Re: Win 95 upgrade

Eduard L. Frerking (huong@svpal.org)
Mon, 12 Aug 1996 23:55:29 EDT

On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, Guy Laurence wrote:
> This is an answer to Belinda's problem with Win95, and there seems a lot of
> misinformation about what she should do. I sent her a message to her email
> with the solution, let me share it here. As I went through the same thing
> when I upgraded.
>
> Win95 requires a full gig hard drive with a minimum 90 megahurtz pentium or
> its equivalent. Her present system can upgraded to both for about $200-$300.

WRONG! I have it working on a 386 66mhz machine. YEs, it is slow.
However, you suggestion is an excellent recomendation.

> The suggestion that she convert to 32 bit everthing is partially correct.
> She should have only 32bit drivers. No 16 bit drivers at all. 16bit
> programs like win3.11 and ofc4.3prof will run on win32 but they are
> programs. You need 32 bit drivers exclusively. Win3.11 and ofc 4.3 prof
> both have 32 bit drivers so win95 naturally when you load it, ontop of win
> 3.11 or ofc 4.3 prof win95 has a builtin feature that blocks out the 16 bit
> drivers.

16 bit drivers will work. However, 32 bit driver are generally
considered better.

Eduard L. Frerking
huong@svpal.org
Sunnyvale, CA