feature list for positive suggestions

[Brian K. White]

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From: "Fairlight" <fairlite at fairlite.com>
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Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: feature list for positive suggestions


> >From inside the gravity well of a singularity, Kenneth Brody shouted:
>> Quoting Paul McNary (Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:53:05 -0600):
>> [...]
>> > I still have users on 4.1 because that feature set still works well.
>>
>> fpsupport just had a question today from someone who upgraded their
>> computer, and filePro 3.0 now fails when it scans drive A:.
>
> I saw the 4.1 message and almost posted.  Now I see a 3.0 reference and
> just have to ask:  I thought 4.5 was the de facto y2k fix--so how are 
> these
> people getting by on versions that don't correct for it?

Heck I think 4.1 still has a place in the universe even today because it is 
the highest version possible in certain environments.
I don't remember (maybe never knew clearly) exactly what aspect of the dos 
environment or memory model it was that advanced at some point and made it 
possible to make binaries that didn't run on the older dos version or on the 
older hardware. himem vs emm386 vs no mem manager? 8 vs 16 vs 32 bit? real 
mode vs protected mode?

Whatever it was, 4.1 came in 2 flavors, one that still worked an older way 
and one that worked a newer way.
And that 4.1 special version was the last version like that ever.
So it's the highest version that can possibly run in certain environments.

One such environment is a completely current and modern PocketPC with a DOS 
emulator, which is the only way to run filepro on such a device if you 
needed to so badly that it was worth the hassle.
(I can't imagine such a situation but what the hey... as long as they don't 
have a palm or pocketpc version of fp)
The emulator only emulates an 80186 cpu and the rest of the xt/early-at 
system it was part of.

Ask me how I know :)
I've mentioned it before and at least one other person mentioned they played 
with the same thing so excuse me for boring those who've heard this before. 
:)

Brian K. White  --  brian at aljex.com  --  http://www.aljex.com/bkw/
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