--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100091 Date: 05/20/98 From: BRUCE BECK Time: 11:58pm \/To: BIRGIT MURPHY (Read 6 times) Subj: Re: BACKING UP -=> Quoting Birgit Murphy to All <=- BM> When I backup files from my hard drive to the floppy drive I BM> sometimes get an error message that says: BM> C:\WINDOWS\SchedLog.txt - busy You should not have win95 running in the backup ground when doing a backup, totally exit out of win95 to dos mode, then do your backup. :> TTYL, Bruce Beck - Sysop of the Adult NiteClub - bwbba@juno.com ... You have reach this tagline, ple$%%#$^&^# - darn recorders!!!! --- FastEcho 1.46 [Registered] * Origin: ={T.A.N.C}= (1:2630/139) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100092 Date: 05/20/98 From: DERREN WHITEMAN Time: 09:52pm \/To: JOHN DUKE (Read 6 times) Subj: CDRW drive advice needed RS> I bought a Yamaha CRW 4260tx,(external SCSI). It's a great unit!! JD>Ya'll hush up...I let one get by me for 265...Man was I dumb.. As in $265?!? Shall I elaborate on how dumb you are? :) Derren Whiteman derren@interlog.com | www.interlog.com/~derren * 1st 2.00 #1346s * --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: FidoNet: CAP/CANADA Support BBS : 416 287-0234 (1:250/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100093 Date: 05/20/98 From: JAMES WOMACK Time: 05:46pm \/To: GARY PRESSON (Read 6 times) Subj: Win95 Echo Rules -- last JW> @TID: HyperMail! v1.22 95-3016 M> General nature of the echo: JW> Hi, General, nice army you got. Sure bodes respect, that's for sur GP>One of the (BASIC) tenets of using "the nets" is to not post while/afte GP>using mind altering substences. You mean substances ( I think ). GP>You personify that adomnition... (IMO) What can I say, I aim to displease. :-> --- * PW * --- Corvette BBS LV,NV 702-431-2284 * Origin: (1:209/218) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100094 Date: 05/20/98 From: JAMES WOMACK Time: 05:50pm \/To: ALAN ZISMAN (Read 6 times) Subj: USB technology AZ>James Womack said to Alan Zisman on 05-19-98 08:56: JW>And skuzzy ( SCSI ) has been around since the early 1980's. JW>But PC people wanted things simple so MFM, RLL, IDE, EIDE, and now JW>Ultra IDE is what reigned. A pity in a way but it was the SCSI JW>people's fault. They priced themselves out of the PC market and JW>in manys are still doing that. It's their lost as much as ours. AZ>Actually, SCSI is MUCH simpler to use than MFM et al... I tend to agree with this. However, by simple, I meant: Widely available Cheap Standard on just about any PC AZ>It got a bad reputation among PC users in the old DOS days prior to the AZ>ASPI driver standards, but since then, it makes adding new equipment, AZ>including hard drives, much easier than the competition. You're preaching to the converted, Alan. The problem wasn't skuzzy itself, it was the marketing strategy. AZ>All that and better performance when multitasking... it's unfortunate t AZ>the PC is market is so price sensitive that a relatively minor price AZ>difference has resulted in a superior technology being effectively rese AZ>for the niche market of network servers. More or less that's what Isaid. However, a smart marketer would recognize this fact and take advantage of it as did many non-SCSI vendors who are now pretty entrenched. AZ>_______________ AZ>Internet mail to: azisman@rogers.wave.ca AZ>Win95 FAQ at: http://home.bc.rogers.wave.ca/azisman/faq95.htm AZ>___ AZ> * WR 1.31 # 126 * AZ>--- Maximus 2.01wb AZ> * Origin: Basic'ly Computers: Mooo-ing Right Along. (1:153/9) --- * PW * --- Corvette BBS LV,NV 702-431-2284 * Origin: CORVETTE BBS - Las Vegas, Nevada (702) 431-2284 (1:209/218) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100095 Date: 05/20/98 From: JAMES WOMACK Time: 05:56pm \/To: PETER LANE-COLLETT (Read 6 times) Subj: win98 PL>If it comes with a new machine fine but if people are happy with Win95, PL>doesn't seem to offer too much in the way of incentives to upgrade. It PL>doesn't support my Mustek scanner natively as a scanning device. I have PL>load Win95 drivers. I don't like the sound of this. I have a Mustek 800 IISP and with my first install, I forefeited the maker's driver and 95 ran this scanner. On my second install ater a virus wipeout, I used ( am using ) the maker's driver and quite frankly, I don't see a difference. In a word, it works the way I want it, when I want it. So if you're saying 98 won't do this, and if my experience supports your claim, strike one! For something that's supposed to be improved, I will not tolerate this, but then again, I have to see for myself if this is a reality for as it was you. --- * PW * --- Corvette BBS LV,NV 702-431-2284 * Origin: (1:209/218) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100096 Date: 05/20/98 From: JAMES WOMACK Time: 06:06pm \/To: PETER BEEFTINK (Read 6 times) Subj: Win98 price. PB>Monday May 18 1998 08:03, Alan Zisman wrote to Jason Lamb: AZ> Pricing it set to be about the same as Win95's-- $99 US for the AZ> upgrade version. (Personally, I think this is too steep, but they AZ> didn't ask for MY opinion). PB>I completely agree with you that the price is too steep: thay's what yo PB>when you are stuck with a monopoly. After all, they could set the pric PB>anything they'd want, as you can't very well go somewhere else, now can MS isnot yet a monopoly. That's why folks like me got our hands on the Red Hat LINUX 5.0 gun and our finger posed on the trigger. But even if MS was a monopoly they would only kill themselves. People would eventually stay with what they have and not buy new items from them. At some point, MS would have to either be reasonable or be stuck with annual decreases in revenue leading to financial ruin. On top of that, people would look for, and I promise find someone to provide alternate products which is actually why you're seeing certain groups seeking to return to DOS while improving how programs would use it and such things as LINUX. And heaven forbid, Peter, if MS went too far, it is very likely a lot of IBM compatible people would, GASP! NOOOOOOO! PANT PANT! AAARRRRRGGGHHHHH! Defect to Apple!!!!!!!!!!!! Never underestimate the sheer stubbornness of consumers when push really comes to shove. First we howl, cry, protest, whine, and all that. Then we start getting downright nasty and vengeful. Now about the price of 98, it is step, I agree. But all one has to do is sit back long enough and the price here and there will slide down. If enough people say THANKS BUT NO THANKS, MS would reduce it, trust me. Right now, toomany of us are led by the nose ring so MS can do this kind of thing. In a sense, it is our own fault for behaving like wide-eyed kids opening their first ever Christmas present everytime MS tosses out a versions of Windows. But some of us are sending the message with our words and wallets telling Redmond we'll play only if it's worth it. --- * PW * --- Corvette BBS LV,NV 702-431-2284 * Origin: CORVETTE BBS - Las Vegas, Nevada (702) 431-2284 (1:209/218) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100097 Date: 05/20/98 From: JAMES WOMACK Time: 06:13pm \/To: FRANCOIS HEIZMANN (Read 6 times) Subj: Win95/NT compared to Lin FOR YOUR COMPARSIONS OF LINUX AND NT-------BRAVO! Humorous as it was, I learned a bit more about both systems and enjoyed myself to boot. A job well-done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --- * PW * --- Corvette BBS LV,NV 702-431-2284 * Origin: (1:209/218) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100098 Date: 05/20/98 From: JAMES WOMACK Time: 06:16pm \/To: CHARLES SCAGLIONE (Read 6 times) Subj: winNT CS>Minh Van wrote to Dennis McCunney MV>thanks buddy. so in a nutshell, it runs faster, more reliably, the MV>current NT 4.0 doesn't have PnP support nor does it have direct-x MV>support. CS>Not entirely correct. There is in fact a PNP driver file which can be CS>installed from the NT CD-ROM and used to detect PNP modems and sound CS>cards. It's rather limited but does work. And NT 4.0 with Service Pac CS>3 installed supports DirectX version 3. That may well be true. But let me telly ou what the MS reps at the Las Vegas COMDEX told me to my face. "Your problem with NT is partly because it is not PNP. We will give you Windows 95 free. Is that acceptable?" And Charles, that's why I have Windows 95 and why the NT 4.0 CD-ROM was thrown into the trash months ago. It never did work as advertised despite my buying and doing all MS' tech told me. And those guys went to hell and beyond on my behalf, but in the end, the above is what I got. --- * PW * --- Corvette BBS LV,NV 702-431-2284 * Origin: CORVETTE BBS - Las Vegas, Nevada (702) 431-2284 (1:209/218) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100099 Date: 05/20/98 From: CHARLES SCAGLIONE Time: 02:05pm \/To: LARRY ROBERTS (Read 6 times) Subj: Win95b OSR2 Larry Roberts wrote to Alan Zisman LR> The thing with Win98 is that I have seen the compressed LR>archive of the latest BETA version. This "beast" was over a 100 LR>Megs. I'm a very budget minded computer user. Actually I'm pretty LR>damn poor. I'm not planning on buying a 4GB, or more HDD to satisfy LR>Win98 installation req. anytime soon. The thing problably would eat LR>300MB, or installed, and not to mention the free space it would need LR>for Virtual Memory. After all that, it would be like trying to run LR>Win95 on a 340MB HDD, which is what my brother's 486 is setup on, LR>and it's not a good thing I tell you what. I guess if you're poor you probably can't afford a new hard drive, but I thought I would mention that Fry's is selling new 4.3G drives for $139. Save your pennies, buy one, and then install Win98. E-Mail to: cscag@hotmail.com or: cscag37@airmail.net CMPQwk 1.42 1262 --- PCBoard (R) v15.4/M 10 Beta * Origin: Lunatic Fringe BBS * Richardson, TX * 972-235-5288 * (1:124/2113) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 263 WINDOWS '95 Ref: FA100100 Date: 05/20/98 From: CHARLES SCAGLIONE Time: 02:05pm \/To: ROBERT FOWLER (Read 6 times) Subj: Clearing document menu ROBERT FOWLER wrote to ALAN ZISMAN RF>What prohibition, if any, exists against deleting the "recent" RF>folder. AFAIK, it is neither a system nor custom folder, so it RF>shouldn't be required....RF I believe that folder will be recreated when you open a document in Win95, unzip a file, etc. The Temporary Internet Cache folders work the same way - delete them and they'll be created again upon starting MSIE. Deleting them is futile, as the Borg would say... E-Mail to: cscag@hotmail.com or: cscag37@airmail.net CMPQwk 1.42 1262 --- PCBoard (R) v15.4/M 10 Beta * Origin: Lunatic Fringe BBS * Richardson, TX * 972-235-5288 * (1:124/2113)