Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Nashville, TN USA
Posts: 125

Here I sit looking at my beautiful new machine at work! It's a compaq deskpro P3 with 192Mb ram. Check the back! Yes! USB ports! Then the light becomes an oncoming train! The systems running Windows 95 vs 4.00.950 b. Argghhh! Can't upgrade! Very much frowned upon in corporate environment!

Sighhhhh....

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Never underestimate the motivational power of debt.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1883

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Originally posted by Travis:
Here I sit looking at my beautiful new machine at work! It's a compaq deskpro P3 with 192Mb ram. Check the back! Yes! USB ports! Then the light becomes an oncoming train! The systems running Windows 95 vs 4.00.950 b. Argghhh! Can't upgrade! Very much frowned upon in corporate environment!

Sighhhhh....

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a 'corporate environment' that runs Windows 95??
Are you sure you are working for the right (kind of) company??
They probably use matrix printers too?

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Watertown MA, USA
Posts: 15

There is a version of 95b that does have USB support. I'm not sure how you can get ahold of it, but it does exist (and as far as I can tell you can't tell from looking at the properties box) -- I have 2 W95 CD's one says "With USB support" (came with my laptop), one doesn't (came with my desktop, bought before the laptop), they both say "4.00 950b"

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2682

Unfortunately, Win95's USB won't support the Visor drivers (the USB implementation in 95 is weak at best).

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Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 638

Can somebaody explain why 95 w/ USB support will not work with the Visor. It makes no sense why you can use some devices with USB on this version of Win 95 while some others you can't. Maybe its just Microsoft.
BEN

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Nashville, TN USA
Posts: 125

Well, thanks for the info. I won't waste my time looking for the patch. Oh . . . you mean there is something better then dot matrix out?! ;b

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Never underestimate the motivational power of debt.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Baltimore MD, USA
Posts: 717

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Originally posted by BEN:
Can somebaody explain why 95 w/ USB support will not work with the Visor. It makes no sense why you can use some devices with USB on this version of Win 95 while some others you can't. Maybe its just Microsoft.
BEN

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Registered: Mar 2000
Location: McLean, VA USA
Posts: 216

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Originally posted by Travis:
Oh . . . you mean there is something better then dot matrix out?! ;b

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What??!! You haven't heard about the "new" IBM QuietWriter??? Man that baby really hums!! And it does live up to it's "quiet" name. Also, if you can't afford the IBM QuietWriter, then you should be able to afford the Brother Wheel Writer. Another technical marvel!!! And for those long reports, I bet you can get a couple of teletypes from the gov't (try DOD) real cheap. Then you'd really be cookin'!!!




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Have Visor Will Travel!

Registered: May 2000
Location:
Posts: 209

If you want the full skinny, point your browser to http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/busbios/usbwin98.htm

The Reader's Digest version: The Handspring USB drivers uses some features found only in in Windows 98/2000. A case could be made that a Win95B USB driver could be developed but if you read between the lines, each vendor would have to supply their own routine that's missing in Win95B USB support-- increasing the likelihood someone else's Win95B USB driver can take yours out.