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Article #1Optimizing 386SX-16's for Windows
From: Majeed Goldrick
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 21:13
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 21:13
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Hi everyone, I am doing a bit of work for an office with a bunch of 386SX 16MHz machines. They are using monochrome monitors (!!!).I would like to get them going on some Windows applications, but it would seem to me that this would be extremely slow in the current setup. The question is - how can I optimize these machines for Windows at a reasonable price. Do I: 1) Buy new vga/svga cards/monitors for them - how much faster would this make them? 2) Add lots of ram (would RAM + a Cache be a good way to go?) 3) Invest in coprocessors? 4) Try something else (suggestions anyone???), or 5) Give up and go home? Please keep in mind that cost IS a factor. I would appreciate hearing what your opinions are - if there is sufficient interest (ie. if this question isn't too trivial) I'll summarize on le net. Later, Majeed.
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Newsgroups: comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ubc-cs!utcsri!torn!csd.unb.ca!morgan.ucs.mun.ca!nstn.ns.ca!cs.dal.ca!ug.cs.dal.ca!goldrick From: goldrick@ug.cs.dal.ca (Majeed Goldrick) Subject: Optimizing 386SX-16's for Windows Message-ID: <Bsu89r.3K6@cs.dal.ca> Sender: usenet@cs.dal.ca (USENET News) Nntp-Posting-Host: ug.cs.dal.ca Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada Distribution: na Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 21:13:02 GMT Lines: 28