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- From: wahlmann@banach.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann (pg262))
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: 15 Apr 1996 13:20:59 GMT
- Organization: CS Department, Dortmund University, Germany
- Sender: wahlmann@informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann (pg262))
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- In article <316dcfdd.13692650@news.onramp.net>, dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com (David Corn) writes:
- |> On 10 Apr 1996 14:46:33 GMT,
- |> wahlmann@banach.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Juergen Wahlmann (pg262))
- |> wrote:
- |> >We got Win95 running on a 486DX66 with 8MB, EIDE hd, double speed CDROM and a VL
- |> >bus gfx card (don't know it's type).
- |>
- |> I would spend $110 or so on an 8M SIMM (or 2 4M SIMMs, for $120 or so
- |> total). Aside from that, I'd make sure the VL card is a good one; if
- |> not, I'd buy a Stealth64 VRAM (or DRAM if you stick to lower
- |> resolutions and fewer colors). I would never touch the CDROM unless
- |> you need it for continual-access games (only). The processor /
- |> motherboard could be upgraded for cheap if you -really- wanted to, but
- |> for now I don't think there's a business reason for it. Sure, a P120
- |> will be faster, and it's inexpensive these days, but in a few months
- |> or a year it will be even cheaper and you can upgrade then if you
- |> decide you really want to.
- |>
- |> Summary: RAM. That's all I'd worry about now if you believe it's so
- |> slow. I'd also ascertain the PERFORMANCE option is fine (that it
- |> isn't telling you anything is wrong with your machine.)
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- Thanks for the advice. I'll tell it to my cousing.
-
- Juergen.
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