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silly, but a sign of the approaching apocalypse
(I've included a '98 'group.)
On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 13:29:38, Mark Lloyd wrote: [] IIRC, there were some difference related to USB support in 95 (as opposed to 98/SE/ME). Indeed. '95 just about had _some_ USB support (and I'm not even sure if that had to be added from a floppy that came with USB-using devices). Also, ME (the last DOS-based version) is very similar to SE, but does come with a driver for USB storage devices so it's easier to use. The help system is worse, but I never found Windows help to be that helpful anyway. For '98, you tended to need a driver for each device - including different makes of memory stick. Someone did create a "universal" driver for '98; the thing is, you had to have faith it would work, as you had to _remove_ the individual drivers you'd installed. (I tried not doing, as I was reluctant to remove a driver that was working, but that made a huge mess that was difficult to fix.) I once built a system using "Soporific's tenth anniversary of Windows 98" that incorporated it, and it worked well (as did the entire system: "Soporific" had clearly put a _lot_ of work into it). [There were several editions of the "'98 universal USB driver" (it may not have been called exactly that, but similar).] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "I do not feel obliged to believe that the God who endowed me with sense, reason, and intellect intends me to forego their use". - Gallileo Gallilei |
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silly, but a sign of the approaching apocalypse
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
For '98, you tended to need a driver for each device - including different makes of memory stick. Someone did create a "universal" driver for '98; the thing is, you had to have faith it would work, as you had to _remove_ the individual drivers you'd installed. Yes. I had to do that for every new one until I happened on one variety from Intenso that brought a standard driver with it. Since then I've never had to install. And I didn't deinstall anything either. -- /¯\ No | Dipl.-Ing. F. Axel Berger Tel: +49/ 221/ 7771 8067 \ / HTML | Roald-Amundsen-Straße 2a Fax: +49/ 221/ 7771 8069 *X in | D-50829 Köln-Ossendorf http://berger-odenthal.de / \ Mail | -- No unannounced, large, binary attachments, please! -- |
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