RE: RE: win 98 bugs...

Don
Or is That part of M$ plan for world domination (known fact M$ hates floppies 
because they are easier to pirate) 

Peter   (temporarily from Bethany Beach)
----Original Message-----
   >From:       Don <dr2@access.digex.net>
   >To:         Walden Leverich <walden@techsoftinc.com>
   >Cc:         MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
   >Subject:            RE: win 98 bugs...
   >Reply-To:           MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
   >Date:       Monday, June 29, 1998 8:00 PM
   >
   >
   >
   >Walden,
   >
   >it's a 166 with 32m.  Damn thing is that it will READ and WRITE a
   >PRE-FORMATTED diskette, but just won't format...diskette drive just keeps
   >dropping ready...damnedest thing I've seen in a while!
   >
   >I would have gone NT LONG LONG LONG ago but the dolts at Micro Integration
   >are dragging their butts at making their remote 5250 product NT
   >compatible...ditto for Chessmaster 5500....:)  IF not for them I'ld be on
   >NT.
   >
   >Don in DC metro
   >
   >On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Walden Leverich wrote:
   >
   >> Don,
   >> 
   >> Ho much memory? More than 32? Go WinNT!
   >> 
   >> -Walden
   >> 
   >> -----Original Message-----
   >> From: Don [mailto:dr2@access.digex.net]
   >> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 1998 8:20 AM
   >> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
   >> Subject: win 98 bugs...
   >> 
   >> 
   >> 
   >> 
   >> 
   >> OK, on the slight chance that you're running a 385 thinkpad and are
   >> thinking of upgrading to win 98...DON'T.  I just did and it won't
   >> recognize the A: drive for formating....it WILL read and write to a
   >> formatted diskette, but will not format it...the drive seems to timeout
   >> when doing the format operation...
   >> 
   >> The only reason I went to 98 with this thinkless pad was because I was
   >> having soooo many problems with 95 locking up on the box....and I've got
   >> the latest 95 drivers from the webber....
   >> 
   >> ...strike one up for Virus-98....
   >> 
   >> Don in DC metro...
   >> 
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