Why is MS pushing? Don't the current OS' still have serial and LPT port
drivers
for the ports which the manufacturers have
removed from the motherboards ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave L Thompson" <k4jrb@juno.com>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 16:12
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] USB Support and PC freezing
>
> Microsoft is pushing us toward USB ports and away from other technology.
> The operating system is being changed to make this so. Loss of LPT is
> the first step. Cab Com be far behind??
>
> As to freezing PC's... this is part of the W9X and new Windows version of
> NT (W 2000 and XP) culture. I have W95 V2 and W98V2, and XP and all lock
> up from time to time. Its frustrating and there are few alternatives. I
> still have a W3.1 Compaq and this very seldom froze up even with
> pagemaker and ISP software. Go figure.
>
> Dave K4JRB
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