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Peter in New Zealand
Greetings to the group from a new lurker here. Recently I acquired a
laptop about 10 years old and the recovery disk with it installs good
old 98 first edition. I have been a little startled at how slick 98 is.
Of course the machine is designed for it with a 336 Mhz Celeron and 128
Mbyte RAM. I have been using it steadily for about a week now and it
hasn't crashed, blown up, locked up or BSOD'ed on me once. In fact, so
far it's as smooth and slick and steady as XP. I used 98 SE in its
heyday but I am still impressed at how good it actually is.
I have a couple of questions the knowledgeable folk here might be able
to help me with. Is there a reasonably competent antivirus that is
comfortable on 98, doesn't take up too much in the way of system
resources, and is still updated?
Secondly, there is one lonely USB port on the back of the laptop, but
all it seems able to do is accept an external keyboard or mouse. The
computer doesn't like my flash drive, and it would be really good to
have it work for file transfers, etc. I think I need some sort of USB
driver for it to do that, but I have looked on the Internet and the
whole matter is getting confusing. If it can work with a keyboard or
mouse, why can't it work with a flash drive? Is there an installer that
will put that all in place for me, or is it a lost cause?
Lastly, and thank you for your patience if you are still reading, the
recovery disk installs 98 first edition. How great are the advantages of
upgrading to the second edition? I have an se CD, but it's all going so
well at the moment I am reluctant to make the change without a clear
advantage.
Thanks for reading through all this. And thanks for any thoughts anyone
can offer to help me get up to speed with good old 98 once again.
--
Peter in New Zealand.
Collector of old stamps, compulsive computer fiddler, musician, and good
coffee fanatic.
(Email address is fake and messages will bounce!)
laptop about 10 years old and the recovery disk with it installs good
old 98 first edition. I have been a little startled at how slick 98 is.
Of course the machine is designed for it with a 336 Mhz Celeron and 128
Mbyte RAM. I have been using it steadily for about a week now and it
hasn't crashed, blown up, locked up or BSOD'ed on me once. In fact, so
far it's as smooth and slick and steady as XP. I used 98 SE in its
heyday but I am still impressed at how good it actually is.
I have a couple of questions the knowledgeable folk here might be able
to help me with. Is there a reasonably competent antivirus that is
comfortable on 98, doesn't take up too much in the way of system
resources, and is still updated?
Secondly, there is one lonely USB port on the back of the laptop, but
all it seems able to do is accept an external keyboard or mouse. The
computer doesn't like my flash drive, and it would be really good to
have it work for file transfers, etc. I think I need some sort of USB
driver for it to do that, but I have looked on the Internet and the
whole matter is getting confusing. If it can work with a keyboard or
mouse, why can't it work with a flash drive? Is there an installer that
will put that all in place for me, or is it a lost cause?
Lastly, and thank you for your patience if you are still reading, the
recovery disk installs 98 first edition. How great are the advantages of
upgrading to the second edition? I have an se CD, but it's all going so
well at the moment I am reluctant to make the change without a clear
advantage.
Thanks for reading through all this. And thanks for any thoughts anyone
can offer to help me get up to speed with good old 98 once again.
--
Peter in New Zealand.
Collector of old stamps, compulsive computer fiddler, musician, and good
coffee fanatic.
(Email address is fake and messages will bounce!)