----------------------------------------------------------------- Admit nothing! Deny everything! Blame Moderator! --- BBBS/NT v3.33 How-D * Origin: Dalen BBS - +Bergen/Norway+ - <+47-55167262> (2:211/35) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: E5B00020 Date: 05/04/97 From: CHRISTER SOLSTRAND Time: 03:24am \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 5 times) Subj: Backup program BD> AB> Nobody uses it as a backup, but more of a very efficient and BD> AB> fast total repair chance to restore a backup after a severe crash. BD> Now there's a contradictory statement. :-) Hm... isn't that exactly what a backup is for? :-) ------ remiel ----------------------------------------------------------------- Can de lach, mi him can ini. (De forml|ses hjerte, |yets tomme br|nn) --- BBBS/NT v3.33 How-D * Origin: Dalen BBS - +Bergen/Norway+ - <+47-55167262> (2:211/35) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: E5B00021 Date: 05/04/97 From: CHRISTER SOLSTRAND Time: 03:24am \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 5 times) Subj: Purchase BD> CS> And by the way: Whoever can afford a new Alpha system? BD> There's a company called Aspen Systems in Colorado which sells an "Alpha BD> PC". It comes with a DEC 500 mhz alpha motherboard, DEC network card, BD> 256 mb memory, Matrox Millenium video with 4 mb memory, scsi fast wide BD> with 3.8 gb hard disk, 4 mm DAT tape drive, and Windows NT 4.0 BD> workstation. Cost is around 6800 U.S. Dollars. It has the highest BD> performance/price ratio available for an NT workstation. When the 64 BD> bit version of NT for the alpha is available, it may leave the BD> competition dead at the starting line. The motherboard will hold up to BD> 512 mb memory. BD> We've purchased six of these machines with 512 mb memory each in the BD> last two months. We are elated with their performance and price. BD> The company has announced a new version available with dual 500 mhz BD> alpha processors and capacity of 4 gb memory. There is nothing in the BD> world that will be able to touch its performance as an NT workstation. ... I'm speechless. That machine is a monster! Nothing less! ------ remiel ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Anger! Hostility towards the opposition!" - Downset --- BBBS/NT v3.33 How-D * Origin: Dalen BBS - +Bergen/Norway+ - <+47-55167262> (2:211/35) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: E5B00022 Date: 05/04/97 From: CHRISTER SOLSTRAND Time: 03:24am \/To: JEFF GUERDAT (Read 5 times) Subj: Purchase JG> CS>But that doesn't necessarily make the OS for Intel processors 64-bit, JG> CS>does it? And by the way: Whoever can afford a new Alpha system? JG> Nope, the Intel version is still 32 bit and will remain there until JG> Intel makes a real 64 bit CPU, complete with a new instruction set. Do you have any idea when, or if, they're planning to do so? JG> For home, an Alpha would be a poor choice. For technical desktops JG> (something I'm in the middle of trying to get Kodak's middle managers, JG> both on the product development and office productivity sides, to JG> understand - there IS a difference and that's why an NT rollout will JG> look and cost like a Unix environment), it may be a logical choice *IF* JG> there is software that doesn't have to run thru the emulator (any JG> software for Intel-only, which is most of it, must run this way, with JG> the attendant performance hits). Technical apps are being ported but JG> most other software isn't, at least yet... I see. Guess I'll stick to Intel and their clones for now... :-) ------ remiel ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Facts are stubborn things." - Bill Clinton --- BBBS/NT v3.33 How-D * Origin: Dalen BBS - +Bergen/Norway+ - <+47-55167262> (2:211/35) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: E5B00023 Date: 05/03/97 From: JEFF GUERDAT Time: 06:11am \/To: HANS MANGOLD (Read 5 times) Subj: Zip Drives on NT On 05-01-97, HANS MANGOLD said to JEFF GUERDAT: HM>Does your system have ECP or EPP ports? If ECP, did you know it uses a HM>DMA, whereas EPP does not? I sure wasn't aware of this; here, from I have no idea what it REALLY is using - it's listed in the BIOS only as bidirectional. It appears to be using EPP since the use of an IRQ is obvious (I have printing problems if the sound card uses IRQ7). --- *Durango b200 #NR* DurangoMail for Windows NT/95 * KMail 3.10o Knight Moves --- QScan/PCB v1.17b / 01-0406 * Origin: Knight Moves - Rochester,NY 716-865-2106 (1:2613/313) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: E5B00024 Date: 05/03/97 From: JEFF GUERDAT Time: 05:34pm \/To: CHRIS HOLTEN (Read 5 times) Subj: Writable CD for NT On 05-01-97, CHRIS HOLTEN said to NT'ERS: CH>Is anyone using a writable CD in Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0? CH>Prices are getting pretty low and I'd like to get an inexpensive one that CH>is known to work in NT (Preferably NT 3.51), I'm not going to be using it CH>a lot, so a high dollar setup really isn't necessary. Can NT support IDE CH>writable CD-ROM's and if so whose brand comes with NT drivers? CH>I have Adaptec SCSI in the two computers I'd be using them in, so if SCSI CH>is as reasonably priced as IDE, I could do those, but I'd prefer IDE for CH>universality with all my companies computers. I've been using Easy-CD Pro 95 in both Win95 and NT with good success. However, I doubt it would 1) work with an IDE writer (seems to want SCSI nly) and 2) be a good idea to use IDE in the first place (many IDE components seem to lack long-term reliability in general). I'd recommend SCSI writers but would steer clear of IDE ones unless the track record has been proven by someone else... --- *Durango b200 #NR* DurangoMail for Windows NT/95 * KMail 3.10o Knight Moves --- QScan/PCB v1.17b / 01-0406 * Origin: Knight Moves - Rochester,NY 716-865-2106 (1:2613/313) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 206 WINDOWS 32BIT Ref: E5B00025 Date: 05/03/97 From: GARY GILMORE Time: 03:23pm \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: New in the Windows95 FDN New in the Windows95 File Distribution Network. 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