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Finally downgraded to Windows 3.11! ;-)
Name: Soedesh Date: March 19, 2002 at 14:19:03 Pacific
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My Celeron 466 128 MB RAM (which was running '98) now has dual boot. (I use the bootmanager that comes with OS2 Warp 3 for that). I now run Opendos 7.01 with Windows 3.11. I run Windows 3.11 from a 64 Mb RAMDISK. (I used XMSDSK)
I have a cable modem which plugs in my LAN CARD and I installed TCP/IP support from Microsoft (TCP32B.EXE). Now I am browsing the web with IE 5 (16-bit).
It works great, stable and fast!(Unlike Windows 9x and higher....) My harddisk has spinned down and keeps spinned down as long as I dont access my physical drives and thats nice and quiet too!
The only 2 things I cannot use with 3.11 are:
- My USB webcam (I should have bought a parallel one...) - MSN Messenger (Does someone know a java version that can be used?)
Name: cool Date: March 19, 2002 at 14:48:31 Pacific
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cool
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Response Number 2
Name: Wengier Date: March 19, 2002 at 17:37:39 Pacific
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Cool!My IE 5.0(16-bit) is not so stable.
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Response Number 3
Name: Lightspeed Date: March 19, 2002 at 17:38:18 Pacific
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As far as i know, there is no version of MSN messenger for win 3.1, but you could use AOL Instant Messenger
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Response Number 4
Name: Soedesh Date: March 19, 2002 at 18:46:18 Pacific
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Well it seems like I cheered to early!
IE 5 did not crash, but I had problems with timeout errors while downloading files. Also I saw a problem with some script on a webpage that was eating my resources???? :-) I always used Netscape 4.08 on my 3.1x systems so I will try that (that was not from RAM disk though).
The other problem I have is with my Ati Rage LT PRO AGP Video Card. (bought this one for 2 dollar!) I replaced my Voodoo 3000 card since I thought the MACH64 driver would work, but it doesn't....
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Response Number 5
Name: b7r+j*) Date: March 20, 2002 at 09:34:40 Pacific
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Thats because you downgraded to 311 you should have upgraded to 311 ;=)
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Response Number 6
Name: Soedesh Date: March 21, 2002 at 09:58:39 Pacific
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I have found the driver for my ATI videocard. Its also for MACH64, but a higher version (4.x).
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