[Shotimes] OT - Computer- to turn off or not

[James F. Ryan III]

No, MicroShaft designed it to use up to 1 GB.

Read the following MicroShaft knowledge base article:

http://tinyurl.com/is2g





>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
>Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 2:29 PM
>To: mkelley1@gt.rr.com
>Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - Computer- to turn off or not
>
>
>Because the architecture of that OS doesn't address more than 256MB
>of RAM.
>-- 
>Cheers,
>Carl Prochilo
>1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>
>mkelley1@gt.rr.com said:
>> Why do you say that?
>>
>> Original Message:
>> -----------------
>> From: Erik Balser masho95@charter.net
>> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:40:12 -0500
>> To: sho@paul-fisher.com, gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org,
>> bjshov8@comcast.net,
>> shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT -  Computer- to turn off or not
>>
>>
>> but don't bother putting anything more than 256mb of RAM in a 98
>> system or you might as well just use the RAM to hold a door open.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>
>> To: "'Carl Prochilo'" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>;
>> <bjshov8@comcast.net>
>> Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:52 AM
>> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - Computer- to turn off or not
>>
>>
>>> Exactly! '95 is OK, '98 is the best of the '9x series, if I get a
>>> machine
>>> with ME, I put either 2000 or '98 depending on the size of the
>>> hardware.
>>>
>>> I actually run W2K on Pentium 133 with 64 MB of RAM! It's for a
>>> shop floor
>>> application. It takes 20 minutes to boot and log in but once it's
>>> logged
>> in,
>>> you run for months!
>>>
>>> Paul L Fisher
>>>
>>> 1999 Ford Taurus SHO TR 64K - Stock. Kirk'ed.
>>> 1993 Ford Taurus SHO ATX 183K with some stuff. Sold 3/27/04.
>>>
>>> See information about my '93! http://www.paul-fisher.com/SHO
>>>
>>> Visit my website: http://www.paul-fisher.com
>>> SHOClub Member: http://www.shoclub.com
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>>> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
>>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:14 AM
>>> To: bjshov8@comcast.net
>>> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - Computer- to turn off or not
>>>
>>> The PC that acts as the server in my house (and which runs the
>>> mail
>>> server I use to communicate with these lists) runs 24x7.  My
>>> gaming
>>> machine is used as needed.  My work laptop also runs 24x7.
>>> Windows
>>> 2000 is a far superior OS to 9x series, to the point if it weren't
>>> for all the security patches would never need to be rebooted.
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carl Prochilo
>>> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>>>
>>> bjshov8@comcast.net said:
>>> > This will be an eternal argument- do you turn it off or leave it
>>> > running.  I have been working with PC's about as long as anybody
>>> and
>>> > have yet to see a clear answer to this.  My procedure at home is
>>> to
>>> > turn on my PC when I need it, then leave it on until I'm certain
>>> > that I'm through with it for the day, then turn it off.  It's
>>> > usually turned on for a couple of hours every day, but only
>>> turned
>>> > on once per day.  OTOH our computers at work run 24/7.  Some
>>> years
>>> > back I let my home computer run 24/7 also.
>>> >
>>> > Here are some observations, certainly not scientific studies or
>>> > conclusions of any kind:
>>> > 1)  My monitor left on 24/7 seemed to die an early death.
>>> > 2)  Our computers running 24/7 seem to have more hard drive
>>> failures
>>> > than my home computer.  However my sampling at home is 1 out of
>>> 1
>>> > still running.  Our sampling at work is 3 out of 5 failed.
>>> > 3)  Win98SE will work fine 24/7 but needs to be restarted every
>>> 3 or
>>> > 4 days or it will run out of resources.
>>> >
>>> >> Who in their right mind shuts down a PC? I leave mine running
>>> 24x7
>>> >> and just
>>> >> let the daily (joke) security patch updates restart the PC for
>>> me.
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