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Post #330,019 by folkert 7/21/10 7:38:04 AM Reply	See my edit... Also, I've run WindowsXP on Pentium 166MHz machines with 32MB of memory... not well, but its does do the job as a controller for a machine... once running. Takes a while... but you know that anyway.
Post #330,021 by Another Scott 7/21/10 8:16:05 AM Reply	Thanks. One machine I know of is an ISA/PCI machine. I'll check to see how much RAM, etc., it has. It's not networked, so being so old hasn't really been much of a problem. It might be worth the ~$250 or so to try, as moving to a new machine with new interface boards means new software, etc., etc. None of these new hardware and software changes will make us more productive in running the equipment - it's insurance. It would be great if it works, but if it doesn't it hasn't cost us much to try. That's the thinking at the moment, anyway. :-) Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #330,094 by Another Scott 7/22/10 4:39:35 PM Reply	1995 vintage P-100, 64 MB RAM. http://www.microsoft.../sysreqs/pro.mspx Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional Â PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended Â 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features) I'm sure it's possible to boot XP on a P-100, 64 MB, but it would be terribly, terribly slow. We're probably still going to try the USB/ISA thingy, but we're also looking at other options including a USB replacement. Thanks again for the heads-up! There's few things more frustrating than trying to get PC I/O hardware working properly; if we know that it's a crapshoot, we won't bang our heads against the wall if it doesn't work. Cheers, Scott.

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