RE: filmscanners: Scanning and memory limits in Windows

["LAURIE SOLOMON" <LAURIE@advancenet.net>]

As I have already said in earlier posts, my experience with ram greater than
512MB on two different Win 98 systems have been different in that I have
been less likely to run out of system resources, get out of RAM messages, or
find the additional RAM to be a waste or unused.  Given my experiences being
different from that of others and what has been written, I would suggest
that you cannot accept at face value as a universal given that RAM above
512MB with WIN 98 will be a waste or unutilized; nor can you assume that it
will create problems in WIN 98.  You have to just get some additional RAM
and try it on your system with your motherboard and chipset to see if it
works and works well.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Julian Robinson
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 8:43 PM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Scanning and memory limits in Windows


I understood and would like someone to confirm that the Windows resource
meter had nothing to do with how much RAM you had, it was only a measure of
usage of some stack or similar.

When I increased my RAM I didn't notice any change, and I still regularly
run out of resources because I seem to run some programmes that are heavy
on resources (Eudora and Info Select) and because windows is just hopeless
at managing resources, and because IE5 gets confused and refuses to
release, until there are no more left.  I have to reboot regularly just to
regain resources.

I'd also like to know if it is true as Tony suggests that aver 512MB or RAM
is a waste, as I was thinking of getting more RAM on the weekend.

Julian

Win 98 non-SE
384MB RAM

At 04:03 27/07/01, you wrote:
>.  I noticed in both systems that since
>the addition of the RAM the Windows resources meter shows proportionately
>less system resources being used than previously (ie., more system's
>resources available), which is one thing which I take as an indication that
>the additional RAM above 512 is being taken into account.


Julian Robinson
in usually sunny, smog free Canberra, Australia