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  2. From: gordy@endor.uucp (Robert Gordy)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
  4. Subject: Re: Best setup for 16MB RAM?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep9.213600.18715@das.harvard.edu>
  6. Date: 9 Sep 92 21:36:00 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: das.1992Sep9.213600.18715
  8. References: <92253.092335CBD106@psuvm.psu.edu>
  9. Sender: usenet@das.harvard.edu (Network News)
  10. Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University
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  13. In article <92253.092335CBD106@psuvm.psu.edu> CBD106@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
  14. >I need a little bit of help.  I have a 486/50 with 16 MB of RAM.  I would like
  15. >some suggestions on what the optimal distribution of memory for windows 3.1 and
  16. > my other programs (datacad,winword 2.0, etc...) should be.
  17. >
  18. >                                              Thanks,
  19. >                                              Craig
  20.  
  21. I basically have the same set up.  I recommend that you don't
  22. use a swapfile.  I've heard that it slows things down considerably.
  23. Other than that, I don't have any good ideas, although I'd like
  24. to hear what you find out (ie. post a summary).
  25.  
  26. Rob Gordy
  27.