4GB memory

Synapse Syndrome

the wharf rat <> wrote:
>
>>
>> 600Mhz P3's run linux too.
>> I don't want one.
>>
>
> Lol, humming away over there in the corner is a AMD K6-3 450
> I've had overclocked to 600 since the day I put it together from surplus
> laptop parts in 1997 or 1998. I use it for a router; it's got a bunch of
> those quad port Intel NICs in it. Way faster than a P3, cause of the
> onboard cache (512k!) gets overclocked too.
>
> Oh yeah, and of course, it doesn't run Windows... :-)



We did that in our student house in the academic year 2001/2002 using a 386
with no hard drive, and Smoothwall on floppy. The PSU died after a while,
after which a couple of us chipped in to buy a router with no built-in
switch, modem or WAP, and which still cost a lot those days.

ss.

Bob Campbell

"[signious] ^ 2" <> wrote in message
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> its using far way more energy (watts) than a normal router.... its costing
> you more in the long run and pollutes the earth...

Isn't amazing how many people have "old computers running Linux as a
router"? Is that all it's good for? You could install Windows 2000 on
such a machine and do the same thing. What would be the point? You can
buy a router for $40.

Bob Campbell

"B. Smith" <> wrote in message
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> Lets see...cause it don't lock up all the time.
> Read on and on about 64bit issues with 32bit apps.

Such as?

> Its all overstock.
> That's why a 64bit 8GB RAM system comes with a 6150 in-board graphics.
> Real future proof...LOL.
> And only $900 bucks !

So you get a new video card in a couple of years, instead of a whole new
system. That is future proof.

Meanwhile you will be installing a 64 bit OS in a couple of years to catch
up. I already have one.

I suppose you were running Windows 3.11 on your Pentium machine in 1996 too,
right? "My 16 bit will last 10 years! Guaranteed!"

If you think anyone will be running 32 bit Windows in 2018 you are clearly
crazy.

Bob Campbell

"Claude Hopper" <> wrote in message
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> I'll just boot to Linux so I can use all the memory 32 or 64 bit.
> I've had boolean algebra. I can do base 2, base 10 and base 16 math.

No 32 bit OS can use more than 4 GB. It is mathematically impossible. If
you are talking about PAE, that is 36 bits, and Windows can do that to.
But it is not 32 bits. It is also a kludge.

Bob Campbell

"the wharf rat" <> wrote in message
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> In article <#.gbl>,
> Paul Smith <> wrote:
>>Drivers that don't support PAE will crash, and most in the ecosystem don't
>>support it. This is why it was removed from the client releases.
>>
> Why does it work so well for server systems then? 99% of the
> time the use the same drivers...

No, they don't use the same drivers. The problem typically exists in Video
drivers. Most servers will use on-board video, and Intel will provide a
driver that understands 36 bits. Try installing a typical ATI consumer
video card in a 36 bit PAE server and watch the fun!

For a good discussion of this issue see: