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by West
Thu 28 Mar 2013, 08:41
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Which Puppy on 1999 HP Vectra with 256 MB?
Replies: 9
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Re: Which Puppy on 1999 HP Vectra with 256 MB?

Hi,
nitehawk wrote:I also have one of those 1999 HP Vectras. They make really good Puppy boxes. I put another mobo in mine,.and an older Nvidia card. ..(was 866Mhz,...now 933Mhz)...and I put 512ram in it.
Would 512 MB RAM (currently 256 MB) increase the speed of the box noticeably? Thanks.

Cheers.
by West
Wed 27 Mar 2013, 14:39
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Which Puppy on 1999 HP Vectra with 256 MB?
Replies: 9
Views: 2112

Hi Ally and Monsie, Thank you for your replies. I burned Wary 5.5 to a CD and it worked out of the box. Impressive. I like Wary's GUI too. I remembered that I had an old 3 GB Seagate disk lying around and put that in the Vectra. I believe you're not supposed to install Puppy on a hard disk, but anyw...
by West
Tue 26 Mar 2013, 00:47
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: Which Puppy on 1999 HP Vectra with 256 MB?
Replies: 9
Views: 2112

Which Puppy on 1999 HP Vectra with 256 MB?

Hi all,

Which Puppy distr. would you recommend for a 1999 HP Vectra VLi8 SF with PIII 600 MHz, 256 MB RAM and no hard drive?

It should be able to do web browsing and e-mail. Streaming audio would be nice too.

Many thanks for your suggestions.

Cheers.