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- From: bcrwhims@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Carsten)
- Subject: *** Many important (to me) questions about OS/2 ***
- Message-ID: <BsxwvA.Eyr@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Sender: news@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:57:09 GMT
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- Hi all,
-
- I have been using OS/2 on a 386sx16 w/ 6M for a while, and I have a couple
- of observations, and some questions:
-
- - I was able to borrow 2M from a friend to see if the speed improved. It was
- a noticeable, but small improvement, but nothing that I thought was worth
- it.
-
- - I have heard recently that a fast hard-drive makes a difference. Is this
- true? In that case, I would love to replace my ridiculous 40M 27ms drive
- with a 200M, 12-15ms IDE drive. Any comments? Will this enable me to make
- better use of the extra 2M, if I upgrade to 8M?
-
- - I have a Plus hardcard w/ 100M and a cached 9ms access-time. Can I boot
- and run OS/2 off this drive (d:)?
-
- - I have been using PmComm for a bit, toying with the idea of registering
- it, but it doesn't do scripts in the pre-registered version, and I don't
- want to have to pay 89.95 to find out that their implementation stinks.
- Has anyone registered it, and how is it? Is there another shareware comm
- program out there that is a little cheaper, and as functional, and nice?
-
- - I use PmComm, and DOS ProComm before it, to log in to the computer at
- school to get mail and news, but recently I have been losing the
- connection, and had to reboot my computer, since although I could hang
- up by disconnecting the line from the computer, I couldn't get the modem to
- hang up. I am using a Zoom Sendfax 2400 modem. Does anyone have any idea
- why this is happening?
-
- - Also recently (coincidence ?), I have had to double-click _TWICE_ on some
- of the program folders on my desktop, since the first double-click only
- moves them into memory (shaded background, ie minimized). Why? Very annoying!
-
- - Does anyone know of a way to have the desktop folders minimized (as opposed
- to not loaded) upon bootup? This would be very nice, having such a slow
- computer. I _am_ going to get a 486-33+ motherboard sometime, but I have
- no cash yet, and it sound like RAM and a fast hard-drive are more effective
- in any case (as long as I don't run extremely processor intensive apps all
- the time).
-
- - How fast does the memory have to be on a 486-50? 60ns? 50ns?
- On a 486-33? DX-2 25/50? DX-2 33/66?
-
- - Does EISA make any difference to the general performance under OS/2?
-
- If anyone knows the answers to any of these questions, I would really
- appreciate an answer, preferably by mail, but posting is ok. Thanks very much.
-
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- Carsten Whimster Absurdity is the result of people demanding
- bcrwhims@cayley.waterloo.edu meaning from a world which has none. Camus.
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