Author: Zachariah Amela
Date: 15:14:08 08/16/99
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On August 16, 1999 at 11:45:16, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >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. What? I didn't know that Win2k did 64. Well I'll be durned. I noticed on the new 64bit Intel system is preloaded w/ Linux. I'm not a Linux crusader, but I did get a chuckle out of it. As to it only running 32 bit code, I'm not surpised. Win98's support for 16bit apps isn't exactly inspiring. > >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. Windows is like a resource black hole. Every upgrade seems to such the life out of your system. As to the ancient PC museum, I know what you mean. Great door stops and boat anchors though! > >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? Yup. There's truth to that. > >Tim Frohlick
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