[orion963]

Hello,

Here in Portugal we say : good evening. It is indeed 20.59 Day 19th of July. If I remember well my courses at school, in the USA you have already the 20th and I have to say : good morning. Funny, we communicate, on line on two different days and at different hours.

No, I never had a Win 95. My first computer was a 286AT the good old DOS in command. When I updated the machine to a 386AT I kept the DOS and added PCTools, for me in fact a kind of father to the first Windows system. In fact you could do anything with this system, even open programs and adapt programs (being a professional programmer of course).
And then I got Windows 3.
Then came a second hand 486AT with one of the earlier version of WIN98.
A friend of mine bought a new computer and I got his HP Vectra....Pentium 2. I had to cannibalize the two older comp's to complete the vectra. I installed a Win98 and there we go ! Here had had to say good bye to my PCTOOLS, 98 refused to cooperate.
Came the time of the win 98SE and finaly the 98 Plus.
Now I have a really new computer and this was the end of 98 : win XP Pro on board.
A I heard a lot of bad news about Vista , XP is there for a lot of time.

Was there a big difference between 95 and the 98 ?

I have still my Vectra.

Have a nice day

Greetings

Orion

[YellerPuma]

Originally Posted by orion963

Was there a big difference between 95 and the 98 ?

Here is some information about the things that were new in 98.

New features of Windows 98
Shell

* Desktop integrated with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0

* System Troubleshooter tool that aids in diagnosing problems with your system

* Web-based technical support

* Dr. Watson utility to provide more information when a General Protection Fault (GPF) occurs

Control panel

* Multiple display support, which allows use of more than one monitor on the system at the same time

* Integration of Microsoft Plus! control panel tab (like Windows NT)

* ACPI Power Management support

Drivers

* Windows 98 uses the Windows NT driver model, making the drivers for both systems interchangeable.

* Display drivers are fully DirectX compatible.

* Faster floppy disk drivers

* 300 new modem drivers

* 175 new monitor drivers

* 600 new printer drivers

* Built-in drivers for still image and video capture devices

* Updated support for LS120 drives (120MB floppy drives)

* Support for bus mastering IDE controllers, SMART technology, ATAPI CD-changers, CDI disks, and IDE tape backup devices

* Universal Serial Bus (USB) support

* IEEE 1394 device support

* DVD storage and movie playback

Other

* PCMCIA modem power-down support

* Automatic hard disk spindown

* Infrared networking support for up to 4Mbps

* Smart Card support

* Improved registry speed

Note: This information is from the WindowsCentral web site, which you can access at the following URL: http://www.winplanet.com/

I think 98 and 95 were quite similar. Hope that answers your question.

Have a nice day!

YellerPuma

[Hal356]

I use Windows 95 on an old computer that still works downstairs! It is not connected to the internet, but I love to use it to play games such as Megarace 1 & 2. I use Windows Vista for everything else.

[YellerPuma]

Nice.

[orion963]

Your city !
I visited and tried to do something. Send nr 6to a nephew of me.
Hope it works

Orion

[YellerPuma]

Hello Orion!

[orion963]

Hello to you too Yeller Puma.

By the way, I was asking myself : why did I choose Orion as a name on a forum.
Simple : I like Astronomy and all kind of things related to our universe and the science around it.

A Puma is a rather nice feline ... and this big cat Yelling?
I must admit that a don't know much of the animal world.
If the question isn't indiscrete : why the choice for Yeller Puma.

I know this is not in the right department... but your "Hello Orion was a bit mysterious. and I have a curious nature.

Cheers !

Orion

[Squashman]

I would rather hang myself than go back to using 95.

[YellerPuma]

Originally Posted by Squashman

I would rather hang myself than go back to using 95.

everyone to his own opinion, BTW, I don't use Windows 95 myself.


orion963,

Sorry for calling you Orion, I didn't mean any offense. Maybe I should have stated your full user name?

I once read a book called Old Yeller. It was about a yellow dog that hunted with its master. I also like pumas. So I have Yeller + Puma. Just like you enjoy astronomy and so your user name is orion963.

Have a great day!

YellerPuma

[orion963]

Hello Yeller Puma,
I wasn't offended you know.
Ivisited your city again and saw that the 6 is still there and that nothing changed in your city. What did I wrong ? Or must that nephew of mine also do something.
Have a nice day
Orion alias Louis

[YellerPuma]

Maybe it's a bug. I've noticed that too.

Have a nice day!

YellerPuma

[fury756]

They had computers in '95?

Was a welcome upgrade from Win 3.1

[chado52]

Wow windows 95 :P ive never used it seeing as i would be 3 when it came out =] But ive used 98 but not 95 sadly

[orion963]

Hi Fury756,

O yes, they had computers in 95... in Europe anyway !!!!

Just a joke you know.

Fine to meet another junior member.

"See" you later.....

Orion963

[YellerPuma]

They had PC's in '95. Not those room size computers!

See you later....

YellerPuma