> NT has far better security and is a much much faster and far more stable
> file/print server that WFWG could ever hope to be. There is really no
> comparison in performance as far as a "network" 
> standpoint. NT also requires
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 RS>  I been hearing both sides. I got version 3.1 and I'm just running a BBS
 RS> and network stuff together to get easy access to everything. I been 
 RS> hearing the version I got is lousy. 
Well you want to consider the times. Things have changed a bunch since NT 
3.10 and WFWG came out. Some people seem to forget that. Win NT 3.10 and WFWG 
are about the same lineage. Niether one of them compare with OS's that are 5 
years newer than they are. I gave you a comparison between NT 3.10 and WFWG 
based on my exerience running both for a couple of years. I have since moved 
on to the newer versions of NT and Windows 95, which with newer equipment is 
better than either Win NT or WFWG, but I had understood that you were only 
going to run either NT 3.10 or WFWG 3.11. In networking NT 3.10 is 
considerably better than WFWG. In running Desktop apps, WFWG is probably 
better than NT 3.10 although I never had any difficulty running any DOS or 16 
bit WIN app that I used in NT 3.10 except 16 bit FOSSIL driven BBS software, 
and even with that crap, after a lot of horsing around, I got it to work 
"passably" (but not -real- good). 
I did run a BBS with NT 3.10, but I am here to tell you that running a 16 bit 
FOSSIL driven BBS with any version of NT, -especailly- NT 3.10 is not very 
good. Takes lots of farting around with just to get at best, mediocre 
results. With NT 4.0 you can use Winfossil for NT and that works very well 
for running 16 bit DOS fossil driven BBS software. NT 3.10 will allow you run 
32 bit Binkley and Maximus/NT though. You won't be able to spawn any 16 bit 
DOORs or other 16 bit BBS stuff if you run Bink32 or Max/NT in any version of 
NT though.
 RS>  I'm adding this in after reading your second message, That was the type
 RS> of reply I was hoping to get with the question. I heard about the 
 RS> networking advantages but I got no books with the CD set. I'm afraid to 
 RS> install it after the win95 disaster. I should get the "windows NT for 
 RS> dummies" book.
I doubt Windows NT for dummies covers NT 3.10. The way it sets up and runs is 
pretty much the same as WFWG 3.11 except it is 32 bit. Don't forget that when 
you install it it will migrate your WFWG destop and allow you to dual boot 
either DOS/WFWG or Windows NT 3.10. It will use about 60meg of Disk space. 
The two headaches you might have with it is whether it supports your CD-ROM 
and Network Cards. NT 3.10 was very limited in the CD-ROM's it supported 
right out of the box, including IDE ones. SCSI CD-ROM works fine with it. If 
your CD-ROM is not SCSI, you might see if your MFG included an NT 3.1 driver 
with it.
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