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To: Street Walker who wrote (1187)	6/7/1998 7:01:00 PM
From: Len	Respond to of 14778

Win 98 vs Win NT -- Is there something really wrong with Win '98? One thing I don't like about multimonitors in NT is that when you maximize a screen, it maximizes to cover all the monitors instead of just on one monitor. The software just wasn't written specifically for multimonitors. Hopefully Win NT 5 will solve this. I think this must be video card specific. My Diamond Viper 330, in the multi-monitor tab of the display properties, lets you make the choice whether maximizing will display across all monitors, or just the monitor the cursor is in. I'm using NT 4.0. Hope this helps.

To: Street Walker who wrote (1187)	6/7/1998 7:19:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Respond to of 14778

"...Would this be too much for '98 to handle?" That's a good question, Street Walker. I wish I had a better answer. Of course we won't even be able to test for sure until 98 ships. My _guess_ is that you'll be fine. NT will likely give you added stability--the question indeed is will that stability be needed. I forgot to answer your question about Dos apps from my earlier post. I was making the point that if you use applications that aren't written specifically for Windows 95/NT or 3.0/3.1 (like Zeuspaul does), but rather for Microsoft's much older DOS operating system, that might be a reason not to use NT. If you don't (I don't), this won't be an issue. Good luck with your decision! Will look forward to hearing what you decide. Hope all the writing wasn't info or triva overload. :) Dave

To: Street Walker who wrote (1187)	6/7/1998 7:26:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>>Is there something really wrong with Win '98? << It is beta

To: Street Walker who wrote (1187)	6/8/1998 12:29:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>Dave, once again, the programs I will be running simultaneously include two web browsers, several Kill Keys, several real time charts, a JAVA based execution software, and several different mIRC chat channels. Would this be too much for '98 to handle?<< Besides asking the question is this to much for Win 98 to handle you should also be asking is this to much for one CPU to handle. I can't answer this question directly but there are some other considerations that can help you answer this question. How much I/O can a network interface card, NIC, handle by itself? That is can a NIC transfer data directly to memory using direct memory access, DMA, or does all data have to be handles by the CPU before it is stored in memory? The answer to this question makes a big difference in how much time the CPU has to spend processing I/O and whether your computer appears to be very sluggish. Spots do you or anybody else know whether a NIC has DMA? If it doesn't and because the amount of I/O you want to process appears to be the equivalent of three 28.8 kilobaud modems running simultaneously on one computer I predict a one computer system will be very sluggish. Spots or anybody else do you know if when running Win NT and a dual processor motherboard if you can control which programs run on which processor? That is can you have all of the web browsers and mIRC channels run on one CPU and all of the programs you use for executing a trade run on the other CPU? Does any body know of any experiments we could run or know how we could simulate a system like Street Walker wants to build so we can better predict the performance of Street Walkers system? Lacking better answers to the above questions I say we can rate our choices as: Least desirable: A One CPU Trading Station and reduce the number of programs you run concurrently. Dual CPU Trading Station. Most desirable: Multiple Computer Trading Station.