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Re: mpeg viewers - what works??

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From: Dave
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 00:00
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In article: <629774254wnr@skerton.demon.co.uk>  "C:NOSSPOOLMAIL" 
<mark@skerton.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> I have a fairly basic 486 sx25 equiped with a lowly 4 megs of ram, 
> SVGA,sound blaster 16 board and windows 3.11. Despite several attempts 
> to install mpeg viewers on my system - none work!
> 
> I suspect that I haven't got enough ram memory to view the files!
> 
> Can anyone tell me if this is the case?
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to install a viewer that will work
> -- 
> regards

VMPEG appears to work satisfactorily (on my m/c - 486sx33 with 8Mb)  - look 
for it in Lycos. From the readme that came with it:

2. Requirements
===============

    - '386 (or better) processor
    - 4 MB RAM (8 MB recommended)
    - VGA or Super VGA
    - Windows 3.1 or Windows 95

-- 
Dave
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