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Thread ID: 43875	2004-03-30 02:47:00	Windows 3.11 and XP - Do they like each other??	agent_24 (4330)	Press F1

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225967	2004-03-30 02:47:00	is it possible to network a windows 3.11 computer and two XP computers so that they all share printers? or are the two OS's too different?	agent_24 (4330)
225968	2004-03-30 02:57:00	If you get the TCP/IP addon for 311, it will happily access files and printers on any TCP/IP network. It would share its printers and files, too. NETBEUI might work too ...	Graham L (2)
225969	2004-03-30 03:55:00	thanks, i will try that.	agent_24 (4330)
225970	2004-03-30 03:58:00	hold on, what exactly IS the TCP/IP addon for 3.11, and where do i get it?	agent_24 (4330)
225971	2004-03-30 04:30:00	Dont worry, i seem to have found it.	agent_24 (4330)
225972	2004-03-30 04:53:00	Isnt it illegal to still be running 3.11? It should be if it isn't ;-)	Barnabas (4562)
225973	2004-03-30 05:02:00	eh?? why would it be illegal... to use something you paid for??	heni72847 (1166)
225974	2004-03-30 05:15:00	why would it be illegal to use a version of windows that actually works??	agent_24 (4330)
225975	2004-03-30 05:57:00	Well it would be better to say it works some of the time due to some fairly antequated design features! 1. It just sits on top of DOS (and DOS is oooold!) 2. It suffers from cooperative multi-tasking (instead of the more modern preemptive multi-tasking). 3. It does not use protected memory space for applications. All this makes 3.11 not much use except for old PCs that are not capable of running a more up to date OS.	JohnD (509)
225976	2004-03-30 06:05:00	Nothing wrong with old. I'm old. So there. MSDOS is the only good software MS ever wrote. That's because they didn't write it. :D It's naturally more reliable than the modern "stuff" because the kernel is only a few tens of kilobytes, not many megabytes.	Graham L (2)
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