Windows super upgrade!
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Amarnath S wrote:
3.1 may be better. Less features, less bugs.
In terms of bug counts, maybe, but in terms of bug severity...it's been a long time I've seen a BSOD in modern Windows versions. 3.1 required multiple reboots a day.
I have seen it fairly recently (or something like it) - perhaps in last two years? Bit scary actually because I hadn't seen it it so long. And related... In Las Vegas there is an intersection with MGM, New York and a two other casinos. There are above street crosswalks in all directions for pedestrians. MGM has (or perhaps had) a very large screen facing that intersection. It showed various casino ads and such. So I was walking on the crosswalk and there was a giant screen of BSOD. Apparently something similar happened to the Paris casino. I wonder if one of those sets the record for the largest BSOD.
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I have seen it fairly recently (or something like it) - perhaps in last two years? Bit scary actually because I hadn't seen it it so long. And related... In Las Vegas there is an intersection with MGM, New York and a two other casinos. There are above street crosswalks in all directions for pedestrians. MGM has (or perhaps had) a very large screen facing that intersection. It showed various casino ads and such. So I was walking on the crosswalk and there was a giant screen of BSOD. Apparently something similar happened to the Paris casino. I wonder if one of those sets the record for the largest BSOD.
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From what I know, the BSOD problem was there in Win 98 also. Only when Managed code made its presence in the early 2000s, did the BSOD reduce drastically, isn't it? For example I could write
int *a = 0;
and cause system-crash, till the coming of managed code.
Amarnath S wrote:
From what I know, the BSOD problem was there in Win 98 also
All operating systems have their equivalent to the BSOD, even the latest Windows and Linux versions, and yes, they were still rather common on 98. I'm not sure the reduction of BSODs can be directly attributed to managed code however...I mean, your null pointer sample will crash a regular app, but shouldn't take down the entire OS. Older versions weren't doing such a great job preventing apps from overwriting memory that doesn't belong to them.
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Why not go all out with MS DOS...
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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CP/M?
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Yikes that goes way back. I have a copy on a giant 8" floppy disk somewhere. I thought I had a tape cassette with it CP/M but I forget.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
Sure does ... I remember doing networking with Lantastic over coax...
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Sure does ... I remember doing networking with Lantastic over coax...
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Used telnet with modem and home phone line. Talked to a mainframe via my IBM PC @1200 baud at first if memory serves. I remember getting my first 9600 baud modem. I think I still have it.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
Ah, modems... I looked after a national retail chain of close to 400 stores. I developed a MS-DOS batch file, that had a built-in retry mechanism, that dialled into the stores to collect daily sales information using 300 baud dialup modems and generated a report file that the customer's VAX would read. Those were the good old days ... lol
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Ah, modems... I looked after a national retail chain of close to 400 stores. I developed a MS-DOS batch file, that had a built-in retry mechanism, that dialled into the stores to collect daily sales information using 300 baud dialup modems and generated a report file that the customer's VAX would read. Those were the good old days ... lol
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Ah, modems... I looked after a national retail chain of close to 400 stores. I developed a MS-DOS batch file, that had a built-in retry mechanism, that dialled into the stores to collect daily sales information using 300 baud dialup modems and generated a report file that the customer's VAX would read. Those were the good old days ... lol
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Ah, modems... I looked after a national retail chain of close to 400 stores. I developed a MS-DOS batch file, that had a built-in retry mechanism, that dialled into the stores to collect daily sales information using 300 baud dialup modems and generated a report file that the customer's VAX would read. Those were the good old days ... lol
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
