hello Andrew,thanks for your imformative reply.will take your advice and consider all opsions.Alan At 02:21 PM 11/11/05 -0000, you wrote: > >Hi, > >Be careful, you will need to ensure that you get the right RAM for the >mobo and also that you get a supported hard drive (some older >motherboards had size limits on the hard drives they supported). > >Ram probably go up to 128mb, 256mb maximum. >HDD 20 gb is probably fine. > >However I really don't think it is worth doing. > >Andrew. > >-----Original Message----- >From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf >Of Alan Pollard >Sent: 10 November 2005 09:07 >To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [access-uk] win 98 and p2 upgrade. > > hello list members, I >am at present putting up with a very outdated >machine .a p2 with only the originall allicated low level of ram, >plus >just a 2 and a half gig hard drive,with Win 98.My querie is,waht would >be >the maximum amount of ram and what size hard drive could the P 2 system >handle still useing Win 98 S E?.I understand that both Ram,and hard >drive >capacity are quite cheap now days.I just want to compare the >approximate >upgrade costs with moving up to a more modern system!.Thanks in >advance.Alan. > > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.6 - Release Date: 12/5/04 > > >** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >** and in the Subject line type >** unsubscribe >** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >** immediately-following link:- >** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >** or send a message, to >** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > >** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >** and in the Subject line type >** unsubscribe >** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >** immediately-following link:- >** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >** or send a message, to >** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.6 - Release Date: 12/5/04 > > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.6 - Release Date: 12/5/04 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq