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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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On May 23, 2:36 pm, wrote:
I was wondering if I could simulate the photo watching experience by installing windows 95 in a VmWare virtual machine and then tweaking the amount of memory available? You could.... but WHY??? If you're going to virtualize win95, you should have a better reason. There are photo viewing programs for every OS since before the days of DOS. |
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Viewing photos on a Pentium 1 Desktop.
On May 23, 3:00 pm, wrote:
now I have another question: How much RAM do windows 95 and 98 use just by themselves with absolutely nothing running? Win95 will BOOT on 4mb. It'll suck, but it'll boot. 8mb is the bare min if you actually want to DO something. It's OK on 16mb. If you got more than that, you might as well install win98se, as things will work better all around. Surpisingly I found ie6 was more responsive on a 486 than ie5 was. Win98 will run on 16mb, with basic functionality (internet, wordpad, etc). 32 or more is better. 128 is better still. 512 is ridiculous, and anything beyond 512 is impossible in win9x. |
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