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Chris Fedde wrote:
> 
> I think it is cool that you get usefull work out of a 486.  Still
> swapping is a nightmare especially for big graphical applications
> like netscape.  I say bump the memory as much as you can.  It is
> the cheepest way to better performance for any cofiguration.  Most
> late 486 boards will take at least 64Meg ram.
> 
> I see 32Meg 72pin EDO going for a couple bucks.  And 486 motherboards
> going for $30 to $50.  Max the memory and over clock like crazy.
> 
> Maybe your experiance is different
> chris
> 
> Dutch Collins writes:
> 
>     On may 486 at 100Mz, 32Mb, KDE+netscape == Win98+netscape. However, I like
>     to crunch seti numbers, oops, netscape page faults like a M*^^%*. I need an
>     article, reference book, something, about load balancing. Maybe I can find
>     some RAM under the table but I don't think so. Icky stuff for me. Never had
>     to run the VMS system I was on.
> 
>     -d
> 
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> Chris Fedde       <cfedde@sendmail.com>
> 303 773 9134

This board can take 128Meg. Might as well go that route since I just dwwnld
WordPerfect 8 [Linux it said]. Beat me again said the computer.
-d


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