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   Ted Zieglar to Ted Zieglar   
   Re: Are monitor drivers necessary? Buyin   
   12 May 05 09:30:09   
   
   XPost: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion,   
   alt.windows95   
   XPost: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq   
   From: teddyz@notmail.com   
      
   Allow me to correct myself: Windows 95c was OSR 2.5, not 2.1, and it   
   included Internet Explorer 4.0 and new clients for the Microsoft Network,   
   America Online, AT&T and CompuServe, in addition to expanded hardware   
   support.   
      
   --   
   Ted Zieglar   
   "You can do it if you try."   
      
   "Ted Zieglar"  wrote in message   
   news:1sOdnT2XBYwxXx_fRVn-1g@comcast.com...   
   > Ah, a trip down memory lane...95c was also known as OSR 2.1. It was a   
   minor   
   > upgrade to 95b and was available only to OEMs. No new features added, just   
   a   
   > technical upgrade. I believe it supported certain hardware that was   
   > previously unsupported, but you can look it up on the web if you're   
   > interested in the details.   
   >   
   > Ted Zieglar   
   >   
   >  wrote in message   
   > news:u6g5819ibb5ns6dr4olfgoa9ucf181rflm@4ax.com...   
   > > On Thu, 12 May 2005 00:23:27 +0200, "Pixel  \"#~"   
      
   > > wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>Earlier Tim Slattery muttered:   
   > >>   
   > >>>>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.   
   > >>   
   > >>Speaking of which, what's this Win95c I sometimes here about?   
   > >   
   > > I was wondering too. I never heard of that one.   
   >   
      
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