mark lewis (1:3634/12) wrote to Steven Horn at 09:11 on 02 Apr 2003:

 ml> still, my point stands :wink:

I'll mark one up on the wall for you when you acjnowledge how easy it is to
set up a Windows 9x PC for dial-up networking.:-)

 ml> i don't know the percentage... many of them run windows as that's
 ml> what was on them when they were purchased... for them to have unix
 ml> or linux on them, they'd have to have been purchased quite a while
 ml> ago (for unix) or very recently (for linux)... TTBOMK, the ones i

Understood.

 ml> speak of are all running win9x or DOS... of those running win9x,
 ml> most of them are win95 original (ie: no A, B, or C)... believe it

Which would be difficult to network without some help.  As I recall, Billy
Gates and the boys developed that version before they discovered the
advantage of Internet connectivity.
 
 ml> or not, there are still many IBM PCATs out there with their
 ml> original 5 or 10 meg harddrive with their original version of DOS
 ml> that came with them... plodding along doing the job they were
 ml> conscripted to do... i've even had a client that used one with an
 ml> old old old accounting program written in basic... they wanted some
 ml> new features and capabilities that they knew that everyone else has
 ml> had as part of the package but management was not going to spend
 ml> $1500 for a new machine with quickbooks on it... oh well... their
 ml> loss... they are still struggling along today and that was at least
 ml> 5 years ago when i was in to see them about that...

They would have loved you if you could have given them a fix.  My brother
bugs me from time to time about printer drivers for WordPerfect 5.1 and I
point him to generic drivers and suggest he buy a new version of WP or
Word.:-)

Take care,

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