On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:21:58 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
> Thomas Mueller wrote:
> .. > Where do you find RAM chips < 64 MB these days? My current old computer
> .. > could use a 32 MB SIMM for a 72-pin slot, but if I could find it, it might
> .. > cost more than 256 MB RAM new. It would increase my RAM from 20 MB to 52
> .. > MB. CPU is Cx486DX2-S at 66 MHz, not upgradable on current motherboard.
> .. > I don't really want to spend more money of this old computer.
> I just got some SIMMs from DALCO. 16 MB, 72 pin EDO for US$15 each, 16 MB,
> 72 pin FPM parity (a real rarity) for US$29 each.
> I guess that if I have something that works and doesn't require a lot of
> maintenance, I tend to keep using it rather than replacing it with an
> unknown. My computers work with DOS, and that I am happy with. I don't know
> if a new computer would have a BIOS "optimized" for Windoze and would not
> work with DOS or be a lot of trouble to get it working with DOS.
> Roger Turk
> Tucson, Arizona
The BIOS is optimized for Win.. and gives a lot of trouble for DOS!
CU Bastiaan
-- Arachne V1.61, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
