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Viewing photos on a Pentium 1 Desktop.
Hello everybody!
I have a friend with an old Pentium 1 desktop with windows 95 lying around. I think that the processor is rated at 90 MHz and the system has 16 MB of ram. I was wondering if the computer is still powerful enough to be still used to view .jpg images. The images do not have to be larger than 800x600 resolution. I also have no idea about what graphics card the system has, but I think that it definatley has 2 MB of onboard memory. Otherwise I do not know anything else about the specs, and I would not be able to provide additional information. I was thinking of trying to get it to work with ACDSee 3.0. I tested the program on my Windows XP machine, and it used about 10-12 MB of ram when viewing .jpg's of these resolutions. What are your thoughts on this? Can it be done? Also I was wondering how many colors does Windows 98 support? Can it go to 32-bit? P.S. the computer was purchased around the year 1995, if this helps. Any comments would be greatly appreciated! |
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Thank you for the great answer. This really cleared thing up.
So basically the decompressed image size does not even need to fit into RAM but can be stored in virtual memory? |
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ups.com... Thank you for the great answer. This really cleared thing up. So basically the decompressed image size does not even need to fit into RAM but can be stored in virtual memory? Yes, but the more RAM you have the faster things will be. An older PC like that will no doubt have a slower hard drive, so swapping an image between RAM and hard drive will be slow and jumpy. Best thing is to try it and see - you might be able to pick up a little more memory on ebay or from the back of a drawer somewhere, but just try it out first. |
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Viewing photos on a Pentium 1 Desktop.
On May 22, 7:38 pm, wrote:
Hello everybody! I have a friend with an old Pentium 1 desktop with windows 95 lying around. I think that the processor is rated at 90 MHz and the system has 16 MB of ram. I was wondering if the computer is still powerful enough to be still used to view .jpg images. The images do not have to be larger than 800x600 resolution. I also have no idea about what graphics card the system has, but I think that it definatley has 2 MB of onboard memory. Otherwise I do not know anything else about the specs, and I would not be able to provide additional information. I was thinking of trying to get it to work with ACDSee 3.0. I tested the program on my Windows XP machine, and it used about 10-12 MB of ram when viewing .jpg's of these resolutions. What are your thoughts on this? Can it be done? Also I was wondering how many colors does Windows 98 support? Can it go to 32-bit? P.S. the computer was purchased around the year 1995, if this helps. Any comments would be greatly appreciated! I am almost always greeted with little surprises when I open models of this vintage. See if you can find an open memory slot, OR, if it will take a 32. Forthwith take your memory module (pref. in an electrostatic bag) to the back of a large thrift store (Goodwill is great for this) near the computer stuff & compare. See what you can pick up. I once had tons vintage artifacts -I should have opened a museum, anyway, it's fun to look! And learn (computer history at your fingertips)! |
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Viewing photos on a Pentium 1 Desktop.
On May 22, 7:38 pm, wrote:
Hello everybody! I have a friend with an old Pentium 1 desktop with windows 95 lying around. I think that the processor is rated at 90 MHz and the system has 16 MB of ram. I was wondering if the computer is still powerful enough to be still used to view .jpg images. The images do not have to be larger than 800x600 resolution. Sure, it can do that. More RAM is better, though. Especially if you upgrade to win98 instead of win95. I also have no idea about what graphics card the system has, but I think that it definatley has 2 MB of onboard memory. Otherwise I do not know anything else about the specs, and I would not be able to provide additional information. I was thinking of trying to get it to work with ACDSee 3.0. I tested the program on my Windows XP machine, and it used about 10-12 MB of ram when viewing .jpg's of these resolutions. What are your thoughts on this? Can it be done? Also I was wondering how many colors does Windows 98 support? Can it go to 32-bit? It's a function of the video card, not the os. With most 2mb video cards, I think you get a compromise of 16bit color at a high resolution or 24bit color at a lower resolution. P.S. the computer was purchased around the year 1995, if this helps. Any comments would be greatly appreciated! |
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Viewing photos on a Pentium 1 Desktop.
On 23 May, 03:38, wrote:
Hello everybody! I have a friend with an old Pentium 1 desktop with windows 95 lying around. I think that the processor is rated at 90 MHz and the system has 16 MB of ram. I was wondering if the computer is still powerful enough to be still used to view .jpg images. The images do not have to be larger than 800x600 resolution. I also have no idea about what graphics card the system has, but I think that it definatley has 2 MB of onboard memory. Otherwise I do not know anything else about the specs, and I would not be able to provide additional information. I was thinking of trying to get it to work with ACDSee 3.0. I tested the program on my Windows XP machine, and it used about 10-12 MB of ram when viewing .jpg's of these resolutions. What are your thoughts on this? Can it be done? Also I was wondering how many colors does Windows 98 support? Can it go to 32-bit? P.S. the computer was purchased around the year 1995, if this helps. Any comments would be greatly appreciated! course it can view darn pictures!!! people were playing Doom on those, easily. some people were still using win98 even in 2005 , because of fear of win xp !! you could make the resolution small enough to have to strain your eyes. Higher than 800x600. this is more about video card memory than OS restriction. I'm not that into ultra high resolution, i guess it depends on application. I just use cheap video cards, they let me watch video clips or anything.. |
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