Re: [slug-chat] Free Beer for Win98/Digital Cam Problem

[Matthew Dalton <matthewd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Personally, I agree with Jeff on this one. Windows support on a slug
list? (okay, it's not The Slug List(tm), but it is a social list, and I
find talking about windows to be rather anti-social -- how about we
create a new mailing list called slug-windows? (duck) Just joking
guys...)

Terry Collins wrote:
> 
> Basically, customer has Pinnaclesys DVStudio Plus (video editing) on
> Win98. This involves a firewire card and digital camera. As is typical
> with Win98, the software works, by itself, but has problems with other
> stuff.

[windows problems deleted (if only it were that simple)]

> Basically, clean install, and the software worked. Started adding other
> software, like HP scanner and CD writer and problems started. Pinnacle
> were real helpful and said their software has problems differentiating
> between a parallel port scanner and the firewire camera and these should
> really be on seperate systems.


<fetal position>
Krusty is coming! Krusty is coming. Krusty is coming...
</fetal position>

It's problems like these that pushed me over the edge of
windows-insanity land and onto the white fluffy clouds of Linux.


> Personally, if I knew of good linux video editing software, I would have
> installed it for them and told them to forget win98 right from go (they
> are computer newbies - I sold them the system 8 months ago).

Introducing: Broadcast 2000
http://heroinewarrior.com/bcast2000.php3



> I figure a few of us have to exploit Win98 for bread, and
> linux users are most intelligent.

You got it backwards. Win98 exploits people!


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