Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Hope this isn't too Newbie for a Newbies Group

 

If that wasn't clear... in other words a 64M RAM Upgrade would give you
now 128M RAM. They generally have extra various sizes according to
model. You may even find a 128M RAM add in bringing total to 192M
RAM.... I don't think you'll find much bigger and still that is
atrocious today. I would consider chucking it actually but keep the
monitor especially if the Processor is like less than 600 Megahertz. Too
slow too aggravating and not worth that I would be sorry to say. By the
time your down with the project you could simply have had a 300 dollar
new netbook or even one I have an EEE PC 900 series for $210.00 USD (us
dollars). I mean 200 bucks and your in business. Solid state drive too.
You can use your old PC Monitor or get a new wide screen for well under
150 bucks.

Unfortunately, the older boxes were built with no vision at all of the
future and how all the media and wi-fi downloading media has exploaded.
My original desktop was a Compaq (year 2001 new with XP) that had a
33Gig drive at $2000. For $400 on this netbook I have a 120Gig drive to
make the point. The desktop had only 256RAM and this has 1Gig RAM all at
one fourth of the price. Plus you can set up a dual boot with all the
memory available with both systems running that fast.

I appreciate the labor of love you are involved in, but my opinion is
actually move on. You just can't really rebuild the old boxes from what
I have seen - which is another area to consider - rebuild by replacing
components of the old box.

On 3/31/2011 1:03 AM, g.linuxducks wrote:
> hey ken... ya u have a project to upgrade the old box as best
> possible. Hopefully you do know about a RAM Upgrade ? It is a simple
> stick of memory you plug into an empty row inside the computer box.
> This is completely specific to model and make but some memory stores
> online have instant search boxes typing the info in to show what is
> available. The older the pc the more you have to hunt for anything
> left for it. Generally the RAM memory stick upgrade is the memory
> stick the same size as came with the box so that for yours the most
> common available would be another 64M Ram stick. I call it a stick
> because they are about or a little smaller than a pocket comb and you
> get gold connectors rather than brass (rusts, corrodes). Don't forget
> your "static straps" - 5 bucks radio shack (prevents static arcing
> across electronic board, damages).
>
> LINKS http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/addmemory.mspx
> Edge is pretty good, great on shipping, honest
> http://www.edgetechcorp.com/ http://www.edgetechcorp.com/memory/
>
> You can also hunt around Microsoft or the pc manufacturer for any dial
> up modem upgrade that is usually retrieved through Windows Updates.
> May find an upgrade increasing processor power. I got that an old
> compaq v.92 modem.
>
> PROMISING....
> QUOTE>>*>**Re:New Linux Convert - Distro for Pentium II 200 Mhz*
> First we found some EDO-RAM lying around, and we plugged it in. Now
> its about 90 MB of ram.<<<
> SOURCE
> http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/forums/showthread.php/12332-New-Linux-Convert-Distro-for-Pentium-II-200-Mhz
>
> Check that out for EDO-RAM....
>
>
> On 3/28/2011 5:22 PM, Ken wrote:
>>
>> I have an older HP computer, not this one, that has a Pentium II
>> processor and 64 MB Ram.
>>
>> Would this be a good candidate for Linux and if so any particular
>> version? Just looking for something to play around with, maybe surf
>> the web email and such.
>>
>>

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