>
> This leaves one of two places
> 1) A ram drive.
> A RAM drive is limited by, well, ram. If you want to have a decently
large
> spool area, you're going to need a lot of RAM. That 100 page Word for
> Windows document you want to print has to fit too. So all of the sudden
you
> have to go out and buy 64 megs of ram. Maybe it's worth it -- I don't
know.
I too concur that RAM is cheap....and much cheaper than a hard drive. Just
out of curiosity, what would happen if someone were to print a document that
was too large for the RAM drive. Would an error message be generated?
Maybe in the floppy STN setup, a list or small script could be included that
would show the largest possible document size that could be spooled with the
amount of RAM in the STN box.
Is adding the print server capability going to fit into the small amount of
space left on the single floppy?
>
> 2) A hard drive.
> Requiring a HD really goes against the grain. Sure STN will support a HD
if
> you have one, but I REALLY hate to start adding software that REQUIRES a
> hard drive to be present. That's really another product for another day.
I agree, an STN product requiring a hard drive should be a different product
altogether.
> So the questions:
> 1) Would you still want to use your STN box as a print server if it
required
> enough free ram to fit the largest job you have?
YES.
>
> 2) Can you live with adding a third party package so you can print from
> win9x?
Barring large additional costs for this third party software, YES.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
>
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