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Subject: Windows 2000 won't run 16 bit chess/game programs

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 08:45:16 08/16/99


I hear from my technophile friends that Windows 2000 will not run 16 bit
programs and is "only" able to run 32 and 64 bit code.  This means that any
Win95/98 program should be just fine until the processors can only run 64 and
128 bit programs.  That should be 3 to 4 years from now.

I know that I will end up with 5 or 6 computers--sort of a museum.  That is the
only solution to the "new technology" that is being developed.  Unlike old cars
you can rarely find replacement parts for old computers. It is really sickening
that the 12Mbyte Voodoo 2 video card that I bought one year ago for 3D gaming
won't be properly supported by the new Voodoo 3 and 4 games coming out next
year.

Maybe, as Larry Tamarkin might say, an old chess book and a chess-playing buddy
is not such a bad idea.  They don't upgrade our grey matter every six months--or
do they?

Tim Frohlick



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