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   charter.net (Ben Myers to Tim Slattery   
   Re: Are monitor drivers necessary? Buyin   
   11 May 05 18:11:39   
   
   XPost: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion,   
   alt.windows95   
   XPost: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq   
   From: @   
      
   Tim,   
      
   That;s what I thought, but the memory dims, and I can't always recall facts   
   perfectly... Ben Myers   
      
   On Wed, 11 May 2005 12:21:14 -0400, Tim Slattery  wrote:   
      
   >ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote:   
   >   
   >>Well, whatever the original Windows 95 was called, it was released well   
   before   
   >>its time.  If Windows 95A with SP1 included FAT32 support, at least it was a   
   >>step forward.  If not, I have to put it in the same garbage pail as the   
   original   
   >>Windows 95... Ben Myers   
   >   
   >It didn't. FAT32 debuted with OEM SR2 (Win95b). That was an OEM   
   >release only, there was no (official) way to upgrade an original Win95   
   >or Win95a system to Win95b. Various people - Sean Erwin comes to mind   
   >- posted workarounds to that.   
   >   
   >--   
   >Tim Slattery   
   >MS MVP(DTS)   
   >Slattery_T@bls.gov   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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