[ale] Re: windows 98 drags bhind as usuall.

andy dread at atlcom.net
Thu Aug 21 19:31:31 EDT 1997


David Hansen wrote:

> hmm...not all of these features are new to  win95. wonder why they
> placed
> them there.
>
> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, William Wood wrote:
>
> > Sounds like a linux box to me....:)
> >
> > On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Josh Murrah wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I read the 'features' of windows '98 beta 2, and it seems that
> Microsoft
> > > is struggling to catch up, as usuall.  Your your entertainment, I
> thought
> > > I'd list a few 'leading features' that MS W98 has:
> > >
> > >     1)  non-interactive disk defragmenting.
> > >     2)  the ability to run programs at set times.
> > >     3)  Capturing of GPFs (FirstAid has been doing this for years)
>
> > >     4)  support of SCSI tape drives for MS backup.
> > >     5)  scandisk after improper shutdown.
> > >     6)  dynamicly changing resolutions (w/out having to reboot)
> > >     7)  FAT32 (ok, it's still not much of an improvment, but
> ohwell)
> > >     8)  advanced APM support (linux has had this for a while)
> > >     9)  Multiple display support.  What a novel concept.

The multiple display support is a nice feature.  Multiple PCI video
cards and
multiple monitors.   So how do I configure this under Linux?  Or is it
automatic
when I plug another PCI video card in?

/andY






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