Your video card should have at least 2 or 4 MB RAM, preferably 8.  Make sure
there is enough free space on your hard drive, 500MB should do it.  NT
handles memory much better than Win95, especially large amounts of it.
Win98 is supposed to handle memory better than 95, but we'll see.  Check
your hard drive for errors, make sure all your fans are operational.  What
kind of video card do you have?  The drivers may be causing lock-ups.  Try
and download new drivers for your video card from the manufacturers web
site.  Either that or get a Matrox Millennium II w/ 8MB RAM video card,
either AGP or PCI, depending on your motherboard.  If you have a scanner, is
it SCSI or Parallel?  If SCSI, what kind of SCSI interface card do you have.
If it's a cheap no-name one supplied with the scanner, think about buying a
better (PCI) SCSI-2 compliant card.  Adaptec is a good brand name for SCSI.
Another thing to look for is your TWAIN drivers for your scanner.  They may
actually be causing the lock-ups and just making it look like Photoshop.

Dan Dexter
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Sent:   Monday, May 25, 1998 5:45 PM
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Subject:        [PCBUILD] Digital Imaging PC

Hi,

      I am in need of some assistance in the selection of what to buy for a
digital imaging system. Photoshop 4 soon to be 5 is a major memory hog and
seems to conflict with WIN 95 all the time. I am now using a clone with 233
pentium II , 128MB RAM, 512 cache, 2.5GB Hard Drive, 128 bit video board
with
1MB VRAM. The system still locks up on a regular basis, with only Photoshop
open and working with a small-ish 20 to 30MB file with only two or three
layers. Is NT an answer? Would WIN 98 solve some of these problems? How
about
an ultra fast Hard Drive? Any help would be welcome.