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to: Mike Powell
from: Charles Scaglione
date: 2003-05-18 16:26:00
subject: WinXP and 98SE question

MIKE POWELL wrote to ALL 

MP>Will Win98SE install and run comfortably on a Pentium 120 with 32 MB
MP>RAM? This will not be a "heavy-duty" system.  It currently runs
MP>MS-DOS 6.22 with Desqview (remember that relic?).  As configured, I
MP>cannot load the DOS MS Networking drivers and have enough memory to
MP>run some of my DOS apps under DV.  I am figuring that I will be able
MP>to network better with my main Win system without having to reboot to
MP>lose the Network TSRs.

MP>Also, will Arachne run under Win9x in a DOS window with a
MP>non-Winmodem? If not, will it run if I restart in DOS mode?

MP>Finally, will WinXP install and run confortably on a Pentium-MMX 200
MP>with 96MB RAM?  If not, will it run with 128MB  or higher?

You can get 98SE to run with 32mb on a P-120 but adding networking to 
the mix will slow things down considerably.

XP on a P-200 with 96mb?  It won't install.  MS minimum requirements as 
printed on the box:  P-233 or AMD K6/Athlon or Duron with 64mb system 
memory.  To do any kind of real work with XP you need a least a CPU 
speed of around 450mhz and 128mb of memory.

Can't help you with Arachne, maybe someone else can chime in with their 
experience.

Regards.

cscag{at}charter.net

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