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jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) wrote:

>>More to the point, why in the world are you using Windows 3.11 in this day
>>and age? Can't leave 1994 behind?
>
>Fine - I invite you over for a weekend or whatever it takes
>to install Win95/98/NT and reinstall all my existing Win 3.1 applications
>that I have installed and upon which I rely.
>Of course, most of the disks and manuals have scattered since I moved
>several times in the intervening years.
>Or am I just supposed to buy all new utilities nd programs too
>to assure Win 98 compatibility?
>
>I'm running Win 3.1 since it's getting the job done.

Huh?  The only Windows 3.1 utilities you can't use in Windows 98 are
disk utilities and desktop programs that have specific ties to Windows
3.x.  If Windows 3.x is working fine for you, that's great.  But don't
expect to find a lot of stuff at retail that still supports it.  It's
like the false theory of Darwinism, the strongest and fittest will
survive.  I remember the orginial thread you wrote, about how 2 guys
swore up and down that the modem would work in Windows 3.x, even
though the box said Windows 95.  That was their fault.  However, I
never rely on anyone for any of my information if I don't have to,
esp. when it comes to computers.  Sadly, many in the retail business
are untrained and unskilled.  I remember when I got my first job at a
national retail store in the computer dept.  First day, I'll never
forget this.  Woman calls up asking if we had external cdrom drives.
So, I walk with the cordless phone to the cd-rom wall and tell her, of
course we do, we have a whole wall of them.  When she comes in, I
realize that I was wrong.  We only had one external cd-rom drive for
$299 (I still remember the price!!!! hehehe).  Any ways, I felt like a
real idiot.  

But, I'm much smarter now.  That was about 3 years ago.  Since then, I
have built my own computer system, installed linux, etc.  Simply put,
most of them boys are learning like I did.  Never rely on their for
accurate information.

Adam

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