 6.22, but now on 90 MHz Pentium I machines. They are networked using 3COM cards, 10Base-T and DOS packet driver. These machines are plenty fast enough for us. We are concerned that too many things can go wrong using a Windows-based environment.
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I'm a fan of Cero-WRT: http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/cerowrt Works well with Netgear routers (a couple of models) and my wireless links stay up for weeks on end.
I've been on the "Nightly" branch (8.0a1 at this writing) for the last couple of weeks (Win 7 Pro 64-bit). It's the only native 64-bit release, and crashes/hangs far less often than Firefox 4/5 ever did. I'm disappointed that Mozilla *still* won't publicly release native 64-bit binaries for Firefox, so I'll stay on the Nightly update path as long as I can. I only have 1/2 dozen add-ons, and they seem to be working fine.
I use Thunderbird to access my gmail account via IMAP. The best of both worlds!
Too bad they don't have a wireless version yet.
You're kidding, right? We had Comcast DVR in Massachusetts (before we moved) and the UI sucked big time. We even lost all the programming on an 80% full disk, not a power glitch, but something else.
We have DirecTV now, and the UI is much better.
- Jim
Not the response you were expecting.... Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Network access to this computer has been blocked pending identification of the user and the root cause of the problem. If you have additional evidence regarding this incident, please forward it to abuse@calpoly.edu and reference our case number CP#199662.
I noticed a calpoly.edu address in the header, so I sent a copy of the message to abuse@calpoly.edu. Who knows whether it will matter?
Circa 1980.
First computer was 6809-based "FLEX" made by The Computerist of Chelmsford, MA. A whopping 2 MHz and 64K of DRAM. Running the OS/9 operating system. I used it to write my college essays, and my father used it for some analog design work (RF CAD). Started with a cassette tape interface before adding two 5.25" floppies. Actually re-wrote parts of the O/S I/O level drivers, and wrote a 6809 disassembler.
If I remember right, the 386SX and 486SX did not have a functional floating point processor, but there was a socket on the board for an outboard one. I don't think this ever made it to Pentium.
http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/firefox_bug_24607 8.reg
This bug was introduced in 0.9. The fix can be found here: http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/firefox_bug_24607 8.asp
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Many Ham Radio contesters are still using DOS to log our contest activity. At KC1XX we just retired a 486/66 MHz running DOS that had been the mainstay of our 40 meter operating position since at least 1995. We are still running DOS 6.22, but now on 90 MHz Pentium I machines. They are networked using 3COM cards, 10Base-T and DOS packet driver. These machines are plenty fast enough for us. We are concerned that too many things can go wrong using a Windows-based environment.
Oops, make that:
P4 2400
Someone form a team, and I'll donate 3 CPUs to the effort:
P3 866
P3 933
P4 240
- Jim