Greg Mayman (3:800/449) wrote to Steven Horn at 08:09 on 07 May 2003:

 GM> Yeah, I should have expected that. People found too many ways to
 GM> get around the accursed clumsiness of Win95 and 98. And M$ didn't
 GM> like that.

I'd put it quite differently.  Win95 or 98 or ME were not particularly
stable although they did a reasonably good job with DOS.

 GM> Perhaps you need a completely separate computer running DOS only,
 GM> with its own modem and connection to the line -- a changeover
 GM> switch maybe, if it's a phone line connection. I don't know much
 GM> about cable connections.

There's no doubt that I'd need a separate DOS box.  My Internet connection
is full-time ADSL but what I have read suggests that the DOS box should be
able to use that connection.

 GM> Yes. Micro$not closing the loopholes...

I'd describe it as Microsoft creating an operating system which would be
stable in an networked office environment.  And although I'm at home, my
environment is still networked and I do a fair bit of work at home so I'm
partial to NT and Windows 2000.

 GM> Even though it took a lot of sorting out, at least I'm there!!!! 

Do you do all that work because you have to or because this is your hobby?

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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