Donn,
I have had a 140, 145b, 165 and 180, used 7.5.3 on all.
Roger
Donn Haven Lathrop wrote:
> >>It has System 7.1 on it already, but will System
> 7.5.3/.5 run good on it? 8MB RAM, 80MB hard drive<<
>
> Simply, no. Maybe, 7.5.3. Howsomever, 7.5.5 on my IIci--standard
> extension set takes up 4 MB RAM, 7.5.3 on my PB 190, standard extension
> set takes up 5 MB RAM. 7.1.3 on my PB 145b, standard extension set
> except for Sticky Click, uses 1.4 MB.
>
> My PB 145b has max RAM--14 MB--and a 320 MB HD. It's still bog-slow.
> I've had it online and it's sort of OK for e-mail, but really slow (even
> with a Best Data 56K modem online at 50666) doing anything with a
> browser. NN 2.2 is about the best you can hope for. NN 3 has a
> horrible memory leak--needs about 24 MB assigned to it. NN 3.04 Gold is
> a little better, but with the 1 bit screen graphics on Web pages are
> pretty bad.
>
> RamDoubler definitely helps with everything if you only have 8 MB of
> RAM, but you really wonder if it's worth it when you double-click on a
> folder, and the wait-a-bit-watch appears as the folder opens.
>
> Donn
> --
> Ancora imparo
>
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