Re: Need another computer

In a previous post coosbaylumberco@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote...
> Just to be safe, so not to purchase a computer that doesn't
> appreciabbly speed things up any. I was given a somewhat used computer,
> with a faster CPU, but less RAM.  I loaded up Intellicad on to the hard
> drive, and bleeped off a bunch of the games and Wa-zoo software. Now
> find that the secondary computer makes the processing a bit quicker. It
> is terribly shy of RAM, but the CPU seems to make up for this. It isn't
> speedy, but is quicker overall. Intellicad seems to need a quicker CPU
> and only the basic 64 RAM, not the K-boodle as on the earlier computer.
> 

Bump the RAM to at least 512K and you should notice an improvement in 
speed.  At 64K your system is doing a lot of writing to disk to provide 
the necessary operating memory.

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Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com