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  • From: Jon Svendsen <jon-sven AT frisurf.no>
  • To: Phil/CERisE/KG6MBQ <cerise AT littlegreenmen.armory.com>
  • Cc: sm-discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Smallest Source Mage
  • Date: 30 Jul 2002 09:18:49 +0200

On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 09:35, Phil/CERisE/KG6MBQ wrote:
> Jon Svendsen said:
> > > You have a needlessly low opinion of pre-pentium x86s.
> > Not really. I know from personal exactly how poorly some of the more
> > intensive stuff works on early post-pentium x86s, because I run one as
> > my primary router. The _only_ thing that keeps it above water is the
> > fact that it has plenty of disk. (Ok, so I _do_ assume that running on a
> > 486 would suck more, but I think that's fair ;))
> Then you really ought to try putting more RAM in. Don't blame a
> perfectly good processor when it's RAM you require.

I'm fully aware of that. It has 16 (or 24? now i don't remember) megs of
RAM, and it could definitely use some more. The _box we are talking
about_ though, was specifically an 8mb ram, 700mb disk system. As I have
stated repeatedly, that was my main reason for not giving a very
optimistic prediction of the outcome of this project.





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