RE: RE: win 98 bugs...

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doubt it, from what I hear from China, CD's are about as easy to copy as
anything known to man....

 

On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 1stplace@crosslink.net wrote:

> 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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