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Hello Wayne - 

WC>> Doesn't work, seems the installation software looks for
WC>> Asus components. I could try hacking the software in but
WC>> why bother when I've the 32 bit Win 95 driver already at
WC>> hand? 

CA>> No way to just remove the video drivers? Why bother? I
CA>> guess to give W31 the opportunity to display video? 

WC> Oh I'd certianly like to but have never before manually
WC> installed a driver rather relying on the installation
WC> routine to take care of that for me. I assume there are
WC> entries in .ini files as well as the registry as well as a
WC> utility on the desktop to set resolution but am not
WC> confident in my ability to kludge it together properly
WC> especially as regards the registry. I imagine were I able
WC> to use these drivers my video apps would positively scream.
WC> I could drop the DLL's into \system and move the drivers to
WC> where the current ones are but lacking a working
WC> installation executable lack confidence in this approach. 

For W31 the install is not as complex as what you describe but
I would guess it could be considerably easier with the right
.EXE to automate the process.

One major flaw in the 'legacy' or 'survpc' concept. People lose
the diskettes with the drivers and other 'special' software
before the machine is a few months old. It isn't uncommon for
me to be offered a machine that the owner has not only lost all
of the support software the putz reformatted the drive erasing
everything that was working for him/her originally. 

My Compaq Presario was an exception, thank goodness. The setup
on that one has so many Compaq specific utlities I would hate
to have to reinstall them all and when I looked Compaq wasn't
offering them for download either. Sad part is they work quite
well. Almost a shame they are Compaq specific applications and
utilities. 

WC>> As the Win 95 OEM CD is happy with current CD drive I'll
WC>> go that way. Only hope the release I've got doesn't hang
WC>> me up with a bunch of Netscape browser compatibility
WC>> issues I used to hear so much about. 

CA>> Alan Zisman would know the answer to that question. 

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WC> Currently 633 - 618K conventional memory available which is
WC> a bit more than I had before. This with all my sound card
WC> and CD drive drivers loaded in high memory. 

An ERD from W98SE will boot here with 629k memory with no
changes to the disk. Impressive! 

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WC> I'm headed for Linux with Windows just being a interrum
WC> handy O.S. I'll copy and manage backups on partitions well
WC> beyond 1,024 cyliders by fdisking with Linux and copying to
WC> those partitions with Linux after mounting those partitions. 

I've been told many Linux users keep WFWG handy as a backup OS. 

WC> I'm beginning to get annoyed with browser limitations with
WC> 3.1 or I'd be more agressive in attempting to get those
WC> Asus video drivers to work. 

W31 has a v5.01 IExplorer which puts it really close to the
bleeding edge. I think the browser that came standard with my
brother's W98SE machine is just v5.5 (or lower?). 

I know what you refer to but I blame the lousy webpage designs
as often, or more often, than I blame the browsers. 

Regardless of browser being used there will be webpages that
will self-destruct if your browser isn't exactly the same as
the one used when designing the webpage. Web designers tend to
be former non-programmers who experience an ego-burst once they
begin to get a few webpages working and then go off on a
whirlwind tour of every webpage function they can find trying
to stuff them all onto just one page. 

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