-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 CA> I can admit the people who had problems after using FIPS are
 CA> the type that would use it without reading the DOCs. That is a
 CA> good point.

oh yeah it's also suggested you xcopy/s it to a system diskette
and run it from there.

 CA>> If I remember correctly W31 v5.x of Inernet Explorer even
 CA>> writes entries into the REG.DAT of W31 (not often done by
 CA>> other software) that will cause problems. I seem to recall
 CA>> trying to edit them out and finally just replacing REG.DAT
 CA>> with a backup copy.

 I've go a backup copy and Explorer will never beon this machine.

 WC> I didn't install over Win 3.1 and thus have a 32 bit FAT
 WC> and so most everything I do is on the new system though
 WC> telnet is still confined to the Pentium 1. I need to save
 WC> some money for things like NetTerm for Windows 98 to telnet.

 CA> Hyperterminal PE (personal edition) seems to work well for many
 CA> and it's free. Alan Zisman swears by it. I use NetTerm because
 CA> there is no Hyperterminal for W31.

Another save, I'll snag it. Thanx again.

 CA>> I'm inclined to want 512meg if I'm going to bother
 CA>> swapping memory in/out but after asking about memory
 CA>> limits in the W95 echo and getting no replies I'm not
 CA>> clear as to what OS will use 512meg and what OS will just
 CA>> ignore more than 256meg.

 WC> Think per manual this machine only supports 256 Meg., I'm
 WC> happy... for now ;-)

 CA> 256 seems enough for my brother's W98SE install.

 98 will install on an NEC Pentium 180 with  16 meg  RAM,
I know this because initially having trouble installing
on the H.P. I swapped out drives and installed it on the NEC.

 WC>> What I'm going to be doing in the next few weeks is
 WC>> checking out USB CD-ROM read-writers.

 CA>> You may want to verify that you have USB 2?

 WC> I'll check first of course, I always do which is why I've
 WC> never had hardware problems when hooking up new stuff.

 CA> I should've said the proper hardware/speed to support USB 2.

 WC>> There's a German fellows release that employs Dillo
 WC>> graphical browser and the above refered to word processor
 WC>> on a Redhad small footprint, 350 Meg, installation.

 WC> I looked at the screen shots, impressive to say the least.
 WC> Source code just over 300K and binary about 200K!!!

 CA> How well it supports CSS, frames, javascript, and even FLASH
 CA> can be important for accessing manufacturer's websites which I
 CA> suspect you do want to do more often than the average person.
 CA> That and stability in general. ;-)

 Haven't checked all that out but IIRC supports JAVA.
 

 CA>>> Keep in mind recent Linux, Windows, and others are being
 CA>>> written for 2ghz machines now with installed memory on

 CA>> video cards that can be 32 meg just for the video.

 WC> Opps, misspoke myself, THIS machine has an 8 Meg card, the
 WC> H.P. has a 32 :-)

 CA> I think for HP machines this is 'shared memory' meaning it
 CA> reduces available system memory?

Not sure don't care, slap a HDTV - Video card in there
and problem solved.

 WC> Not a clue as yet but if I run into difficulty there's the
 WC> Linux supported software modem sitting in this machine
 WC> unused. I'd install 98 over 3.1 if the disk had the space
 WC> for it here and avail myself of that modem both in Linux
 WC> and Windows on this machine. Once I slap a real drive in
 WC> this machine that'll be taken care of and I do believe I'll
 WC> make it FAT 16 and keep 3.1

 CA> I'm not certain that W98SE will use FAT16? I know Alan Zisman
 CA> has said he kept the first partition as FAT16 for W95 but used
 CA> FAT32 on all other partitions. It was to keep his old DOS
 CA> utilities alive and working which would probably limit that C:
 CA> partition to 2 gig?

I don't have 98SE but vanilla 98 and I can do 95 just fine as the 
NEC machine is just the right age to support all the hardware.

WC> Still telneting off the NEC and surfing off the H.P. Hey if
 WC> I remove the base from this monitor I can fit both machines
 WC> on that cart!

 CA> Take note of the postioning of the casters. If they are too far
 CA> inboard the cart might tip?

Not likely, this is a heavy duty stainless steel  job of
the type nurses wheel around with medications or defribulators
and I doubt they'd want a defribulator hitting the floor.
As long as the wheels can move I can't see any circumstances 
where it'd tip over.
 
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