Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!lethe!geac!contact!zooid!dve From: dve@zooid.UUCP (David Mason) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Amount of Memory for 386SX Running Win3.0 Message-ID: Date: 12 Oct 90 22:04:46 GMT References: <90284.153201SLVQC@CUNYVM.BITNET> Organization: here Lines: 22 SLVQC@CUNYVM (Salvatore Saieva) writes: > I was just helping a friend configure Win3.0 to run on his > Zenith 386SX. Boy, is it slooowww... The Zenith is running > at 16MHz and has 1MB of memory installed. I'd like to hear > from others running Win3.0 on an SX: how much memory do you > have installed and does Windows run at an acceptable speed. > My friend's machine seems to be swapping a lot, but, before I > recommend that he go out and fill up his empty memory slots > I'd like to get an idea of how much of an improvement extra > memory will provide. Thanks in advance. (Direct or followup > replies are ok). Adding just 1 meg of memory will make a huge difference. So will running in standard mode instead of enhanced (WIN/S) but you will lose the 386 advantages. Another suggestion which no one seems to think about is running in a lower resolution. Most of our machines are 12mhz ATs with 2 megs and a Hercules monochrome display and the speed is fine. Since you are normally just printing to a B&W printer it's fine, except it doesn't look as nice. But I would say, yes, you will definately notice a big difference by adding memory.