Re: HP Vectra VE...What OS?

"Neil Barras" <dontspamme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
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> What OS should I put on the drive? It has 98 1st Ed. at the moment. I
> want to put it on my home network as a File and Print Server, and to Log
> Weather Station data. I was thinking Win98SE for best running, or Win2K at
> a push? Or would it be OK on Win2K?

I would go for Win2K (win98 is not stable enough for server use), and maybe
find some used RAM to get it up to 512MB.

> Also, what is the maximum processor this system will take? The Board is
> (As written on it) a "VL-609". It has a Slot 1 slot.

The motherboard has the Intel 440EX chipset, which only goes up to 66MHz
FSB, so Celeron 533Mhz is probably the fastest you kan use in it.

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Esben


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