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On Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:30:17 -0400 (EDT), rj wrote: > > >On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Paul Khoury wrote: > >> >> What kind of apps do you run? On my Warp box >> (701, 12MB RAM, 720HD, 3 modems, 1 FLASH card 5MB), > >A typical session would have the following > >o Hyper Terminal w/internal modem to ISP >o DialUpNetwork/RAS w/PCMCIA modem to a client >o Exceed - an X-type interface to use over RAS to interface with > with a Unix network. Ususally several Xterm windows open >o cc:Mail on RAS >o MS Word >o FTP >o InternetExplorer >o MS Excel >o My old but faithful BJ200 printing something from time to time > >I don't always have all of these active but it's not unusual. Now that >I have 40 MB it runs fine, but maybe my expectations are more >modest than some. BTW it did function sortof ok with 24 MB, but the >disk did get a workout. > With that many applications at once, it's important to have a reliable machine to stay up and running. I wish I could run that many apps, but my swap file would grow too big because Warp loves to swap (on a constrained system like mine), and Netscape usually kills the system because it's buggy (but I still like it nevertheless). Paul Regards, Paul Khoury pkhoury@earthlink.net