Teri Pittman wrote:
>>Actually it may be 4Megs that it needs...i have a boxed version around
>>somewhere I should look it up. I know it needs less than 8megs.
> 
> 
> I'll buy that.  I think it does boot up under 4.  If you treated it like DOS
> and just opened one thing at a time, you might be okay.  That's what I find
> entertaining about ancient Macs--they seem to be useable with a lot fewer
> resources than ancient PCs.

Aint that the truth. I have a PB540C at work, and we got in an old 
Gateway Color book to see if we could ressurect it...The PB540 has 36 
megs (readily upgradeable, I bought the RAM when I got the machine a 
year ago) and runs OS8.1, Netscape, Word Perfect, connects to our 
network, etc quite happily.

The Gateway, which was made, amazingly enough, the same month and year, 
isn't upgradeable, has a teensy hard drive, the floppy broke, and has no 
way of re-installing Windows.

One is a machine in daily usse, the other a boat anchor...a pretty 
piss-poor boat anchor at that!

-- 

Bruce Johnson
Wherever you go, there you are.


-- 
PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...

  Small Dog Electronics    http://www.smalldog.com   | Enter To Win A |
  -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299   |  Free iBook!   |

      Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>

PowerBooks list info:   <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml>
  --> AOL users, remove "mailto:";
Send list messages to:  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To unsubscribe, email:  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/>

Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com

Reply via email to