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    Super Lloyd
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    Pff.. some people are still using Windows 10 or 11 over here.. I am going to leave them all in the dust with my new copy of Windows 98! Muahaha!

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      Pff.. some people are still using Windows 10 or 11 over here.. I am going to leave them all in the dust with my new copy of Windows 98! Muahaha!

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      Shao Voon Wong
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      I am using Windows 2000.

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        Pff.. some people are still using Windows 10 or 11 over here.. I am going to leave them all in the dust with my new copy of Windows 98! Muahaha!

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        3.1 may be better. Less features, less bugs.

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          3.1 may be better. Less features, less bugs.

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          OriginalGriff
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          Amarnath S wrote:

          3.1 may be better. Less features, different bugs.

          FTFY! :-D

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            3.1 may be better. Less features, less bugs.

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            Graeme_Grant
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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

            “I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times.” - Bruce Lee.

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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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              megaadam
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              QDOS comes after that

              "If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

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                QDOS comes after that

                "If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

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                Graeme_Grant
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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

                “I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times.” - Bruce Lee.

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                • A Amarnath S

                  3.1 may be better. Less features, less bugs.

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                  dandy72
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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                        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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                        Bad drivers can do that, and it's the correct thing for the OS to do as all bets are off. But a regular end-user app would have a very hard time doing that nowadays, even on purpose.

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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.

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                          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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                            TNCaver
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                            Win 3.1 runs on MS DOS, so, two birds and all...

                            There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
                               - Thomas Sowell

                            A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
                               - Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)

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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.

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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

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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

                                “I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 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

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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

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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

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                                    "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

                                    “I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 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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                                      I certainly do not miss worrying about error detection/correction on bytes.

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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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                                        All sounds familiar. Our main frame was a VAX (later a VAX cluster) running VMS. MS-DOS batch files, couldn't live without them. Everything is so much different but somehow no so much.

                                        "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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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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                                          jmaida
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                                          Found it. anchor automation Volksmodem 12. Put a lot data through it.

                                          "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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