Re: Bill Gates Wins, AS/400 Users Loose

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Congratulations Brad !

Glad to PERSONALLY know of someone that isn't having a problem with '95 -
ESPECIALLY with networking and the AS/400 <BG> !

Chuck

Stone, Brad V (TC) wrote:

> My PC at work is running W95 and the only time it locks up is if someone
> shuts down one of our servers with a BANG!  And that is rare, though not
> as rare as we'd like it.
>
> I've also had my Laptop at home (running W95) lock up with my dial-up
> ISP goes down.  Again it's rare, but not as rare as I'd like.
>
> But, this does not affect entering code, since when you sign back on, it
> let's you accept the changes you were making while the disconnect
> happened.... that still works!
>
> Bradley V. Stone
> bvstone@taylorcorp.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chuck Lewis [SMTP:CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 1:35 PM
> > To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject:      Re: Bill Gates Wins, AS/400 Users Loose
> >
> > Ira, I agree !
> >
> > Win doze (that is what spell check in Netscape changes Windoze to
> > <BG>...) 95 is
> > a JOKE in the workplace; it MIGHT be OK at home, I don't know.
> > I'm running NT 4.0 on a Toshiba notebook and LOVE it - as LONG as you
> > have LOTS
> > of memory (I'm running 144mb) !!!
> >
> > On my new job I have several PC's to play with and one has 95 on it
> > and it is
> > CONSTANTLY locking up...
> >
> > NO THANKS ! I LOVE C/A and being able to cut and paste AS/400 stuff,
> > but I find
> > myself CONSTANTLY saving anything I do for fear that it will lock up
> > and loose
> > everything. I ACTUALLY (for now - until I get a new notebook and get
> > it connected
> > to the AS/400) have reverted BACK to a TERMINAL for most of my coding
> > work !
> > Arghhh...
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > Ira Chandler wrote:
> >
> > > We gave up on Win95.  We ONLY use NT 4.0 now
> > > and the reboots are MUCH less frequent.
> > >
> > > For those of you OS/2 devotees, remeber that
> > > Win95 was NEVER designed to compare to OS/2.
> > > OS/2 was the precursor of NT and you can only
> > > really compare OS/2 to NT.
> > >
> > > Anyone using Win95 for business should rethink
> > > that and consider NT.  Even a laptop runs better,
> > > as long as you shutdown gracefully.
> > >
> > > Ira Chandler, Technical Services, ROI Corporation
> > > ira@roiconnect.com   800-396-7641 x512  www.roiconnect.com
> > >
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