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| Thread ID: 41550 | 2004-01-14 20:29:00 | which os to get | Megaman (344) | Press F1 |
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| 207457 | 2004-01-15 02:47:00 | my brother ran win98 on a system like that only with the matching hard drive (2.1 & 4.3 GB) and it was puttu! Even if you added 64MB ram it would be good. The other option is linux and XFce (eh, chill?) |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 207458 | 2004-01-15 03:17:00 | well i want the computer kinda needs to be network orientated, doesnt have usb ports anyway and yes, the hard drive failed 3-4 months ago so i got a nice new 40gb seagate hard drive. i can get up to a 233mhz slot 7 amd k6 processor and probably will throw in some edo ram | Megaman (344) | ||
| 207459 | 2004-01-15 03:28:00 | hmmm... i've just found my old mothabord manual (model T15TT V 1.0B if you must know) and is says i sam have up to 256 mb ram (128mb sd ram or 256 edo ram) so i might take out my sdram module and put in 4 64mb sticks. also should i get a pentium 200/233, an amd k6 200/233 or keep my k5? | Megaman (344) | ||
| 207460 | 2004-01-15 03:39:00 | quickly! i have found on trademe an amd k6 233mhz pulled from working system for $10!!! should i get it??? | Megaman (344) | ||
| 207461 | 2004-01-15 04:09:00 | > quickly! i have found on trademe an amd k6 233mhz > pulled from working system for $10!!! should i get > it??? oh $h!t now i know why it's so cheap. the person lives in auckland and doesnt offer shipping. lucky i no a family who will shpick it up and mail it for me |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 207462 | 2004-01-15 04:15:00 | ok how about this i get an amd k6-233mhx processor take out my ram and plonk in 4x 64mb edo sticks load on windows me |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 207463 | 2004-01-15 05:40:00 | > Even if you added 64MB ram it would be good. > > The other option is linux and XFce (eh, chill?) Right on.... :D ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 207464 | 2004-01-15 05:54:00 | for everything you have listed as what you plan to use it for, NT4 is perfect. The only real PITA I find with NT4 is a lack of a device manager. Many people who have NT4 running dont have DMA enabled on their drives either... I've found that after enabling DMA on NT4 it blimmin flies! As for the "bad for games" argument - it's not like your hardware is really game worthy so it's not a concern. After installing NT4, install SP6a, then IE4 (this will give you a UI update from circa 95 to circa 98), then use dmachk to enable dma and then install whatever else you want (IE6, patches etc) |
whetu (237) | ||
| 207465 | 2004-01-15 06:00:00 | It is really not worth spending too much on your computer. Anything over 128mb is overkill for what you need. EDO memory is expensive, esp. 64mb sticks (assuming you can find any). Since you already have SDRAM stick with it, its faster (IIRC) and cheaper. Assuing you currently have a single 32mb stick, the best approach would be getting a 64mb stick (it will probably have to be a 16chip one) giving you a total of 96mb. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 207466 | 2004-01-15 06:25:00 | ok. i'll get 64mb more sdram, and windows nt 4. but will i have a problem if i have absolutly no drivers whatsoever? | Megaman (344) | ||
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