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To: Utilizer

You mean the one with USB support? Radical!


16 posted on 11/20/2013 6:58:56 PM PST by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: daniel1212
You mean the one with USB support? Radical!

*laugh!* No, unfortunately. W95b OSR2 was the earliest release that at least marginally supported USB (1.1) and it was iffy at best. You actually had to purchase a separate peripheral card, PCI not ISA, and it wasn't until W98 came out that MS began noticing that USB was becoming a standard and began grudging 'support' for it.

I think only under W98SE did it become relatively stable and did not automatically ignore it, but you had to have the specific drivers for each device or it would complain on every boot-up unless you listed it under "unknown devices - disabled" in the Hardware Listing.

20 posted on 11/20/2013 7:09:16 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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