Re: OT;W98 popularity


"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xns9999ABEF44866jyanikkuanet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Can someone tell me why people on Ebay are bidding over $50 USD for
Windows
98SE? (Besides the usual auction fever.)
Why are people willing to pay so much for a really old op system?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
There's a lot of stuff out there ( comms apps, printer port apps using JTAG,
programmers and other hardware) that will just not run on XP. It's even
worse if you try Vista.... Plus modern machines are now lacking the printer
port and often even don't have a com port. Totally crap for hardware
engineers. OK if you want to look at pictures from your camera :(


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