ATauenis wrote:dr_st wrote:I'd say that Win98 gives you the following advantages: […]
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I'd say that Win98 gives you the following advantages:
- Better networking support (More supported NICs including WiFi, easier file sharing, better internet compatibility)
- FAT32 support which removes 2GB partition and 7.something GB total hard drive limit
- Some games and some sound cards actually perform better from within Windows 98 rather than in pure DOS due to better audio drivers
Also 9x are more stable than 3.x. In 9x you may kill a hang application, when 3.x will hang entirely (it's a bug in WinAPI since 1.0 and NT 3.1, partially fixed in 95/NT4 and complete fixed in WinXP).
I partly disagree with that. 😉 While it's true that WfW sure had its problems when it was "maxed out" (lots of drivers, high res graphics),
the plain old Windows 3.1 ran very stable with the (16-Bit) drivers it came with. Especially Standard Mode was rock solid, I think.
I remember about less than 10 blue screen in the whole time. Most of them where triggered by buggy applications
(some had 386 in-line code that didn't work on my 286) or non-Windows (DOS) programs.
This was very different to my Win98SE experience. It randomly caused blue screens and freezes on my computer.
To be fair, I don't think it was entirely 98SE's fault. Buggy VXDs (a form of *.i386) and quick&dirty written programs contributed a lot to this.
The most prominent issue was a "missing function in XYZ" error, issues with kernel32.vxd and "program XYZ caused an illegal operation" errors.
Anyway, I don't blame Win98SE for that. But by the early 2000s it became clear that 9x was an aged platform.
Most issues, especially with emulators like Snes9x and mz700win (?), automagically disappeard when I got my copy of WinXP (SP1 ?).
ATauenis wrote:Windows 3.11 for Workgroups with a working LAN connection is using only 8 MB after the start.
It is a large benefit over Windows […]
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Windows 3.11 for Workgroups with a working LAN connection is using only 8 MB after the start.
It is a large benefit over Windows 95 on older machines. Windows 3.10 without networks is a more modest - it is using less than 1 MB
after start in 286-Standard mode and about 2 MB in 386-Enhanced mode. On 8MB machines Windows 3.1 giving much more memory for
software! Even 4 MB 386s are good PCs for Win3.1 games.
Can't disagree here. 😀 I used Win 3.10 (+DOS6.20) for a long time (throughout the 90s) on a 286-12 w/ 4MiB of RAM and
it was very stable and fast there. In fact, the hard disk was probably the most limiting factor.
That beeing said, it was a heavily upgraded system. SCSI CD-ROM drive, 16-Bit soundcard (PAS16), handy scanner (Mustek ?), serial mouse.
Which was in stark contrast to the ground card. The mainboard was from the mid-80s paired with a BIOS from the West Germany (Schneider).
Surprisingly, it could still run a number of (Win16) programs made ten years later in the second half of the 90s. 😁
Edit: A picture of the old PC I'm talking about is available down here.
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greasemonkey90s wrote:Jo22 wrote:I seond that. If you're lucky, then there's a separate OEM CD-ROM release of DOS 6.22 and WfW 3.11 each.
For WfW 3.11, there's at least one in existemce (I own such a disc.
Is the oem release similar picked it up for a buck at goodwill. Of course its not bootable but interesting to have.
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Thank you very much for sharing these pictures with us!
To be honest, I'm a little bit jealous even. Your CD is by far more prettier than mine! 😀
ERdit: Some typos fiexed.
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