> > > If 128M is indeed the recommendation, it's not just for
> > the OS, it's a recommended amount - and nothing more.
> > It may be there just to sell memory.
>
> The thing is, Microsoft's memory recommendations tend to be the minimum the
> OS will function correctly. Remember the minimum requirements for win95 were
> a 386sx16 and 4 megs of ram. I'm told it will *boot* in that, if you're
> patient. But do useful work? Ha.
>
For a while I had a parallel port webcam running of a 386sx20 with 4MB
of RAM and it ran Windows 95. While it was slow it did get the job
done. The machine has since been upgraded to a 486DX25 . The 386 would
manage to grab a frame every 30 seconds, compress it into a JPG and
upload it to a webserver. The 486 manages every 10 seconds. Still for
a while the 386 was just about being useful. A note to anyone else
trying this, use the first release of Windows 95, don't event think
about Windows 98.
Matthew Buckett
Webcam:
http://freeside.dcs.hull.ac.uk/webcam.shtml
Received on Sat Mar 31 2001 - 17:47:33 BST