SCOTTSDALE SEA & SKI CLUB- Tips for viewing pictures The browser that came with your Internet account or PC can be very slow. For best viewing, download and install, free of charge, the latest version of Netscape or Internet Explorer Web browsers. Use a Super VGA (SVGA) video card with 8 Mb or more RAM and at least a high resolution 15 inch monitor but (preferably a 17 inch one). Nowadays the 14 inch models are obsolete, very hard on the eyes & the pictures/words wrap around on the screen. If you have the larger monitor, make sure you take advantage of it by increasing your Windows 95/98 display settings under Display in Control Panel. For Windows NT the Display settings are similar. Either way up it from the grainy 640x480 to at least 800x600 resolution. A 20" monitor will easily take 1024x768. If you go to too high a resolution on a small monitor all the letters images will appear tiny and the font will be difficult to read. You should also select at least 256 or more colors to display, preferably 16 million, high color, true color, etc. To give good color depth and no grain, the video card should have at least 8 Mb of RAM on it. If yours doesn't, you will not see any options beyond 256 colors or they will only be available at the lowest 640x480 resolution. A higher resolution and/or more colors will result in the pictures looking sharper, less grainy & a lot more pleasing. Of course if you have a monitor or video card that is several years old or was a bargain basement model, you'll need to upgrade. Most recent monitors will easily handle 1024x768 and even 1600x1200. 17" monitors can be had for about $200. Many video cards with 16 Mb RAM, e.g. RivaTNT are less than $80. If your old PC has a PCI slot, get a PCI video card. Swap that 14.4k or 28.8k modem for a 56k V.90. Better yet, get Speedchoice as your ISP for phenomenonal download rates 100 times faster than modems, up to 10 Mb. The price isn't much more! One more thing. Iif you're still using a 386, 486 or a Pentium slower than 133 MHz, it's definitely time to upgrade your motherboard and/or entire PC. You'll be glad you did! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT - CHECK OUT THESE SITES Tom's Hardware Guide PC Guide What-is ? Explains Computer Terms