Re: you can't bash Microsoft enough

john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Mike.

> Win98 is absolutely no problem. I'd prefer to be using it even
> now.

> Had an intermittent hardware problem somewhere on the IDE side and
> wanted a bit more speed so bought a motherboard stupidly assuming
> a couple of minutes work and I'd running again.

> 2 days of pure hell trying to get the PC running on '98 and I saw
> the single line of text in the back of the motherboard 'leaflet'
> saying it "only supported XP", had something to do with some
> PCI-north-south-west 'bridge' crap.

> A brick wall trying to locate any technical details so gave up the
> unequal fight and stuck XP on.

> 'Spose it's my fault really, as I wasn't aware at the time that
> motherboards could be designed for particular MS products
> (Biostar.com).

> It won't happen again.

Thanks very much, John. I'm getting ready to upgrade all my
computers to new motherboards and I'll certainly keep your
experience in mind. I don't use USB, so I'll be looking for ones
that have PS2 interfaces for the keyboard. That might increase the
chance of finding one that will still run Win98.

I hope to find an optical mouse and finally get rid of having to
clean crud out of the mechanical ones. I think my main one has gone
about a million miles since 1990, and sometimes it doesn't want to
scroll to the right very well. I looked at it under the microscope
and things are starting to get worn real smooth. The three pads on
the bottom wore off long ago, and I found little strips of
polyethylene glued with ordinary household Goop works well. So you
see that I try to get my money's worth out of these things:)

Regards,

Mike Monett
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