On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 02:45:08 -0400 (EDT), ANDY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> *This is an excellent question! I am wondering myself, why I am purchasing > more memory?! my 'friend' suggested I invest in more memory and I guess I > took it to heart... (: honestly all I really *do* use is DOS and Word > 6.0(to write one page letters!!!)... once in a great while I try to run > netscape 4.08 or Arachne... but this only occasional use doesn't seem to > justify $100.00 of more RAM... Thanks for asking this! I'll try to > re-think my 'friend's' idea for me to buy more memory In my opinion the economics of upgrading old 386's and 486's are dubious if you have to buy parts or don't know exactly what you are doing. The whole process of just trying to figure out what you need can be frustrating and time consuming, as you have discovered. A better choice might be to look around for a ready to use used system. A hundred dollars should get you at least a slow Pentium with a decent amount of RAM already installed. Ask around and you'll be sure to find someone with a whole warehouse full of five or six year old computers that they will be happy to unload for under two hundred dollars. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
