Sam,
Before I dropped the 586/133 in my computer, it was a 486DX/33 with 8 MB RAM,
and it *was* slow! Currently it is running Arachne, albeit 1.48 and at a
reasonable speed. (Using Smartdrive, 1 MB, and a 3 MB RAMDISK for Arachne's
CACHE, CACHE.IDX, and TEMP.)
>From what I remember, the 486SX was merely a 486DX whose floating point
arithmetic section failed to pass or was disabled. If that is correct, then
you should be able to drop an Evergreen 586/133 into the socket and have
improved performance.
As far as tweaking the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, what are they like
now, and what do you want to do? (I *do* have M$DOS 5.0 manuals.)
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
Sam Heywood wrote:
>>Hello fellow Arachnids:
I have just recently installed Arachne version 1.66 on a 486sx 33,
8 MB RAM, belonging to a local civic association. She's up and running
just fine, although somewhat slow. I downloaded the Arachne package
and performed the installation from scratch by using the install
wizards. Everything involved in the installation proceeded just fine
without a glitch or any other kind of problem.
I think I could tweak Arachne's performance by modifying CONFIG.SYS
and AUTOEXEC.BAT. I want to run Arachne from the HDD because we have
problems with frequent power outages in my neck of the woods. I have
long since misplaced my DOS 5.00 manuals.
Would those list members who are still very familiar with DOS 5.00
please send to me off-list some suggested AUTOEXEC.BATs and CONFIG.SYSes?<<
