I too have a 486/100 (Gold Star LG486EL)with win98 2nd ed and 32k and only
1gig and it to works smooth and reliable but slow. No problems at all except
scratchy audio and flaky video but then I don't have any video memory as the
sockets are empty which is my next project.
----- Original Message -----
From: Le Dong Phuong <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Win 98 Problem


> >
> >32 mb ram is not enough for 98.  It was marginal for 95.  Go to at least
64
> mb,
> >and better yet 128 mb.
>
> No.  That not true.  Curently I'm running 98SE on an old 486DX4-100 ­with
> 16MB RAM and a 2.5G HDD (no PCI).  On top of Win98SE I'm having Office97 +
> SPSS 7.  Things goes smoothly excerpt sloooooooooow.
>
> May be the problem was Office 2000.  That is very demanding.
>
> Le Dong Phuong
> Hanoi VIETNAM
>
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