Re: which computer - win98se update

[Philip Friedman pfilf@xxxxxxxx]

Jon and John

thanks for the help with this. I've lucked into an upgrader and have upgraded the needy computers.
The USB devices I need for those computers work fine. I haven't yet tried to put WiFi on them (the
other reason I wanted 98SE), but that would likely be for non-DOS, non-Xy uses.  My initial attempt
to print from XyW through my homenetwork haven't succeeded so far, but I haven't given it much
attention as yet. The server has both parallel and USB outputs for the printer (an HP 1320)  I'll
look at that in a bit. Maybe using typef to redirect the print output will help.

Philip


-----Original Message-----
From: John 
Sent: Oct 8, 2005 2:10 AM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: which computer - win98se update


Yes and no.
With 98se, my hardware manages usb mice ok, a
palmtop badly and a usb memory key not at all.
(The latter being the only one which is
specifically usb 2.0).

And 98se wasn't able to do any better on an IBM
motherboard which ran it with no problems under
Win 2k.

It depends a lot on the hardware - the chipset on
the motherboard. Via chips are known to be fussy,
even in add-on cards. For these, Nec ones are
apparently better.

Several Linux distributions make usb work on the
same hardware without problems, but I haven't
checked whether the transfers are at usb2 rates.

Amongst windows versions, the consensus is that XP
is best for usb.

John


Philip Friedman wrote:
> thanks John. Can I assume it runs USB2?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John 
> Sent: Oct 2, 2005 1:43 PM
> To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: which computer - win98se update
>
>
> There's a Win98se update available at:
>
> - http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html or
> - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4131.html
>
> It's a (12 Mb) private compilation of the
> important updates supplied by MS (before they
> stopped supporting 98se). I've been using it for
> some time and find the system is more solid.
> John
>
>
> J R FOX wrote:
>
>>--- BrennerNY@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>The computer repair guy I use tells me that Windows
>>>98 is the best compromise
>>>in this situation because it has fewer bugs than ME.
>>>It's also less likely to
>>>be a target of new viruses than XP.
>>
>>
>>I think Patricia is partial to 98. It can be a
>>problemmatic install on current issue hardware,
>>though. Getting workable contemporary drivers can be
>>a real pain.
>>
>>I find W2K to be tolerable, if / when one _must_ use
>>Windows. But installing *that* from scratch today
>>would likely be a different sort of pain: at this
>>point, I bet you'd have to spend a couple weeks just
>>applying all the service pack fixes and security
>>patches ! This may not be relevant in the case of 98
>>-- I wouldn't know.
>>
>>
>>Jordan
>>
>>
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