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Sleeping Dog:
P.S.
I am trying to find some more RAM for this thing, but right now, we are stuck with the 64 MEG.
creedon:
quote:Originally posted by Sleeping Dog:
P.S.
I am trying to find some more RAM for this thing, but right now, we are stuck with the 64 MEG.
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At the risk of pissing you off, I'd like to suggest dropping Photoshop in favor of the GIMP; that's a NATIVE Linux app that can use swap space for cacheing, that would free up some space, and most likely, run faster (being a native app). I'm still voting for 128 Mb swap, a root partition (whatever size everybody agrees on) and a user partition for safety.
Just as a matter of fact, the GIMP lacks very few functions that Photoshop has (I have both; Photoshop's easier; the GIMP is more flexible). I think at this point, we're still feeling our way along; things can (and will) change, maybe the first priority should be to get the box up and running, so we can start making mistakes and learn from them. BTW what kind of RAM are you looking for?
Calum:
yeah what kind of RAM are you looking for? i bet some of us have got some spare kicking about...
Sleeping Dog:
This is one of those strange Elpina/PC Chips motherboards that can use either SIMMs of DIMMs. These MB's were sold primarily so that people could upgrade to faster CPU's without also having to buy an ATX case (it is in an AT case). The DIMMs can be either 3.3 or 5 volt.
Bank 0 and bank 1 can each be occupied by either two SIMMs equaling 128 MB or one DIMM equalling 128 MB. (Total max RAM for the board is 256 MB) However, the SIMM and DIMM slots cannot be occupied in a given bank at the same time.
EXAMPLE:
I could have a single 64 MEG DIMM in Bank 0 and two 16 MB SIMMs in Bank 1 equalling 96 MB of RAM.
The box presently has one 32 MB DIMMS in Bank 0 and one 32 MB DIMM in Bank 1 equaling 64 MB RAM.
These were the largest RAM modules that I had on hand.
Sleeping Dog
Master of Reality:
So the OS still isnt isntalled yet?
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