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98 vs. 98SE usb support


vicso

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I have this old laptop that could use a usb flash key but its running 98 and not SE version but i've seen most usb key nowadays support 98SE. Only kingston says specically 98 is unsupported. What is different between 98 and 98SE usb support?

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Windows 95/95a has no USB support at all. There's a USB update patch for 95 OSR2.x but it only supports some USB controllers integrated in motherboard chipsets. A few PCI USB cards had 95 drivers available. There is extremely little USB device driver support for 95, so it's nearly useless. (Much like the Mac OS 8.x USB support!)

98 has full support for USB in chipsets and PCI cards, but many companies say their device drivers "require" 98SE. (How about hacking that native USB patch for original 98?)

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