Win 98

[martymas]

hi team i have an old 486 here wich i have win 98se

and i installed 18 critical patches plus wmp.9

plus the not so critical

up dates 5 in all

with a 1.5 hdd and 64 mg ram

im able to get round the thing with out any problems but i dont want to go and have a look at what resources i have left.

there are a coupla more updates left but i dont want to press my luck

does any one think ive gone over the odds

i surf pretty well but naturally it is slow

in comparison to my xp rig.

tho time dosent matter on this old thing

the up dates are totally different to xp

but to me it was for experience

marty

[blim]

Hi Marty

You have a new toy, eh?? You are amazing!!

Not sure of the differences between Windows 98 and the SE flavors, but I looked up the minimum requirements in my Windows 98 book and it says:

486DX, 66MHz or higher Processor

16 MB Ram

Hard Disk Space:

Upgrade from W95 or 3.1 120-295MB (typically 195MB)

New Installation FAT16 165-355MB (typically 225MB)

New Installation FAT32 140-255MB (typically 175MB)

*Now this stuff is why I like using the term gigawatt!!!!!*

When we first got our PossessedGateway (Windows 98) we had 64 MB of Ram and it ran "normally" until Mcafee Antivirus added new features, then we ended up upgrading to 256 Ram. We have a 10 gigawatt hard drive.

I'll warn you, though, if you do add Ram, shop carefully!! We discovered old Ram is cheap, really old Ram gets more expensive (like cars going from old to classic, I guess)

Hope this helped.

Liz

[martymas]

hi liz the reasom i posted was

to see how far i could push this thing.

with a miniumall amount of resources.

i read somewhere to run win98se you needed at least

2.5 gig hdd and at least .

70 to 80 mg oram

now if i didnt need those updates it would fit easly

but wmp9 alone accounts for 13.8 megs of ram

but ive got it on.

and i see by your info i have the right amount

resources

but it was probably written before all these up dates

now my Q. is the name of the ram eddo

i might increase the ram.

so i can give it to my grand daughter.

the other problem.

i have im not sure if this win98se disk is a legal copy.

or not. tho i dont think microsoft are pushing this barrow.

because at one stage, they were going to stop supporting it.

and you would have been able to down load it from their website.

but i see now they are selling it to the chows

so they are making money on it for nothing .

which means we get vista cheaper

of course im dreaming.

since ive been using compt

ive never advanced this far

but between swear words and cursing compts ive

got it going.

i have to say between techtv c.f.h

and here. of learned a little bit.

i have 2 grand sons who can build and maintain compts

so the young of today are so much tech minded

than we were .

the important thing about these boards

is the incouragement we get from these boards

for to go a bit further

as your post indicates.

now of course we have hand helds

which do the same thing as compt

but are 350 times smaller

god were will it end

thanks for posting

marty

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[blim]

Arrrggghhh!! I had written an entire reply, the power flickered, and the computer restarted!!!

Anyways, Marty, I figured you were wondering if you were over taxing the computer and I figured if I posted the minimum requirements, you or someone could figure out how much you could do!! Kind of half an answer.

You should probably add more Ram if you're giving it to Granddaughter as kids multi task!! And what a great gift!!! I know nothing about Ram (ordered it from Gateway and my nephew installed it before he moved away!)

And I wouldn't worry whether the disk is legal or not, Windows98 is too old for MS to monkey with, and as long as you can get it updated, you're ok!

Now to post this before the electricity flickers again!! Ahhh, Michigan! And it's not storming or windy or anything. Go figure.

Liz

[robroy]

That would be Edo ram, if you have a comp store that recycles old parts then they could probably find you some. you will need to know what speed the ram is. You can use Belarc advisor or everest to find that

[bearskin]

marty...you should be fine with the ram...now the hard drive is a different story...win98 disk defrag will need some space to run...probably about 10% of your disk size...personally myself I have never bothered with all the updates and critical patches...is win98 legal? no problem there as one key will work most of the time....I have a drawing program that I use on a winme machine...200MHz-32 megs ram- 2 gig hard drive...no problem.

[martymas]

hey you guys

as i said in my post the boards are the life blood of compting

and for me. if it wasent for you folk

i wouldnt be able to turn it on.

thanks for your advice and info

ive patted my self on the back so many times

now i dont want to give it away

but your are the ones who should

be patted on the back

i used all the advice i read from the board

so to me it was a joint effort .

marty