On (17 Sep 95) Bill Grimsley wrote to Keith Richardson...



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.



 BG> Mine is full on (800x600x64k res too) - what model is your Cirrus card? 



it is a yum cha 5249 the only clue to the maker is the ubiquitous 'made

in china' sign. i cant notice any difference in performance

having dropped the hardware acceleration though, much better than my old

et4000 card.



 BG> BTW, there is one major problem I have with Win95, if I insert an audio CD

 BG> into the 'ROM, it locks the PC solid.  Until I eject it.  Works just fine

 BG> under both native DOS and OS/2 though.  Go figure...



mine works just as advertised, probably the best feature of win 95, drop

in an audio cd an it plays, drop in a cd-rom, and it switches back, but

then i only have a plain jane sound blaster single speed, not one of

these 4 engined turbo things (:



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

KR> pain of instant dismissal! 



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



you must be into leather and whips (:



KR> i was at a customer site the other day, they are putting in a fair

KR> size network at present, and guess what - its wfwg.



 BG> A pity, but what other choice is there?  Warp Connect perhaps?  Whatever,

 BG> Win95 is far too unreliable as a server at this stage IMO (our workshop

 BG> Win95 server crashes and burns at least once a day, and often even more

 BG> frequently.



probably novelle as server or possibly nt, and wfwg for the desktops, i

wouldn't bet the shop on either '95 or warp.



KR> its good to see that you are working in the industry now, i suppose

KR> that that is why your posts have dropped off. can i ask what you are

KR> doing?



 BG> I have moved this here, as I don't want the world knowing all of my

 BG> personal business, but I've been working for Computer Hand Holding at

 BG> Lutwyche (Mike Richardson) for almost 4 weeks now, and although I'm at

 BG> present employed as a technician (simple stuff, mainly upgrades, builds,

 BG> general fault-finding and card-swapping etc), my primary role will be the

 BG> technical manager for the new Qld Modem Superstore when it opens next

 BG> month.



thats good to hear, congratulations. all that monkeying about with

modems has paid off then. 



 BG> And yes, my email has suffered dreadfully as a result of having to leave

 BG> home at 0700, and not getting back until around 1830 or later.  Plus I'm

 BG> required to work alternate Saturdays (which is a real PITA, I can tell

 BG> you).  One major bonus though, my phone bill will be considerably less

 BG> from now on.  :)



i can sympathise about the hours, i leave at 0630, and get home about

1745 if i am lucky, and work almost every second weekend (got to install

a new disk unit this saturday night - a little one only 360 gigs). i am

trying to run a 6 million dollar account after 4 of the 9 guys have been

assigned to a new account, i am getting 2 new ones, but it doesn't make

it any easier. now my boss has resigned, so i'll have to run the new one

in as well. ah well i take great comfort from my group certificate (:



                        Keith



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