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From: Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: minimum system config?
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 09:08:49 -0500
Organization: Armstrong International Inc.
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David Moles wrote:
> Okay, engineering change: My roommate says he wants to run WWW and
> FTP off of it as well (that should be fun as we'll probably only
> have a 28.8 line) -- what else would y'all recommend? Just 16MB
> RAM and a bigger hard disk, I suppose? I really doubt it will get
> much traffic.
Depends on your WWW browser. Netscape is a real memory hog.
I tried it on a 486-33 16MB. It swapped way to much.
(no fun when the machine locks up swapping 6MB to disk)
I haven't tried any other browsers, so I can't comment if
they use less memory or not.
I upgraded the machine to 24MB, and it handles it most of the time.
32MB better yet (upgraded again).
I also upgraded to a 486-66, much better. A good video card
(accelerated) helps too. You can get an older model (still new)
accelerated video card for $100 (US) or less that works fine.
I have one that you might be able to talk me into selling. :{)
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Bruce Smith bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan 49093 USA
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