Subj : Re: Bleach Time!
To   : Rob Mccart
From : fusion
Date : Sun Mar 14 2021 19:20:00

 RM> I'm not even sure this machine would run Windows 7 (but possibly).
 RM> Single core 2.0 Ghz Celeron with the maximum RAM the motherboard
 RM> supports, which is only 2 gig.

i recently set up (and quickly abandoned) a Pentium 4 3.2GHz machine with
Windows 7.. 4GB of ram. loading a web browser brought me back to my Windows
95 days.. chug chug chug.

i will say that it seemed to run bbs/dos software o.k. though some things
used full cpu that i didn't expect, and not having actual additional cores
meant multitasking definitely felt unpleasant. (i.e. additional nodes would
likely affect each other)

i replaced it with a Lenovo E31 (still Windows 7.. 32-bit) and it seems to be
the sweet spot. and fairly inexpensive. hopefully i can baby it until i'm long
gone.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
 * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi

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