on 1/22/03 6:37 AM, J Sand at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Well, my 640CD DOS runs Win95 fine, and would likely run 98. Haven't tried
>> NT.
>>>>
>>
>> Using PCSetup, Win98 is supposed to be supported. NT never will be.
>>
>
> This is probably due to the fact that both Win 95/98 both use a different
> style of FAT (File Allocation Table) than NT which uses NTFS. NT is closer
> to a UNIX based OS than DOS based and is more stable. It is good to hear
> that the DOS card makes up for the inadequacies of the pentium style of CPU.
>
> John
I think it's due to it having to use BIOS calls to access the hard drive.
Brian Futrell
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