Re: OT;W98 popularity

On Aug 28, 6:41 pm, ChairmanOfTheBored <RUBo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:36:33 -0700, mrdarr...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Aug 27, 6:29 pm, ChairmanOfTheBored <RUBo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:30:38 -0000, mrdarr...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Aug 27, 2:20 pm, "Anthony Fremont" <any...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Yanik wrote:
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?

Perhaps to save money on retail copies of the OS. For example, the full
version of XP Pro is something like $300 retail, but the upgrade version is
allot less (more than $50 less, but I don't know the exact amount).

Ya might as well run Knoppix Linux then...

I had the (dis)pleasure of trying to use a Flash disk to retrieve
files from a Win98 laptop. Couldn't find drivers on the '98 disk...
*eventually* got the thing to work by using my Creative .mp3 player
and installing Creative's .mp3 drivers on the drive. All this in a
third-world country, where I had to run to an internet cafe to
download Creative's drivers...

Michael

You're not too bright... either then.

The Knoppix 5.1.1 DVD was ALL you needed for all of the above.

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Unfortunately the laptop didn't have a DVD drive, or even a CD drive,
for that matter. It was a Pentium 60, I believe.

We did try downloading a Knoppix CD from the cafe (I left mine at
home, not thinking it was necessary), but the download would have
taken 8 hours at the cafe (DSL speeds). The country was the
Philippines.

Two things... travel abroad prepared.

A laptop without an optical disc reading device is a sad excuse for a
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It wasn't my computer. I was extracting files for my brother-in-law
(his P-90).

I brought *my* laptop, (P-333) which has a CD-ROM and USB ports, and
put the hard drive from the P-90 in that one. Even then, Windows 98
could not recognize an external flash drive. After some effort
involving another Flash drive - my Creative mp3 player - and Creative
drivers downloaded from the cafe (15 pesos an hour - about US $0.33)
we got Win98 recognizing the mp3 player so that we could transfer
files.

When we got back, I bought a Dell Vostro for myself, and will send my
P-333 over to the Philippines for my brother-in-law to play with. The
P-333 served its purpose; all I use it for at home is to surf the web
via wireless connection.

The only reason I brought this up is, Win98 has extreme difficulty
recognizing Flash drives - something Win2k has no problem with.

Michael R. Darrett, P.E.

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