Windows (was Smoking mouse problems)
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This is my experience with Windows and a PII 450:
1)Windows 95 was crash prone and offered no USB support.
2)Windows 95 OSR2 was more stable but still with no working USB support
notwithstanding all available patches.
3)Windows ME is stable, a little faster, and USB support is available.
No problems with the Stamp programs.
I tried also Windows NT and Windows 2000. They are absolutely not suitable
for other tasks than MS Office (within networks).
I don't plan to use XP because it is the same family as NT and 2000.
Regards
ECO
Original Message
From: "Dave" <samhell@s...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Smoking mouse problems
> One thing......... Windows ME seems to give some hardware configs a
> terrible time (mine) And on some machines it performs very poorly
> overall (every one I've seen) You didnt mention, but is(was) your machine
> running like a top execept for the Stamp editor? Im guessing lots of
> things were crashing as well. My suggestion is to program stamps on a
> healthy WIN 98 first edition machine, that doesnt blue screen more
> than once a week. also....at least you could use good old dos
> if necessary
>
> P.S. Ive heard that ME really hates AMD/non-intel chipsets..........
> like are found on many homebuilt PCs (due to their lower costs )
>
> Just my opinion, lets hear from the ME/XP faithful.....should
> stampers all have XP?
>
> Dave
1)Windows 95 was crash prone and offered no USB support.
2)Windows 95 OSR2 was more stable but still with no working USB support
notwithstanding all available patches.
3)Windows ME is stable, a little faster, and USB support is available.
No problems with the Stamp programs.
I tried also Windows NT and Windows 2000. They are absolutely not suitable
for other tasks than MS Office (within networks).
I don't plan to use XP because it is the same family as NT and 2000.
Regards
ECO
Original Message
From: "Dave" <samhell@s...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Smoking mouse problems
> One thing......... Windows ME seems to give some hardware configs a
> terrible time (mine) And on some machines it performs very poorly
> overall (every one I've seen) You didnt mention, but is(was) your machine
> running like a top execept for the Stamp editor? Im guessing lots of
> things were crashing as well. My suggestion is to program stamps on a
> healthy WIN 98 first edition machine, that doesnt blue screen more
> than once a week. also....at least you could use good old dos
> if necessary
>
> P.S. Ive heard that ME really hates AMD/non-intel chipsets..........
> like are found on many homebuilt PCs (due to their lower costs )
>
> Just my opinion, lets hear from the ME/XP faithful.....should
> stampers all have XP?
>
> Dave
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bootloaders other than I had to turn off rx FIFO for latest Stamp editor. Tried
W98
on my laptop with a bunch of patches and would not recover from standby
sometimes. Ran NT on my main box for years. So far USB support has worked as
long as W2K drivers exist for product.
>
> This is my experience with Windows and a PII 450:
> 1)Windows 95 was crash prone and offered no USB support.
> 2)Windows 95 OSR2 was more stable but still with no working USB
> support
> notwithstanding all available patches.
> 3)Windows ME is stable, a little faster, and USB support is available.
> No problems with the Stamp programs.
> I tried also Windows NT and Windows 2000. They are absolutely not
> suitable for other tasks than MS Office (within networks). I don't
> plan to use XP because it is the same family as NT and 2000. Regards
> ECO
only blue/red screen i've ever seen on it was due to
the stamp editor. I've yet to try xp on it..I do have
pentium 2 333 and plenty of ram. I found I could run
programs f0r slightly longer by decreasing or
removing pause statements. I won't be trying it in xp
for a little while yet....i have to get something
built first...but i'll be sure to let you people know.
--- ECO <ecourt@b...> wrote:
> This is my experience with Windows and a PII 450:
> 1)Windows 95 was crash prone and offered no USB
> support.
> 2)Windows 95 OSR2 was more stable but still with no
> working USB support
> notwithstanding all available patches.
> 3)Windows ME is stable, a little faster, and USB
> support is available.
> No problems with the Stamp programs.
> I tried also Windows NT and Windows 2000. They are
> absolutely not suitable
> for other tasks than MS Office (within networks).
> I don't plan to use XP because it is the same family
> as NT and 2000.
> Regards
> ECO
>
Original Message
> From: "Dave" <samhell@s...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Smoking mouse problems
>
>
> > One thing......... Windows ME seems to give
> some hardware configs a
> > terrible time (mine) And on some machines
> it performs very poorly
> > overall (every one I've seen) You didnt mention,
> but is(was) your machine
> > running like a top execept for the Stamp editor?
> Im guessing lots of
> > things were crashing as well. My suggestion
> is to program stamps on a
> > healthy WIN 98 first edition machine, that
> doesnt blue screen more
> > than once a week. also....at least you
> could use good old dos
> > if necessary
> >
> > P.S. Ive heard that ME really hates
> AMD/non-intel chipsets..........
> > like are found on many homebuilt PCs (due
> to their lower costs )
> >
> > Just my opinion, lets hear from the ME/XP
> faithful.....should
> > stampers all have XP?
> >
> > Dave
>
>
>
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be more stable than windows ME. Also windows NT/2000 can and will program
basic stamps and run other programs such as games faster and more stable
than windows 9x.
Just my two cents.
Tad
Original Message
From: "ECO" <ecourt@b...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Windows (was Smoking mouse problems)
> This is my experience with Windows and a PII 450:
> 1)Windows 95 was crash prone and offered no USB support.
> 2)Windows 95 OSR2 was more stable but still with no working USB support
> notwithstanding all available patches.
> 3)Windows ME is stable, a little faster, and USB support is available.
> No problems with the Stamp programs.
> I tried also Windows NT and Windows 2000. They are absolutely not suitable
> for other tasks than MS Office (within networks).
> I don't plan to use XP because it is the same family as NT and 2000.
> Regards
> ECO
>
Original Message
> From: "Dave" <samhell@s...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Smoking mouse problems
>
>
> > One thing......... Windows ME seems to give some hardware configs
a
> > terrible time (mine) And on some machines it performs very
poorly
> > overall (every one I've seen) You didnt mention, but is(was) your
machine
> > running like a top execept for the Stamp editor? Im guessing lots
of
> > things were crashing as well. My suggestion is to program stamps
on a
> > healthy WIN 98 first edition machine, that doesnt blue screen
more
> > than once a week. also....at least you could use good old
dos
> > if necessary
> >
> > P.S. Ive heard that ME really hates AMD/non-intel
chipsets..........
> > like are found on many homebuilt PCs (due to their lower
costs )
> >
> > Just my opinion, lets hear from the ME/XP faithful.....should
> > stampers all have XP?
> >
> > Dave
>
>
>
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WIN98 and DOS.
Original Message
From: "tad heckaman" <tad@h...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Windows (was Smoking mouse problems)
> What about windows 98? I have used windows 98 SE for years and found it to
> be more stable than windows ME. Also windows NT/2000 can and will program
> basic stamps and run other programs such as games faster and more stable
> than windows 9x.
>
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Tad
>
Original Message
> From: "ECO" <ecourt@b...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 4:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Windows (was Smoking mouse problems)
>
>
> > This is my experience with Windows and a PII 450:
> > 1)Windows 95 was crash prone and offered no USB support.
> > 2)Windows 95 OSR2 was more stable but still with no working USB support
> > notwithstanding all available patches.
> > 3)Windows ME is stable, a little faster, and USB support is available.
> > No problems with the Stamp programs.
> > I tried also Windows NT and Windows 2000. They are absolutely not
suitable
> > for other tasks than MS Office (within networks).
> > I don't plan to use XP because it is the same family as NT and 2000.
> > Regards
> > ECO
> >
Original Message
> > From: "Dave" <samhell@s...>
> > To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Smoking mouse problems
> >
> >
> > > One thing......... Windows ME seems to give some hardware
configs
> a
> > > terrible time (mine) And on some machines it performs very
> poorly
> > > overall (every one I've seen) You didnt mention, but is(was) your
> machine
> > > running like a top execept for the Stamp editor? Im guessing lots
> of
> > > things were crashing as well. My suggestion is to program stamps
> on a
> > > healthy WIN 98 first edition machine, that doesnt blue screen
> more
> > > than once a week. also....at least you could use good old
> dos
> > > if necessary
> > >
> > > P.S. Ive heard that ME really hates AMD/non-intel
> chipsets..........
> > > like are found on many homebuilt PCs (due to their lower
> costs )
> > >
> > > Just my opinion, lets hear from the ME/XP faithful.....should
> > > stampers all have XP?
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
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