Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 21:38:01 04/12/00
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On April 12, 2000 at 23:00:37, Michael Fuhrmann wrote: >On April 12, 2000 at 16:54:29, Laurence Chen wrote: > >>On April 12, 2000 at 16:43:08, Michael Fuhrmann wrote: >> >>>On April 12, 2000 at 16:06:04, Dan Ellwein wrote: >>> >>>>On April 12, 2000 at 14:57:42, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >>>> >>>>>Shopping for a computer at Gateway (they custom configure). He suggested that >>>>>since windows 95 supported only 128 meg ram I was wasting money on requesting >>>>>256. I told him my apps software (chess programs, fritz etc) could use for sure >>>>>up to 184 meg ram on my current configured computer with 256 meg ram. This >>>>>value is what fritzy will setup when i tell it to play full strength. Is he >>>>>right ? is anything over 128 meg ram of little or no value because of windows ? >>>>>Even so is performance significantly improved by goiong to 256 meg ram ? >>>> >>>> >>>>Wayne... >>>> >>>>I got a Gateway computer (desk-top) that i bought a couple of years ago from >>>>Gateway... >>>> >>>>came with Windows 95 loaded on it... >>>> >>>>now-a-days... >>>> >>>>those Gateway computers come loaded with Windows 98 2nd edition... >>>> >>>>and am quite sure can handle 256 Megs of memory, and, >>>> >>>>just a guess, >>>> >>>>performance would improve also (due to a larger swap file)... >>>> >>>>regards... >>>> >>>> - PilgrimDan >>>> >>>> >>>>>thanks >>> >>>On the other hand, Win 98 2nd edtn seems to be causing problems for people >>>running chess apps. E.g. people say it weakens Crafty considerably. >>Is this hearsay? Can you give proof? >>Laurence > >There have been several recent posts -- on the crafty list, I think -- about how >W98 2nd edition makes crafty weaker. Recent changes in MSVC memory management caused a lot of bugs that weren't previously noticeable to become noticeable. (Just bringing it up as a possibility...) Dave
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