Why is it that ...

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Tue Nov 28 22:49:31 2000

> Yes the lack of JAVA, frames, no cookies and Activex stuff does limits
> sites available and more every day. I'd think JAVA would not be that
> bad on a smaller CPU tough it may be slow. After all it's not that much
> different than running UCSD PASCAL (P-system) P-code on z80 or
> 6502!
>
> Allison

One of these days I'd really like to play with a UCSD PASCAL system, largely
to get a feel of how well it worked. From what I've heard getting any kind
of Java running on a 68k based system is a problem (have we got anyone still
active with Amiga's around, they'd have a better idea). That tells me that
a 486 or lower won't really be able to cut it when it comes to JAVA.

It does make you wonder what Sun's minimum requirements for Java is on thier
machines.

Wait a minute.... I think I had Java running on my PowerBook 520c back in
'95 or '96, and it's a 68LC040 based system, so I guess at least a 68040 or
486 based system probably can do Java. At least on a supported OS (which is
the real problem).

                Zane
Received on Tue Nov 28 2000 - 22:49:31 GMT