This article is adapted from a posting by Steve
Strahm to the Vintage Macs email list.
The following tips are especially aimed at the lowest low end Macs,
such as the Mac Plus, LC, Mac II, SE/30, PowerBook 100, and other
models with older, slower processors or limited memory. But some of the
hints will help anyone using a browser.
Here is a top ten list for speeding up your browser:
If you have a 68881 FPU in your Mac, replace it with a 68882. (The
only Mac to ship with a 68881 was the Mac
II.) If your Mac doesn't have an FPU but can take one (via card in
IIsi or LC), get it.
Always user 32-bit addressing, regardless of physical RAM size.
(68000-based Macs can't do this; older Macs may require Mode32
to use 32-bit addressing.)
Empty your browser cache periodically.
Set the Monitor control panel to black and white/1-bit.
Set browser not to auto-load images.
If your Mac uses system memory for video (esp. IIsi, IIci),
install a NuBus video card. Alternative: use
IIsi-RAM-Muncher to prevent the OS from using the same bank of
memory used for video.
Turn off Virtual Memory, which is excruciatingly slow on a
68030-based Mac. Get more physical memory instead. If that isn't
possible, use RAM Doubler instead of Virtual Memory.
Increase Navigator's heap size to largest possible.
Hope this helps speed your experience on the world wide web - and
happy surfing!
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