Upgrading Windows 98
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From: Jan Alter on 30 Dec 2009 14:28 >> > > Wasn't USB practically unworkable with win98? However, no USB device > these days is going to provide 98 drivers so even the SE version isn't > going to fair any better. Actually it was with 98SE that I remember USB improving so much. With 98 USB was flakey and hit and miss. The OP inferred by his friend's need of 98SE that the ethernet device would work with it. The OP gave no information to the quality of his friend's computer so it's all a guess that the friend could actually take advantage of a newer OS. As often is the case with a poster for help, more hardware information would be helpful for the possibility of more helpful suggestions. Jan Alter
From: Metspitzer on 30 Dec 2009 15:50 On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:28:24 -0500, "Jan Alter" <bearpuf(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > >>> >> >> Wasn't USB practically unworkable with win98? However, no USB device >> these days is going to provide 98 drivers so even the SE version isn't >> going to fair any better. > > > >Actually it was with 98SE that I remember USB improving so much. With 98 USB >was flakey and hit and miss. The OP inferred by his friend's need of 98SE >that the ethernet device would work with it. The OP gave no information to >the quality of his friend's computer so it's all a guess that the friend >could actually take advantage of a newer OS. As often is the case with a >poster for help, more hardware information would be helpful for the >possibility of more helpful suggestions. > >Jan Alter > Thanks for everyone's suggestions. I don't have any more info. My friend says his machine does not meet the hardware requirements of XP. I am going to get him to bring it to me and I will see what I can do. About the only thing else I know about the machine is that it is a HP from Walmart. It would be nice to get it going. Just about any machine that will connect to the Internet is still useful.
From: Mike Easter on 1 Jan 2010 15:53 John Doe wrote: > Metspitzer >> I have a friend. He is trying to get an Ethernet adapter to >> work with his old machine. He says that he has 98 but he needs >> 98 second version. > Prove yourself to be a real friend, stop screwing around with > Windows 98 and upgrade his computer to Windows XP. I don't think the advice to upgrade to XP is good advice unless you know what the hardware is, how the licensing costs would/could be handled or avoided, and how the machine is purposed. There is a lot of machine hardware and purpose possibilities which can not and should not be so upgraded. -- Mike Easter
From: John Doe on 1 Jan 2010 16:32 "Mike Easter" <MikeE ster.invalid> wrote: > John Doe wrote: >> Metspitzer >>> I have a friend. He is trying to get an Ethernet adapter to >>> work with his old machine. He says that he has 98 but he needs >>> 98 second version. > >> Prove yourself to be a real friend, stop screwing around with >> Windows 98 and upgrade his computer to Windows XP. > > I don't think the advice to upgrade to XP is good advice unless you know > what the hardware is, Are you asking what the hardware is? > how the licensing costs would/could be handled or > avoided, and how the machine is purposed. Are you asking how the machine is purposed? > There is a lot of machine hardware and purpose possibilities which can > not and should not be so upgraded. Bullshit. -- > > > -- > Mike Easter > > > > Path: news.astraweb.com!border1.newsrouter.astraweb.com!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail > From: "Mike Easter" <MikeE ster.invalid> > Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt > Subject: Re: Upgrading Windows 98 > Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 12:53:45 -0800 > Lines: 21 > Message-ID: <7q75mpFl3sU1 mid.individual.net> > References: <t5ikj55en0nhe0klsih84f3o06qqgjdpko 4ax.com> <00b679fd$0$12998$c3e8da3 news.astraweb.com> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Trace: individual.net tEcZTG6VtqqTS1tgbU+fxwZHqXIdL4YCk1/V7jzmAZDo+haiUD > Cancel-Lock: sha1:XKRW9ySbBmI+UuTGQ2u0EdOuoFI= > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 >
From: Mike Easter on 1 Jan 2010 16:55
John Doe wrote: > "Mike Easter" < >> John Doe wrote: >>> Metspitzer > >>>> I have a friend. He is trying to get an Ethernet adapter to >>>> work with his old machine. He says that he has 98 but he needs >>>> 98 second version. >> >>> Prove yourself to be a real friend, stop screwing around with >>> Windows 98 and upgrade his computer to Windows XP. >> >> I don't think the advice to upgrade to XP is good advice unless you >> know what the hardware is, > > Are you asking what the hardware is? The OP didn't say. >> how the licensing costs would/could be handled or >> avoided, and how the machine is purposed. > > Are you asking how the machine is purposed? The OP didn't say. >> There is a lot of machine hardware and purpose possibilities which can >> not and should not be so upgraded. > > Bullshit. That reply has no meaning in this context. It is not an adequate rebuttal. The OP's friend's hardware may not be appropriate for XP while it is appropriate for W98 - that is a very common condition of old hardware currently running W98. The OP's friend may not wish to pay for XP licensing for that machine and may not wish to use unlicensed MS software on it. The limitations of W98 may not be a problem for the unknown purpose of the OP's friend. What I said isn't bullshit given the limitations of the original post's information, and what you are saying may be bullshit based on the conditions for the OP's friends machine and its purpose. -- Mike Easter |