Memphis stability?

[Arash Ramin]

Hi,

Does anyone know if Memphis (when its a final product) will be more
stable than Windows 95? I'd like to see some of that NT stability, I
don't mind applications crashing now and then, but O/S crashes tend to
get to me.

Arash Ramin
ara...@unixg.ubc.ca
http://www.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca/spider/v3p1

[Eric Gisin]

In article <3303d17b...@news.intergate.bc.ca>, *ara...@unixg.ubc.ca
says...

> Does anyone know if Memphis (when its a final product) will be more
> stable than Windows 95? I'd like to see some of that NT stability, I
> don't mind applications crashing now and then, but O/S crashes tend to
> get to me.

Microsoft is not changing the architecture from Chicago to Memphis, it is
still a 16/32 bit hybrid Operating System. However, if your crashes are
due to buggy device drivers, the new drivers in Memphis may help you.

The two most common causes of crashes are incorrect cache/memory timings
(in BIOS), and buggy video drivers.
--
Eric Gisin, London.on.ca -- Windows/UNIX/Internet Consulting
http://www.webhaven.com/ericg/ mailto:er...@techie.com

[Benito Horta]

> Microsoft is not changing the architecture from Chicago to Memphis, it is

> still a 16/32 bit hybrid Operating System. However, if your crashes are
> due to buggy device drivers, the new drivers in Memphis may help you.
>
> The two most common causes of crashes are incorrect cache/memory timings
> (in BIOS), and buggy video drivers.
> --
> Eric Gisin, London.on.ca -- Windows/UNIX/Internet Consulting
> http://www.webhaven.com/ericg/ mailto:er...@techie.com
>

I keep hearing about win95 instability. I never noticed it, Infact I rarely
shutoff my PC. I keep win95 running for months without crashing. only time
I reboot is when I install new programs. I only run win95 32bit apps, I
wonder if the instability is caused by running old 3.1 stuff

[Dan Guisinger (QWL)]

I crash it all the time, although thats because I am programming an
interface replacement (You know, heavy system modification. We even have
now replaced user32.dll. I know I'll get a response some time soon about
this from someone at Microsoft. Oh well, nothing they can do about it :-)

But seriously, Win95 is very stable. The only problems I've had are with
MSDN freezing all the time (Gee, and I just got it too), and when I have
stuck a corrupted file in there some where. There isn't too much of a
problem with stability as far as I'm concerned. Just hate the 16/32
relationship. I think it was the worst idea MS has had yet.

--Dan

Benito Horta <be...@shadow.net> wrote in article
<01bc1b88$1c30e580$24351e26@default>...

[Alex]

On Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:09:31 -0500, er...@techie.com (Eric Gisin)
wrote:

>In article <3303d17b...@news.intergate.bc.ca>, *ara...@unixg.ubc.ca
>says...
>> Does anyone know if Memphis (when its a final product) will be more
>> stable than Windows 95? I'd like to see some of that NT stability, I
>> don't mind applications crashing now and then, but O/S crashes tend to
>> get to me.
>

>Microsoft is not changing the architecture from Chicago to Memphis, it is
>still a 16/32 bit hybrid Operating System. However, if your crashes are
>due to buggy device drivers, the new drivers in Memphis may help you.
>
>The two most common causes of crashes are incorrect cache/memory timings
>(in BIOS), and buggy video drivers.

If you don't mind me asking, what are 'incorrect cache/memory timings
(in the BIOS)'?

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[Eric Gisin]

In article <330a21be...@news.adelaide.on.net>, w...@adelaide.on.net
says...

> >The two most common causes of crashes are incorrect cache/memory timings
> >(in BIOS), and buggy video drivers.
>
> If you don't mind me asking, what are 'incorrect cache/memory timings
> (in the BIOS)'?

Your BIOS sets the timing for cache and memory access. If set too fast
(low numbers), you will get random crashes in 32-bit operating systems.

If you have problems, set your BIOS for the slowest setting (sometimes
called failsafe mode). If that fixes things, work your way up to faster
settings.

[Bartender]

>
> Does anyone know if Memphis (when its a final product) will be more
> stable than Windows 95?

Uhm no... memphis is designed with crashing in mind... instead of %9 app
failure.. Microsoft has decided to DECREASE stability such that a whopping
95% of all appz run will cause GPFs

hello.... *smack*

-Bartender