Errr... because I would have to pay for the upgrade?  I could get 2 DigitalMars CDs for that money!!!  :)

I heard about a lot of incompatibilies with older apps, especially DOS-extended ones.  DJGPP even has a special workaround project for the bugs in Win2k/XP NTVDM (I'm not sure it crashes, as other DOS-extenders do, or just doesn't have any more DPMI selectors.  Perhaps someone with XP will volunteer to try a small "Hello world" compiled with DJGPP?  :)))

Did you experience any problems with WinXP?  How about 16-bit DOS, Win16 or X32 apps?


Laurentiu

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:acdplf$1g23$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "Laurentiu Pancescu" <lpancescu@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:acctpq$29sf$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > It seems that Microsoft is doing something strange!  The Aladdin
> Ghostscript
> > for Win32 setup kit froze during copying one file, but it worked fine
> after
> > installing MSIE5.5 SP2.  I don't know if RS32 worked before that, but it works now, after installing the latest security patch for the above mentioned MSIE...  Should this have affected RS32 in any way, or MSIE is just so extremely deep in the OS???
> >
> > Oh well... the good thing is that it works now!!!  Thanks, Walter!  :)
>
> It's good to know there's a fix for it! Anyhow, why not just dump it and
get
> XP? In my experience, it doesn't crash nearly as much.
>
>

Walter wrote:

> Yes. I don't have WinME, though.

Me neither!

> It was time to upgrade everything. The new box is about 5x faster than the old, as measured by the compiler self-building speed. Everything goes faster, even the cd burner (4 minutes instead of 1.5 hours). The cd burner doesn't generate errors, either. XP boots up faster, which is a big help.

What kind of box do you have? 5x is a lot!
Mine is only 2x as fast as the old one!

> The only problem is the Iomega USB zip drive. I have to sit there and keep inserting & removing the disk until it randomly syncs up. Never had that trouble with the SCSI zip drives. I had thought I'd waited long enough for the USB vendors to work the bugs out.

I am not too crazy about USB either. Still use a regular keyboard and mouse. Also, my zip drive is IDE (buildin). I just order one with every new computer...

Jan

"Jan Knepper" <jan@smartsoft.cc> wrote in message news:3CEB82C8.15D38B19@smartsoft.cc...
> What kind of box do you have? 5x is a lot!

It was assembled from parts. I looked at the configuration options at Dell and Gateway, and basically couldn't make heads or tails of them. Spending 10 minutes yakking with the technician at the local screwdriver shop got me all the information I needed.

I got the nice brushed aluminum case. It sure looks a lot better than the beige plastic boxes I am so sick of looking at.

It's 5x faster not so much because the new machine is a screamer (1.6GHz),
but because my old one is so obsolete (200 MHz).

"Laurentiu Pancescu" <lpancescu@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:acfm8j$auh$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I saw some interesting stuff about Iomega, on Gibson's site (http://grc.com) - maybe it's related to this?  If it worked before, probably not...
>
> Laurentiu

Naw, it never worked.

"Laurentiu Pancescu" <lpancescu@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:acfmti$bho$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Errr... because I would have to pay for the upgrade?  I could get 2 DigitalMars CDs for that money!!!  :)
>
> I heard about a lot of incompatibilies with older apps, especially DOS-extended ones.  DJGPP even has a special workaround project for the
bugs
> in Win2k/XP NTVDM (I'm not sure it crashes, as other DOS-extenders do, or just doesn't have any more DPMI selectors.  Perhaps someone with XP will volunteer to try a small "Hello world" compiled with DJGPP?  :)))
>
> Did you experience any problems with WinXP?  How about 16-bit DOS, Win16
or
> X32 apps?

Doug has a new DOSX up that should fix the problems. I've had no trouble with 16 bit DOS or Win16 apps, in fact, they run better than on NT.

Walter wrote:

> "Jan Knepper" <jan@smartsoft.cc> wrote in message news:3CEB82C8.15D38B19@smartsoft.cc...
> > What kind of box do you have? 5x is a lot!
>
> It was assembled from parts. I looked at the configuration options at Dell and Gateway, and basically couldn't make heads or tails of them. Spending 10 minutes yakking with the technician at the local screwdriver shop got me all the information I needed.

<g>

> I got the nice brushed aluminum case. It sure looks a lot better than the beige plastic boxes I am so sick of looking at.

I've got a black plastic box and I love it!
Got a black flat-panel screen too!

> It's 5x faster not so much because the new machine is a screamer (1.6GHz),
> but because my old one is so obsolete (200 MHz).

Yeah, that will do it!

Jan

Okay, here's the exact URL from Gibson Research site: http://grc.com/tip/clickdeath.htm just in case you wanna take look...

Laurentiu

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:acgeu1$11q0$2@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "Laurentiu Pancescu" <lpancescu@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:acfm8j$auh$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > I saw some interesting stuff about Iomega, on Gibson's site (http://grc.com) - maybe it's related to this?  If it worked before, probably not...
> >
> > Laurentiu
>
> Naw, it never worked.
>
>

I heard some months ago about an updated version for XP, but it's not at http://www.dosextender.com, the page didn't get updated (or my proxy has a really bad personality disorder :)...  WDOSX also has problems with XP, there's a technical explaination at http://wdosx.homeip.net/wdosx/xpmess.html (link doesn't always work), maybe it's also the reason behind X32 crashes?

Laurentiu


"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:acgeu2$11q0$3@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "Laurentiu Pancescu" <lpancescu@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:acfmti$bho$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Errr... because I would have to pay for the upgrade?  I could get 2 DigitalMars CDs for that money!!!  :)
> >
> > I heard about a lot of incompatibilies with older apps, especially DOS-extended ones.  DJGPP even has a special workaround project for the
> bugs
> > in Win2k/XP NTVDM (I'm not sure it crashes, as other DOS-extenders do,
or
> > just doesn't have any more DPMI selectors.  Perhaps someone with XP will
> > volunteer to try a small "Hello world" compiled with DJGPP?  :)))
> >
> > Did you experience any problems with WinXP?  How about 16-bit DOS, Win16
> or
> > X32 apps?
>
> Doug has a new DOSX up that should fix the problems. I've had no trouble with 16 bit DOS or Win16 apps, in fact, they run better than on NT.
>
>

Thanks for the reference. The trouble isn't the click of death. It seems to be more of a driver/XP bug.

"Laurentiu Pancescu" <lpancescu@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:acgfvh$12q1$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Okay, here's the exact URL from Gibson Research site: http://grc.com/tip/clickdeath.htm just in case you wanna take look...
>
> Laurentiu
>
> "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:acgeu1$11q0$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> >
> > "Laurentiu Pancescu" <lpancescu@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:acfm8j$auh$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > I saw some interesting stuff about Iomega, on Gibson's site (http://grc.com) - maybe it's related to this?  If it worked before, probably not...
> > >
> > > Laurentiu
> >
> > Naw, it never worked.
> >
> >
>
>

Doug has an update there labeled May 15.

"Laurentiu Pancescu" <lpancescu@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:acggac$131r$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I heard some months ago about an updated version for XP, but it's not at http://www.dosextender.com, the page didn't get updated (or my proxy has a really bad personality disorder :)...  WDOSX also has problems with XP, there's a technical explaination at http://wdosx.homeip.net/wdosx/xpmess.html (link doesn't always work),
maybe
> it's also the reason behind X32 crashes?
>
> Laurentiu