06-22-15 07:41 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: SCSI Adapter Startup

 TW> {at}MSGID: 
 EV>06-20-15 07:28 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: SCSI Adapter Startup
Howdy! Tom,
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 EV>Why didn't IBM/Microsoft put everything needed to start up the pc in
 EV>ROM like the Commodore 64 and 1541 FDD does.
 EV>That seems like a better way to me.

 TW> The MS operating system tries to be everything for everybody so
 TW> loads lots of stuff you may not realy need at startup. And some
 TW> programs demand things at start up to even function.

I'd wish it didn't say "Saving Settings" when turning off the pc.

As much as I fiddle around and making mistakes I'd rather the OLDER
setting be retained instead of overwriting them with the mistakes I've
made during a session.

 EV>After somebody (Jean???) talked about using Hibernation instead of
 EV>Shutting Down their pc, I started doing that and found that I can use
 EV>my computer a lot sooner after POST is finished.
 EV>(Power On Self Test)

 TW> That is a good solution but don't you have to leave the
 TW> computer power strip on for it to work?

Nope!, Hibernate writes everything to the HDD and turns the box OFF.

After POST I still have to Log On to the account I want to use.
But I get to Log On much sooner, than being scanned by MS's Cyborg.

73


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