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 Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 3:11 am Post subject: Viewing photos on a Pentium 1 Desktop. |
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Hello everybody!
I have a friend with an old Pentium 1 desktop with windows 95 lying
around. I think that the processor is rated at 90 MHz and the system
has 16 MB of ram.
I was wondering if the computer is still powerful enough to be still
used to view .jpg images. The images do not have to be larger than
800x600 resolution.
I also have no idea about what graphics card the system has, but I
think that it definatley has 2 MB of onboard memory.
Otherwise I do not know anything else about the specs, and I would not
be able to provide additional information.
I was thinking of trying to get it to work with ACDSee 3.0. I tested
the program on my Windows XP machine, and it used about 10-12 MB of
ram when viewing .jpg's of these resolutions.
What are your thoughts on this? Can it be done?
Also I was wondering how many colors does Windows 98 support? Can it
go to 32-bit?
P.S. the computer was purchased around the year 1995, if this helps.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated! |
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: Viewing photos on a Pentium 1 Desktop. |
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<e.271828.p.31415@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1179902336.219791.206060@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Thank you for the great answer. This really cleared thing up.
So basically the decompressed image size does not even need to fit
into RAM but can be stored in virtual memory?
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Yes, but the more RAM you have the faster things will be. An older PC like
that will no doubt have a slower hard drive, so swapping an image between
RAM and hard drive will be slow and jumpy. Best thing is to try it and see -
you might be able to pick up a little more memory on ebay or from the back
of a drawer somewhere, but just try it out first. |
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Lord Weazel Nobilis
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject: Re: Viewing photos on a Pentium 1 Desktop. |
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On May 22, 7:38 pm, e.271828.p.31...@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Hello everybody!
I have a friend with an old Pentium 1 desktop with windows 95 lying
around. I think that the processor is rated at 90 MHz and the system
has 16 MB of ram.
I was wondering if the computer is still powerful enough to be still
used to view .jpg images. The images do not have to be larger than
800x600 resolution.
I also have no idea about what graphics card the system has, but I
think that it definatley has 2 MB of onboard memory.
Otherwise I do not know anything else about the specs, and I would not
be able to provide additional information.
I was thinking of trying to get it to work with ACDSee 3.0. I tested
the program on my Windows XP machine, and it used about 10-12 MB of
ram when viewing .jpg's of these resolutions.
What are your thoughts on this? Can it be done?
Also I was wondering how many colors does Windows 98 support? Can it
go to 32-bit?
P.S. the computer was purchased around the year 1995, if this helps.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated!
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I am almost always greeted with little surprises when I open models of
this vintage. See if you can find an open memory slot, OR, if it will
take a 32. Forthwith take your memory module (pref. in an
electrostatic bag) to the back of a large thrift store (Goodwill is
great for this) near the computer stuff & compare. See what you can
pick up. I once had tons vintage artifacts -I should have opened a
museum, anyway, it's fun to look! And learn (computer history at your
fingertips)! |
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jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: Viewing photos on a Pentium 1 Desktop. |
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On 23 May, 03:38, e.271828.p.31...@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Hello everybody!
I have a friend with an old Pentium 1 desktop with windows 95 lying
around. I think that the processor is rated at 90 MHz and the system
has 16 MB of ram.
I was wondering if the computer is still powerful enough to be still
used to view .jpg images. The images do not have to be larger than
800x600 resolution.
I also have no idea about what graphics card the system has, but I
think that it definatley has 2 MB of onboard memory.
Otherwise I do not know anything else about the specs, and I would not
be able to provide additional information.
I was thinking of trying to get it to work with ACDSee 3.0. I tested
the program on my Windows XP machine, and it used about 10-12 MB of
ram when viewing .jpg's of these resolutions.
What are your thoughts on this? Can it be done?
Also I was wondering how many colors does Windows 98 support? Can it
go to 32-bit?
P.S. the computer was purchased around the year 1995, if this helps.
Any comments would be greatly appreciated!
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course it can view darn pictures!!!
people were playing Doom on those, easily.
some people were still using win98 even in 2005 , because of fear of
win xp !!
you could make the resolution small enough to have to strain your
eyes. Higher than 800x600. this is more about video card memory than
OS restriction. I'm not that into ultra high resolution, i guess it
depends on application. I just use cheap video cards, they let me
watch video clips or anything.. |
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