> At 20:40 26/02/99 -0800, John Lombardo wrote:
> >Good question. You have to look at what you're asking your STN box to do.
> >Is it minding a 28.8 modem connection to the Internet? If so,
> then a 386/25
> >will be good enough -- you could probably use a digital watch. If you're
> >connected via a fast 300k/s cable modem, you probably want a faster
> >processor -- but how fast? I've heard of customers using a 486/66
> and being
> >amazed that they see no slowdown.
> >
> >More than 8 megs will help if you've got a lot of computers running through
> >the STN machine and they're all active. But I believe more than 16 megs is
> >probably wasted.
> >
> >The only place that a very fast processor will help is Internet gaming.
> >Every hop along the wire costs lag time. The slower the computer, the more
> >the lag time. But you're not talking about much, probably only a few
> >milliseconds max.
>
> Damn, there goes my 128 MB :(
>
> Grtnx
> LK
>
Good, so I'm not out of line with my Pentium 100 with 48 MB.
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