Re: Older browsers

Or you could simply create several partitions on one drive.

Tim




----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Smith" <wahikan(at)megapathdsl.net>
To: "Andre Crane" <andre(at)terracrane.com>; <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 2:07 PM
Subject: RE: Older browsers


> To make a bit more economical test bed purchase a bay drive and as many
bay
> housings as you need. You can then use just one machine to boot into
various
> OS's and Browser combos.  For under $75.00 I was able to get five test
beds
> running on old one to three gig HDD's and a PIII 500 I had laying around.
>
> Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Andre Crane
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 8:59 PM
> To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Subject: Re: Older browsers
>
>
> I don't think that this is logical...
> It doesn't take into account all of the updated files that are placed in
the
> system or system32 folder or any other folders for that matter.  It could
> not be passed off as a fully reliable way of testing different browser
> versions.
>
> In my experience it has always been best to buy a few budget pc's, like
> 200mhz machines or celerons and then install the browser/OS combos that
you
> are building for.
>
> andre
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Armstrong" <andrew(at)wisca.co.uk>
> To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 7:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Older browsers
>
>
> > I believe that there is a way. You need to use win98lite to unpick IE
from
> > Windows, then reinstall IE to its own directory.
> >
> > I haven't tried it, so I may be mistaken, but what you have to do is
like
> > this:
> >
> > Go to http://98lite.net and download IEradicator to first remove all
> > versions of IE from your system.  Then install the full version of IE 4x
> > into its own directory (don't use the default settings), followed by IE
5x
> > the same way.  What you are effectively doing is treating IE as an
> ordinary
> > application and not an integrated application.  Just remember you cannot
> > run two instances of two different version of IE at the same time.
> >
> > This came from Kukla Fran and Ollie on this list around mid August.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <chip.wiegand(at)simrad.com>
> > To: <bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com>
> > Cc: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:59 PM
> > Subject: RE: Older browsers
> >
> >
> > >
> > > That's my experience also. I have tried to put various older versions
of
> > IE
> > > on my machine, but
> > > they always find and overwrite the current installed version. Seems no
> > > matter which partition or
> > > physical drive I install them to. Netscape let me install 5 versions
of
> it
> > > on my machine and they
> > > all work fine.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Chip
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com(at)hwg.org on 09/24/2001 05:11:39 PM
> > > Internet mail from:
> > >
> > > Sent by:  owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > >
> > > To:   hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > > cc:
> > >
> > > Subject:  RE: Older browsers
> > >
> > >
> > > It's also not possible (or at least not practical) to install an older
> > > version of IE on a computer that already has one newer than the one
you
> > are
> > > trying to install.
> > >
> > > To test backwards compatibility of IE versions, you will need several
> > > computers.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Angel One [mailto:angelone(at)angelonearth.net]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 2:01 AM
> > > To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > > Subject: Re: Older browsers
> > >
> > >     Here is the URL for Netscape:
> > > http://home.netscape.com/download/archive.html?cp=dowarc
> > >     In the past I've found I.E. is hard to find - it seems mickysoft
> > > dosen't
> > > want you to download the older versions. I've e-mailed them with no
help
> > at
> > > all. This has been a year or so ago; things may have changed........
> :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >

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