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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> I looked at the system requirements for Abiword.  Pentium preferred but not 
> required.  16MB RAM.  No mention of needing 15-bit or more color.  So I wrote 
> the author asking if he could support 4-bit or 1-bit color.
> It is available also for Win95B.
>
> Why does a wordprocessor need 16MB RAM?  Steven, have you tried it with less 
> RAM?  I may experiment (mem=12MB when using loadlin?).  The laptop computer I 
> was going to use with BL3 (and possibly Abiword if it can be made to work 
> with fewer colors) has 12MB RAM.
> Sindi
> _______________________________________________

I tried (with mem=8M after zimage in hd.bat) 8MB and 12MB RAM, Xvesa and 
Abiword, no swap file (don't normally need one with 128MB RAM).

In 12MB Abiword runs slightly slower.
In 8MB it is not usable but does not crash.  About 15 sec for each 
character to appear onscreen.  Lots of hard drive noises.  Would a swap 
file reduce the amount of swapping to hard drive?

Why does a wordprocessor need 12MB of RAM?  What is it doing that is so 
much more memory intensive than a text editor?  I was just typing text.

Both 800 and 640 resolution (15 bit color) had the same results.  Maybe 
fewer colors would help.  Maybe running it without a window manager would 
save some RAM?