DOS ain't dead - DR-Webspyder Install Problem

DR-Webspyder Install Problem (Users)

posted by jwells222, 24.09.2011, 22:44

> > > Just go to google news....Arachne takes about one minute to render the
> > page.
> >
> > Just did that. 4 seconds.
>
> Not me. Slow as molasses. Using version a195gpl under PC DOS 2000. Are
> there any particular settings you have that enable that kind of speed?
> When I do a google search, Arachne is fast enough in returning a result.
> However, going to the website is significantly slower, especially on
> highlyformatted pages and pages with lots of images, like google news. It
> literally takes about a minute for the page to fully download (i.e. the
> messages about verifying images, etc. in the lower left hand corner stops).
> I suppose I could turn off the inline images in setup, but I might as well
> get a text browser. According to mem, it says have 550k in available
> memory to run programs, so I don't think that's the problem. In
> config.sys, himem.sys is installed and EMM386.exe is set to noems. Have
> 4GB's of physical memory. Any ideas as to what could be the problem?

So, I unchecked "auto download inline images" in preferences. Much
faster, certainly acceptable. Some images of course don't show, but it is a compromise worth
making.

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DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 23.09.2011, 05:45 (Users)
- DR-Webspyder Install Problem - ron, 23.09.2011, 06:28
  - DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 24.09.2011, 03:34
    - DR-Webspyder Install Problem - ron, 24.09.2011, 06:25
    - DR-Webspyder Install Problem - ron, 24.09.2011, 06:34
      - DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 24.09.2011, 20:48
        DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 24.09.2011, 22:44
        DR-Webspyder Install Problem - RayeR, 25.09.2011, 02:45
        DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 25.09.2011, 17:11
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        DR-Webspyder 2.5.a - RayeR, 12.10.2011, 02:56
        DR-Webspyder 2.5.a - glennmcc, 13.10.2011, 02:04
        DR-Webspyder Install Problem - glennmcc, 26.09.2011, 06:16
        DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 27.09.2011, 06:35
        DR-Webspyder Install Problem - ron, 27.09.2011, 07:25