þ Replying to a message originally posted in ZONE3_TECH...

Keith, at 16:52 on Sep 14 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> 8mb is nowhere near enough for Win95 (much like OS/2 really).

KR> well brenton did say a month or so back that he could see a ram shortage
KR> comming up as soon as '95 came out, he may be right.

If there is, it'll be purely artificial.  These speculators want to watch
out, as once RAM reaches a certain price range, the majority of people
would sooner put up with slow machines than fork out say $800 or another
8Mb.

KR> the only quibbles that i have is that the cirrus logic video
KR> drivers do strange things sometimes,

BG> Fortunately, my VLB 5428 works just fine, as do the VLB 5429s and PCI
BG> 5430s we put in new PCs at work.  Well, so far at least...

KR> i have dropped the hardware acceleration back two notches and it seems
KR> ok now.

Mine is full on (800x600x64k res too) - what model is your Cirrus card? 
BTW, there is one major problem I have with Win95, if I insert an audio CD
into the 'ROM, it locks the PC solid.  Until I eject it.  Works just fine
under both native DOS and OS/2 though.  Go figure...

BG> Tried running Lantastic from Win95 yet?  It's as flaky as buggery.

KR> no, we have novelle at work, and '95 is banned from the network on pain
KR> of instant dismissal! 

Although I've never met him, I like your system administrator already!  :)

KR> i was at a customer site the other day, they are putting in a fair size 
KR> network at present, and guess what - its wfwg.

A pity, but what other choice is there?  Warp Connect perhaps?  Whatever,
Win95 is far too unreliable as a server at this stage IMO (our workshop
Win95 server crashes and burns at least once a day, and often even more
frequently.

KR> its good to see that you are working in the industry now, i suppose that
KR> that is why your posts have dropped off. can i ask what you are doing?

I have moved this here, as I don't want the world knowing all of my
personal business, but I've been working for Computer Hand Holding at
Lutwyche (Mike Richardson) for almost 4 weeks now, and although I'm at
present employed as a technician (simple stuff, mainly upgrades, builds,
general fault-finding and card-swapping etc), my primary role will be the
technical manager for the new Qld Modem Superstore when it opens next
month.

And yes, my email has suffered dreadfully as a result of having to leave
home at 0700, and not getting back until around 1830 or later.  Plus I'm
required to work alternate Saturdays (which is a real PITA, I can tell
you).  One major bonus though, my phone bill will be considerably less from
now on.  :)

Regards, Bill

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