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I have a 340 with 8 Mb total running w95. I am using the w95 "Plus"
Drivespace 3 compression with no problems - it doesn't seem any
slower... but it's pretty slow already.
I would suggest keeping 20-30 Mb free for swapping at all times. I have
Plus's System Agent set to perform housekeeping if it's idle for a hour:
- thoroughly Scan drive
- Compress files
- defrag drive
I also have a dead battery. But the computer's very convenient to use in
bed.
Good luck.
Ciao, Tom
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FROM:Tom Trottier, MBA Senior Technical Architect
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>From: ross@math.hawaii.edu[SMTP:ross@math.hawaii.edu]
>Sent: 1997 December 10 - Wednesday 08:00
>To: jseabolt@preferred.com
>Cc: thinkpad@CS.UTK.EDU
>Subject: [TP340] Re: Thinkpad 340 questions
>
>Hi Jim,
>
>> So I installed an 8 MEG upgrade card. This has helped tremendously.
>>Although
>> it is not as fast as my desktop I am wondering if I can speed it up a bit.
>
>Even 12 megs of memory is pretty small for W95 - it only really becomes
>usable at
>16 megs, and pleasant at 24 megs. With your configuration, the main thing is
>to
>keep the number of simultaneously-running apps (including OS stuff) at a
>minimum.
>
>> The microprocesser is a 25/50. This was explained to me but how to I know
>>if
>> I am running in 50 MHZ mode?
>
>Should be, unless you have power management on to conserve your (dead)
>battery.
>
>> Also has anyone had any luck using DriveSpace?
>
>Use the Drivespace version 3 that comes with Plus (or with the more recent
>OEM
>version of W95); the version of drivespace that came with the old W95 was
>less stable.
>For maximum safety, don't compress the whole drive - leave an uncompressed
>partition containing critical files (system, etc). Of course, with only 120
>megs total
>this doesn't leave you much to compress!
>
>> Is the small space left on the HD really slowing the computer down?
>
>Could be - your virtual memory cache has probably shrunk to nearly zero.
>However,
>drivespace might not help here, since you're not really supposed to use a
>compressed
>partition for your VM cache.
>
>> Also the battery is stone dead. Is there any harm of leaving it in there? I
>> know charging a dead battery on a car will make it swell and leak.
>
>Different battery technology (nicad vs. lead acid), though you might
>eventually
>get some corrosion followed by leakage. I would check the battery every so
>often
>for damage. However, charging shouldn't have an effect.
>
>- DR
>
>