Time: Mon Nov 11 21:48:39 1996
To: litz@pta6000.pld.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Win95 & large drives
Cc: 
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At 04:30 PM 11/11/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Paul Andrew Mitchell wrote:
>> 
>> What about NT 4.0
>> and the HPFS?
>
>I don't have all the details yet, and my WinNT 4.0 "manual" doesn't even 
>address the issue.  (Go figure...it's a typical MS manual)  I understand
>that HPFS is not limited by "S/T x heads x cyl" 
>(i.e. 63 x 255 x 1024 = 8.4 GB) drive geometry, as DOS is.
>
>> 
>> I don't understand your reference
>> to "4.00.950b OEM build".  Is this
>> the same as Windows 95 Version 950b?
>
>Yes, also there is a "OEM service pak #2" that has the 32 bit FAT
>support.
>(Also not available to the general public)
>
>> >Since I build systems, I have several copies of the OEM release on hand
><snip>
>> This is NOT good news.
>
>Yes, and as usual, M$ denies any problems.

Remind me to tell you about
the interview I had at Microsoft
last week.  It was funny, in 
retrospect.  They never once
asked me how long I had been
a Microsoft customer.

/s/ Paul Mitchell


>
>Since I am having drive problems in Win95, and am seriously considering
>NT 4.0 for
>my home PC, I'll be looking into this issue further, and will update
>you. 
>
>--
>Brian
>litz@pta6000.pld.com
>
>
      

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