sims and win98

anyone upgraded to win98, good, bad, better, worse? would like to know before jumping in. thanks mj

"Upgrade" is not the word I would use unless your problems with Win95 are so severe that you are about to slash your wrists. > anyone upgraded to win98, good, bad, better, worse? > would like to know before jumping in. > thanks > mj -- Regards, Bruce. ---------- The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:- http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/

>"Upgrade" is not the word I would use unless your problems with Win95 >are so severe that you are about to slash your wrists. "Why" not? I've heard some good things about the X-like multiple workspaces, and if I remember correctly, at last macros. Those alone, and FAT32 (I'm still using OSR1, and yes I have big hard drives, and yes I hate to have multiple partitions all the way up to drive M: ), could make me want to get Win98. Is there any reason I shouldn't?

Nope I have it and it works great Outlaw Designs http://outlawdesigns.simplenet.com/nascar/ Your Home For Nascar 2

The GPL demo does not seem to work on my 98 (final release). It is the static noise problem just before getting in the car. I am wondering if this is because my sound card does not seem to support 16bit dma or is this a known problem?

No...not all all. Just that I live by the adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Or, in the case of Win95, "If it appears to be unbroken for 4 weeks straight, don't fix it!" I consider Win98 to be The Mother of All Patches that Microsoft have been putting together since W95 was released, so one day, if all else fails, I'll apply the patch. :o)

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> "Why" not? I've heard some good things about the X-like multiple > workspaces, and if I remember correctly, at last macros. > Those alone, and FAT32 (I'm still using OSR1, and yes I have big hard > drives, and yes I hate to have multiple partitions all the way up to > drive M: ), could make me want to get Win98. Is there any reason I > shouldn't?

-- Regards, Bruce. ---------- The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:- http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/

I have a similar problem with my AWE-64 Gold (which DOES support 16-bit DMA transfers, of course). Doesn't work with my CL Voodoo2 (latest drivers) either. Animation v. choppy. Worked fine in '95, though.

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>The GPL demo does not seem to work on my 98 (final release). It is the >static noise problem just before getting in the car. >I am wondering if this is because my sound card does not seem to support >16bit dma or is this a known problem? >>Nope I have it and it works great >>Outlaw Designs >>http://outlawdesigns.simplenet.com/nascar/ >>Your Home For Nascar 2

I totally agree with Bruce and the FAT32 is available already in Win95. /Christer http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-41236/ (Read all about the "Global online racing"-proposal under "For developers")

G'day Christer! (snipped) -- Regards, Bruce. ---------- The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:- http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/

Only if you've got 95b and Microsoft haven't released non-OEM version of that in UK. > I totally agree with Bruce and the FAT32 is available already in Win95. > /Christer > http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-41236/ (Read all about the "Global online > racing"-proposal under "For developers")