I couldnt connect my digital camera to my PC running Win98SE for a few
days because the USB was disabled in the BIOS!
Isnt Win95 and everything afterwards supposed to be plug-n-play?
Why do I have to mess around with the BIOS and IRQ and install drivers
for this and that at all?
BIOS? IRQ?
I bet none of this nonesense happens on iMacs.
It sure never did on the Commodore machines(Amiga included).
Connecting a 2nd harddrive is a hassle as well. Master-Slave, BIOS
settings, jumpers.
JUMPERS FOR GOODNESS SAKES!!!
DMA? ISA & PCI bus?... Yes, someone get me a bus and get me out of
this madness!
SIMM, DIMM, EDO... idiots!
and who is this SCSI person and why does he hate IDE?
FAT. Huh? why the hell does a file which is 9k take up 32kb on the hdd?
Who designed this crap?
There is something mysterious, spooky, and all together kooky called
the REGISTRY.
CMOS? Is that the ape god from 'The Planet of the Apes'?
Might as well be, as it seems to be worshipped by those possessing the
CompTia paper cert known as the A+; the only ones getting an A+ from me
are those schools which rip off students by pushing paper certs, which
these days might as well be used as toilet paper.
Intel inside? nope, no intelligence to be found here whatsoever.
"Mr.Bolshoy Huy" <bolshoyhuy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1126195716.464807.192040@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I couldnt connect my digital camera to my PC running Win98SE for a few
> days because the USB was disabled in the BIOS!
>
> Isnt Win95 and everything afterwards supposed to be plug-n-play?
> Why do I have to mess around with the BIOS and IRQ and install drivers
> for this and that at all?
Any I couldn't get into my house when the door was locked the other day -
very annoying. I had to make a special trip with my hand all the way into my
pocket to get a metal device out, which I had to put it into a 1cm slot in
the door and turn it 360 degrees anti-clockwise before I could get into the
house. Whoever invented that should be shot - what a nuisance.
GT i feel ya man, mine is on this damn thing that hooks onto my jeans and I
too have to turn 360 degrees counterclockwise. I ever me the guy invented
that hes gettin an *** whuppin
On 8 Sep 2005 09:08:36 -0700, "Mr.Bolshoy Huy"
<bolshoyhuy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I couldnt connect my digital camera to my PC running Win98SE for a few
>days because the USB was disabled in the BIOS!
>
>Isnt Win95 and everything afterwards supposed to be plug-n-play?
>Why do I have to mess around with the BIOS and IRQ and install drivers
>for this and that at all?
>
>BIOS? IRQ?
>
>I bet none of this nonesense happens on iMacs.
>It sure never did on the Commodore machines(Amiga included).
>
>Connecting a 2nd harddrive is a hassle as well. Master-Slave, BIOS
>settings, jumpers.
>JUMPERS FOR GOODNESS SAKES!!!
>
>DMA? ISA & PCI bus?... Yes, someone get me a bus and get me out of
>this madness!
>
>SIMM, DIMM, EDO... idiots!
>
>and who is this SCSI person and why does he hate IDE?
>
>FAT. Huh? why the hell does a file which is 9k take up 32kb on the hdd?
> Who designed this crap?
>
>There is something mysterious, spooky, and all together kooky called
>the REGISTRY.
>
>CMOS? Is that the ape god from 'The Planet of the Apes'?
>Might as well be, as it seems to be worshipped by those possessing the
>CompTia paper cert known as the A+; the only ones getting an A+ from me
>are those schools which rip off students by pushing paper certs, which
>these days might as well be used as toilet paper.
>
>Intel inside? nope, no intelligence to be found here whatsoever.
"Mr.Bolshoy Huy" <bolshoyhuy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1126195716.464807.192040@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I couldnt connect my digital camera to my PC running Win98SE for a few
> days because the USB was disabled in the BIOS!
>
> Isnt Win95 and everything afterwards supposed to be plug-n-play?
> Why do I have to mess around with the BIOS and IRQ and install drivers
> for this and that at all?
>
> BIOS? IRQ?
>
> I bet none of this nonesense happens on iMacs.
> It sure never did on the Commodore machines(Amiga included).
>
> Connecting a 2nd harddrive is a hassle as well. Master-Slave, BIOS
> settings, jumpers.
> JUMPERS FOR GOODNESS SAKES!!!
>
> DMA? ISA & PCI bus?... Yes, someone get me a bus and get me out of
> this madness!
>
> SIMM, DIMM, EDO... idiots!
>
> and who is this SCSI person and why does he hate IDE?
>
> FAT. Huh? why the hell does a file which is 9k take up 32kb on the hdd?
> Who designed this crap?
>
> There is something mysterious, spooky, and all together kooky called
> the REGISTRY.
>
> CMOS? Is that the ape god from 'The Planet of the Apes'?
> Might as well be, as it seems to be worshipped by those possessing the
> CompTia paper cert known as the A+; the only ones getting an A+ from me
> are those schools which rip off students by pushing paper certs, which
> these days might as well be used as toilet paper.
>
> Intel inside? nope, no intelligence to be found here whatsoever.
>
Probably all invented by the same peeson who designed cars that need fuel,
maintenance and someone to drive them.
Lifes a ***** innit?
"Mr.Bolshoy Huy" <bolshoyhuy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1126195716.464807.192040@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I couldnt connect my digital camera to my PC running Win98SE for a few
> days because the USB was disabled in the BIOS!
>
> Isnt Win95 and everything afterwards supposed to be plug-n-play?
> Why do I have to mess around with the BIOS and IRQ and install drivers
> for this and that at all?
>
> BIOS? IRQ?
>
> I bet none of this nonesense happens on iMacs.
> It sure never did on the Commodore machines(Amiga included).
>
> Connecting a 2nd harddrive is a hassle as well. Master-Slave, BIOS
> settings, jumpers.
> JUMPERS FOR GOODNESS SAKES!!!
>
> DMA? ISA & PCI bus?... Yes, someone get me a bus and get me out of
> this madness!
>
> SIMM, DIMM, EDO... idiots!
>
> and who is this SCSI person and why does he hate IDE?
>
> FAT. Huh? why the hell does a file which is 9k take up 32kb on the hdd?
> Who designed this crap?
>
> There is something mysterious, spooky, and all together kooky called
> the REGISTRY.
>
> CMOS? Is that the ape god from 'The Planet of the Apes'?
> Might as well be, as it seems to be worshipped by those possessing the
> CompTia paper cert known as the A+; the only ones getting an A+ from me
> are those schools which rip off students by pushing paper certs, which
> these days might as well be used as toilet paper.
>
> Intel inside? nope, no intelligence to be found here whatsoever.
>
We all (TINW) start off dumb, some learn, the rest just stay dumb.
>We all (TINW) start off dumb, some learn, the rest just stay dumb.
Fully half the population has an IQ under 100.
You can easily discover who they are. Just ask them who they voted for
in the last two presidential elections and if they say "Gore" and
"Kerry" you know they have to have an IQ under 100.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
-- Thomas Jefferson
On 8 Sep 2005 09:08:36 -0700, "Mr.Bolshoy Huy"
<bolshoyhuy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I couldnt connect my digital camera to my PC running Win98SE for a few
>days because the USB was disabled in the BIOS!
>
>Isnt Win95 and everything afterwards supposed to be plug-n-play?
>Why do I have to mess around with the BIOS and IRQ and install drivers
>for this and that at all?
Because the system either pre-dates the USB devices, it
shipped without anything USB, or because you're changing
things, the hardware. If you don't want to do it, hire
someone to do it. The optimal arrangement for a PC is not
to have everything plus the kitcken sink active, only those
devices used. Granted it would be more convenient for USB
to be enabled, so if you want to blame the motherboard
manufacturer or system integrator, go ahead.
>
>BIOS? IRQ?
>
>I bet none of this nonesense happens on iMacs.
>It sure never did on the Commodore machines(Amiga included).
I'm sure it doesn't happen on new PCs from OEMs either...
what's the point?
>
>Connecting a 2nd harddrive is a hassle as well. Master-Slave, BIOS
>settings, jumpers.
>JUMPERS FOR GOODNESS SAKES!!!
Actually most drives now ship jumpered to cable select.
Nobody ever said systems were supposed to be tailored
primarily towards ease of setup for someone who doesn't want
to ever set anything up.
Flexibility in configuration is a virtue... just because it
didn't benefit you at that very moment, in the long run it
is the whole point of a PC rather than a specfic purpose
appliance of some sort.
>
>DMA? ISA & PCI bus?... Yes, someone get me a bus and get me out of
>this madness!
>
>SIMM, DIMM, EDO... idiots!
Yes, you're an idiot if you think the world should still use
an abacus so they never had to use new terms for new
technology.
>
>and who is this SCSI person and why does he hate IDE?
>
>FAT. Huh? why the hell does a file which is 9k take up 32kb on the hdd?
> Who designed this crap?
Humans. When the day comes that computers take over, be
afraid, very very afraid.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
-- Thomas Jefferson
On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 04:34:13 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:29:09 GMT, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:
>
>>When the day comes that computers take over, be
>>afraid, very very afraid.
>
>What makes you think they haven't taken over already?
In message <43208a74.259578@news-server.houston.rr.com> spam@uce.gov
(Bob) wrote:
>On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:51:06 GMT, "old jon"
><ImNotIn@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>>We all (TINW) start off dumb, some learn, the rest just stay dumb.
>
>Fully half the population has an IQ under 100.
>
>You can easily discover who they are. Just ask them who they voted for
>in the last two presidential elections and if they say "Gore" and
>"Kerry" you know they have to have an IQ under 100.
So what you're saying is that everyone either has an IQ under 100, or
voted for someone with an IQ under 100?
--
Sorry, she meant to say "stripped naked and thrown out an airlock",
I'm sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
-- John Sheridan, B5
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within
limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add
'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's
will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:4321738e.52609468@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:06:31 -0600, DevilsPGD <spamsucks@crazyhat.net>
> wrote:
>
>>So what you're saying is that everyone either has an IQ under 100, or
>>voted for someone with an IQ under 100?
>
> Until you get a bachelors degree from Yale and an MBA from Harvard,
> you lack credibility.
>
>Isn't it amazing what a little family (and political) influence can get
>you.
--
Bearman
America: Land of the free because of the brave.
"SteveH" <steve.hough@NOSPAMblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:io%Te.104962$G8.13688@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
> "Mr.Bolshoy Huy" <bolshoyhuy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1126195716.464807.192040@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>I couldnt connect my digital camera to my PC running Win98SE for a few
>> days because the USB was disabled in the BIOS!
>>
>> Isnt Win95 and everything afterwards supposed to be plug-n-play?
>> Why do I have to mess around with the BIOS and IRQ and install drivers
>> for this and that at all?
>>
>> BIOS? IRQ?
>>
>> I bet none of this nonesense happens on iMacs.
>> It sure never did on the Commodore machines(Amiga included).
>>
>> Connecting a 2nd harddrive is a hassle as well. Master-Slave, BIOS
>> settings, jumpers.
>> JUMPERS FOR GOODNESS SAKES!!!
>>
>> DMA? ISA & PCI bus?... Yes, someone get me a bus and get me out of
>> this madness!
>>
>> SIMM, DIMM, EDO... idiots!
>>
>> and who is this SCSI person and why does he hate IDE?
>>
>> FAT. Huh? why the hell does a file which is 9k take up 32kb on the hdd?
>> Who designed this crap?
>>
>> There is something mysterious, spooky, and all together kooky called
>> the REGISTRY.
>>
>> CMOS? Is that the ape god from 'The Planet of the Apes'?
>> Might as well be, as it seems to be worshipped by those possessing the
>> CompTia paper cert known as the A+; the only ones getting an A+ from me
>> are those schools which rip off students by pushing paper certs, which
>> these days might as well be used as toilet paper.
>>
>> Intel inside? nope, no intelligence to be found here whatsoever.
>>
> Probably all invented by the same peeson who designed cars that need fuel,
> maintenance and someone to drive them.
> Lifes a ***** innit?
>
>
> Isnt Win95 and everything afterwards supposed to be plug-n-play?
> Why do I have to mess around with the BIOS and IRQ and install
drivers
> for this and that at all?
>
> BIOS? IRQ?
>
> I bet none of this nonesense happens on iMacs.
> It sure never did on the Commodore machines(Amiga included).
As someone who, until 18 months ago, was using an Amiga exclusively
(albeit a rather souped up and customised one) I 've got to say that
getting hardware working reliably on it was a black art. I had
daughter boards and riser cards populated with a CPU, RAM, Graphics
card, soundcard, I/O card, IDE card etc. etc. - not to mention a
hacked motherboard to accomodate the reset switch on the tower etc.
etc. etc. I didn't dare even fasten the screws on the side of the
tower because I knew I was going to have to get back inside soon
enough to fix something.
And then there was sourcing the libraries, and making sure that they
were loaded in the correct order - even to the point of having to
write my own initialisation prog for the soundcard because the one
supplied brought my system to it's knees.
As much as I loved AmigaOS (far more elegant and responsive than any
version of Windows) I have to say that the propriety PC platform is
much easier to set up, and far more reliable.
who invented this crap? 
Linear Mode
