Re: Installing Win98 on a P4

From: Bad Disciple (hint2nowhere_at_tiscali.be)
Date: 06/08/05

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    "Robert Baer" <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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    > Bad Disciple wrote:
    >> "birdman" <apquilts@pacbell.net> wrote in message
    >> news:nkZoe.428$bv7.369@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
    >>
    >>>I did not read all the threads, except for Kadman.
    >>>If you have not solved your problem, having faced inomcpatibilities with
    >>>Win98 and Win98SE and modern motherboards, the easiest way around it is
    >>>to install WinME. It works with larger amounts of RAM, most modern
    >>>motherboards and should read programs that will run in Win98.
    >>>Are you sure you can't run your old program in a WinXP compatibility
    >>>mode? Once in a while this actually works as advertised with older
    >>>programs . . .
    >>
    >>
    >> NO, this definitely doesn't f**k off work !
    >> And I'm really p***ed off to have to use Win98 back !
    >> Well, I'll keep ypour advice abut WinME if it Win98 never
    >> worked out. But have to find it...
    >> BD
    >>
    >>
    > Err...Win98 is *far* better, and Win98SE is as good as you can get
    > without going to Win2000 or WinNT.
    > Remember what i said concerning a copy of Win98SE.

    Well, as I've pointed earlier, it's exactly Win98 SE that I have.
    And I need to work with ALL my memory in WinXP. (Win98 is
    just to retrieve work done in the past in programs that don't run
    in WinXP). Thnx anyway.
    BD

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