-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Old computer question
- From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 01:45:47 -0500
That computer should run Windows 95 and access the internet. Will it be=
fast? No! It will also occasionally lock up. I've run similar machines=
on 95. You need 8 Mb RAM to run it, 16 will work fairly well, 32 will=
make it about as good as you can reasonably expect. 8 is very iffy and=
causes lots of problems. If the HD is small, then it may not run, 'cause=
if you don't have RAM, you need a huge swap file. With a small and/or=
slow hard drive it won't be much fun.
DOS would be a bear to set up for internet access. Win 3.1 won't be a=
peach, but it will work. You'll have to dig around for a copy of Trumpet=
Winsock. You could maybe find 3.1 on ebay or maybe a neighborhood geek.=
I just gave away my copy about a year ago. I'm about ready to give away=
my 95 as well, because nothing I have anymore needs it and a friend of=
mine has a similar machine. It works on his with 8 Mb of RAM and a 300 Mb=
HD. Doesn't work pretty, but it works.
The best use for that machine would be a DOS or Linux box...or maybe a dumb=
terminal on a network. I have one that runs crappy DOS games for my 6 and=
7 year old kids. They can't hurt it and they have fun.
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On 10/17/2002 at 11:23 PM a whisper was heard, and the one known as Jo Ann=
Weaver was rumoured to have uttered....
| I'm sure he couldn't handle Dos. I've been using
| Windows for two years an=3D
| d
| Dos is still greek to me, and I'm the one who has to teach him
| the basics=3D
| =3D2E=3D0D
| Jo Ann=3D0D
| =3D0D
| =3D0D
| =3D0D
| =3D0D
| =3D0D
| This is not what you want to hear, but could that man use just
| a Dos syst=3D
| em =3D0D
| or a 3.1 Windows? (I don't like to suggest Windows 3.1, but if
| it solves =3D
| a =3D0D
| problem then it might be worthwhile. Where would you get it, I
| wonder?)=3D0D
| =3D0D
| Robert=3D0D
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