Minimum hardware requirements (Was: Old, but not "Classic"

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Fri Nov 13 22:45:07 1998

< 3.0 can run with CGA.

It does, or at least mine does.

< 3.10 SUPPOSEDLY can use the 3.0 CGA drivers, but they don't always work;
< 3.1 therefore needs EGA

Error! my 3.1 kit (circa 1992) has both CGA and VGA3.0 drivers along with
about 15 others. I've used it with Mono, Herc, CGA, VGA.

< I don't know what the mimimum RAM requirements are, but my 486 NEC lapto
< can only handle "safe mode". (It has a hardware problem that prevents
< upgrading the memory)

For 3.1 it wants 2.0mb but I've run it on a 50Z with 1mb!

For a useable system 4-8mb is the minima based not on winders itself but
the apps you plan to run. Netscape(v3.0) in less than 8mb tends to crash
Intermittently but with 12mb is rock solid. It will not even start up
unless you have 5mb!

< NB: MINIMUM requirements are NOT to be confused with RECOMMENDED
< configuration. Particularly when it gets to issues of "acceptable
< performance".

True, also some apps may have their own want list that exceeds the minima
by a lot.

Allison
Received on Fri Nov 13 1998 - 22:45:07 GMT