YATYRD (was: PalmOS no more? :(

[Liam Proven]

On 29/09/05, Roger Merchberger <zmerch at 30below.com> wrote:

> >Hmmm. I'm dubious.
>
> Not sure why... Micro$oft is rarely compatible with itself, even on the
> best of days... ;-)

Good point, well made!

> >  No web browser - IE came in the Plus Pack, a paid-for
> >optional extra.
>
> Which not many people paid for... ;-)

[G]

> >  No CD key
>
> Bzzt. Wrong. Original Win95, at least the [very early] CD-ROM versions that
> I worked with, did require a CD key... and you had to be careful to type in
> the capital -OEM- by hand; most people typed it in lowercase, and it would
> not pass the checksum test.
>
> Win95A (and up) changed this to 'assume' uppercase.

[Casts mind back a decade]

I do believe you're right. My apologies. Didn't it take the standard MS

11111-111-11111

code, tho'? Or

11112-111-11111

if the 1st didn't work? That worked on most things.


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