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   Message 11,296 of 11,842   
   IB Joe to Kurt Weiske   
   Re: Micro Computer   
   25 Jan 23 09:12:29   
   
   From: nospam.IB.Joe@f200.n342.z1.fidonet.org   
      
   On 25 Jan 2023, Kurt Weiske said the following...   
      
    KW> -=> IB Joe wrote to All <=-   
    KW>   
    KW>  IJ> I don't work in the Tech industry, my expertise lays outside of there   
    KW>  IJ> I bought a micro computer the other day to host the BBS on it and for   
    KW>  IJ> the life of me I could NOT install a 32Bit version of windows 10 on   
    KW>  IJ> it... There was 4 failed attempts.  I went with the 64Bit version and   
    KW>  IJ> installed the hack DLL file that will let me run 16Bit doors.   
    KW>   
    KW> I've never heard of issues with 32-bit OSes on modern hardware. I'm   
    KW> running Windows 10/32 bit on my BBS, but I was running it on a 32-bit   
    KW> CPU, and now in a virtual machine.   
    KW>   
    KW>  IJ> Is there something I don't know about todays hardware that it would   
    KW>  IJ> reject a 32Bit OS??   
    KW>   
    KW> The only issues I've read about are on 64-bit systems with over 4GB of   
    KW> RAM installed.   
    KW>   
      
   I have no clue.... I tried 4 times to install the 32Bit version to no avail ...   
   I have copied everything over and now it's not reading a file for the SSH to   
   work..   
      
   Thanx for the small note...   
      
   IB Joe   
   AKA Joe Schweier   
   SysOp of Joe's BBS   
   -=JoesBBS.com=-   
      
   ... Back up my hard drive? I can't find the reverse switch!   
      
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