"James (Jim) Hatridge" wrote:
> THANKS TO ALL FOR THE INFO!!!!
>
> The next time I turn off my system :), I'll check which chip I have. I'm
> betting that it's the 30 pin.
>
> Also, it looks like I'll be going for the Creative SB 16 ISA sound card.
>
> Just to let you'all know, I can't afford a new computer so I'm doing a
> major upgrade of this one. I'm adding the max amount RAM, a new HD (around
> 6Gb), new video card, sound card, and either a zip 100MB or LS-120 ex disk
> drive. Then I'll have to wait 2 - 3 years before I can talk my wife into a
> new computer :).
I cant help but put my 2cts in here.
I would very seriously price out *everything* before you make a decision. The
ram if new will probably cost 120 used 50 and the most youll get is 32ram 4x8
Your system bios may not be able to handle a large drive... then your talking
about a firmware bios upgrade for 50 and even at that rate the performance
wont be that great.Alot of the performance will be from the bus on the system
board
Ive toyed around with upgrades untill I realised its just not at all
practical. My old *good* ;-) system is a ps1 investor that has 8 ram bays that
I filled with 4 m simms for 50 a bios upgrade 50- a cpu from I think 33 to 66
ws about 40 or so, a new video card that never seemed to work rite.A 5g hd
that never accessed properly. (it now has a 500m with dos win3.1 and suse)
In other words yes.. it runs well for a machine its age but by all standards
(todays) it isnt worth much other than for experimenting with. Im not knocking
your budgeting but really just trying to give you & hopefully your wife <g>
something to think about. Ask yourself... what would the resale value of this
be? Of course you wouldnt get your money back.. but what percentage would you
get back?
I see your from Germany... Im from the US so Im not sure what the prices are
but something to think about before you invest any money.
my 2cts
best regards
rob
Linux Home page http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm
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