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Hello! Maybe you can help me... I have lots of questions...

I have a 486dx2 80, with 8Mb. I use Dos 6.2 and win 3.11 (and just
installed win32). I tryed win95, for ONE day, and gave up. It was much
slower than my old configuration. I think I need some more ram. Is
that so? Is 12Mb enough, or should I go straight to 16Mb? 

I'd also like to upgrade my system... (if I get some extra money!)
what should I do first? I just want a smooth running system, if this
is possible. 
Here's what I have... Nothing fancy...

- Soyo "green" Mainboard 486 pci with on board local bus IDE
controller ( I bought it as e-ide, but the manual just says ide, is
there an e-ide controller, or just the HD has to be e-ide?). With 256
cache and 2x 4Mb. Bios : Award (should IDE 32-bit transfer be enabled?
and what about ide second channel control?)

- Seagate ST3660A, 545Mb , e-ide( I bought it as e-ide, but the
specifications says fast ata-2 , is it the same as e-ide  from western
digital? Using qbench I got these results: data access time 12,7ms,
data transfer rate 1810Kb/s. Is it okay? Sometimes it seems slow. 

-Trident 9440AGI ,1Mb, pci VGA card. (What is GUI accelerator? Is it
the same as 32bit accelerator?)

- Wearnes cdd-110 double speed cd rom. I have lots of problems with
this. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it even eats
my cds. When I installed win95, I had a problem with the driver, it
got really slow. (I didn't have the new win95 driver for it).Does a
4speed improve performance substantially?

-enhance isa-bus multi-i/o card (no brand).With Uart 16550 (NS16C550).
Connected is a ...

- Best 28k8 V.34 extern modem.Sometimes it locks, specially if I don't
turn it on before the computer. It also goes crazy sometimes, hangs
off and does't dial anymore (just like NOW!)

That's it, the monitor is bad, but it works ok!

So, what do you think is ok, and what needs to be replaced or
upgraded? I am too paranoid about my system? I use lots of big wav
files ( I'm actually a musician!), photographs, some multimedia
applications, some games and of course our "old" netscape, now heavier
on my system than ever. It's mostly for fun, serious stuff only on
Word Perfect!

So That's it! Long, isn't it? Can you share a bit of your knowledge
with me? If so, please mail me at: carvalho@worldaccess.nl
I'm actually a music student, and have a "baroque cello Homepage" at:
http://www.worldaccess.nl/~carvalho/
Please drop by any time!
I have other questions about win3.11 enhaced 386 and  win32, but for
now forget it! But I'd like to LEARN more. If you like to talk...

THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!
(if you got this far anyway)

Your truly
Washington (I know it's a strange 1st name!)