Re: [APML] 'Puter Questions

[George Anderson <georgea@cam.org>]

Hi Warren
I am running a 200Mhz non MMX pentium, Photoshop 5.5 runs nice and even
with 24meg files from my sprintscan I just barely have enough time to go
upstairs to get a beer when processing.
As many others have pointed out the secret is RAM. I have 160 meg and
may drop another 128meg into it in the near future.
When the time comes to replace it (three years ago <VBG>) I will leave
the sprintscan on it and install a network card. 

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health

> "Warren A. Keller" wrote:
> 
> Gents.
>            I'm still limping along on a Pentium II, 64 RAM. PS v.6 and
> other large programs, has it behaving like a drunken snail, and seems
> a bit unstable with fairly frequent lock-ups and error messages. (# of
> stack pages, fatal exception...)
> 
> Would an additional memory card help this, or is it more a result of
> the processing chip speed? Time for a new one?!
> 
> Also along these lines, are there problems, with any stage of post
> processing, including smoothing, on a compressed TIFF file since a 22
> MB, 35mm full-frame takes an unpractical eternity here?
> 
> Thanks everyone!
> 
> Warren A. Keller
> Billions and Billions- Astrophotos
> www.billionsandbillions.com

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