Re: Windows NT -Reply

["Russ W. Urquhart" urqurw@xxxxxxxx]

I, also have had a similar experience.

In my case, i was able to install XyDos under NT 3.51, inside of it's Dos
window. Just the other day, having screwed up my version of NT 3.51, i did
an upgrade to NT 4.0. Not only did everything go smoothly, almost too
smoothly, but the NT 4.0 window comes up and i can use Xydos there.

I, too, was concerned about my 16-bit apps, but, so far, everything seems to
be ok. I guess my advice would be to try an install of NT and see if you
like how everything works. If you don't you can go back to 95.

fwiw,


Russ



On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 10:19:57AM -0500, Steve Crutchfield wrote:
> I have used Windows NT at work for a couple of years now. I have never
> noticed any problems with either XyDOS or XyWin or Nota Bene in NT. I
> don't know if the famed XyDOS install problem from Win 95 applies
> under NT, since I merely restored my backup of the XyDOS and XyWIN
> setups from my old computer to the new one.
>
> Of course, I've never noticed any problems with XyWrite of any flavor
> under 95 or 98, so the disclaimer "your mileage may vary" applies
> here.
>
> Be advised, of course, that NT 4.0 is about to be supplanted by
> Windows 2000, and if Billy Gates' past success with initial releases
> of operating systems is any clue, I'd stay away for awhile from Win2K.
>
> Steve Crutchfield
>
> >>> Nathan Sivin  12/21 7:53 pm >>>
> I have two problems which I will run by the assembled company in
> separate messages. The first has to do with Windows NT. I am
> looking into the possibility of a new computer. After putting up
> with Win95 for several years, I am fed up with the endless
> crashes. Many of these are due to running DOS and 16-bit Windows
> programs, I realize. I would like to use WinNT Workstation if its
> handling of "legacy" programs is likely to be an improvement in
> stability. Will it? Since I will continue to use XyDOS and the
> 16-bit XyWin, the second question is whether NT will pose
> problems of any magnitude. I would appreciate recent experience
> of anyone on the list. If there is not a reason to change, I will
> stick with Win95 OSR2, which has the advantages of Win98 without
> the bugs, hogs much less disk space than NT, and probably makes
> it easier to root out Internet Explorer, which I do not want.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Nathan Sivin
> History and Sociology of Science
> University of Pennsylvania
> Philadelphia PA 19104-6304
> (215) 898-7454
> nsivin@xxxxxxxx
>
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