OK everyone - I guess others haven't had the problems I have had with =
some of these upgrades. I heartily agree with Nelson Johnsrud though - =
if you have an old machine with an old BIOS, a BIOS upgrade will =
"probably" allow the thing to run WinXP successfully.  I suspect that =
the reason I haven't upgraded these machines to XP is that I think it =
would be a lot more trouble than it would be worth to me.  After all, =
they are working.=20

I have many fast machines at the office which run XP as well as anything =
can run a Microsoft OS.  I have never been a Windows fan, and suspect =
(at my age) that I never will be, so I don't feel any thrill at the idea =
of upgrading to a later & greater Windows.  I haven't gotten any =
particular joy out of tinkering with BIOSs and drivers and memory =
mapping and etc. in a lot of years - and have long ago come to hold the =
opinion that "if it isn't broken, don't try to fix it".

Just my opinion - your mileage may vary.

RJG
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Nelson Johnsrud=20
  To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.=20
  Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:59 AM
  Subject: Re: [PIC] When did MPLAB stop supporting Win98?




  Roy J. Gromlich - PA wrote:

  >Sorry Olin - that's not a very practical suggestion.  If you have an =
old low-powered machine running Win98SE and try to upgrade to WinXP you =
will more than likely end up with a good boat anchor.   WinXP makes =
demands on the hardware that 98SE never dreamed of.  I have several =
machines running 98SE precisely because they are not powerful enough to =
run WinXP in any useful fashion.  And some machine - like the HP I am =
using right now - have no upgrade path to WinXP - there are no hardware =
drivers for it that work with WinXP.   If you don't want to / can't =
afford to upgrade your hardware to at least P-IV / 2+ GHz / 500megabyte =
RAM / 80 gig HD don't bother with WinXP - - - if you want to actually DO =
anything with the resulting machine.  Speaking from experience - - -=20
  > =20
  >
  The HP machine I am typing on right now was given just such an =
upgrade. =20
  It is a 700 Mhz Celeron machine with 30 Meg HD that originally ran =
with=20
  64 Meg of RAM and HP's casterated version of BIOS and operating =
system. =20
  I upgraded the RAM to 512 Meg (would have done that anyway) and =
changed=20
  to a new Phoenix BIOS, then installed XP pro without a hitch.  The=20
  machine runs faster now than when it was new (or seems like).  =
Changing=20
  the BIOS was the key though.  It would not work without doing that.

  Nels
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