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Win95 OSR2 sort of supported USB. It never worked very well.
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 16:40:51 -0500, Byron Wolter <[log in to unmask]>
> posted article <[log in to unmask]>, which
> said:
>
> > I installed a USB PCI card from Best Buy (think it was a LinkSys) and
had no
> > problems. You don't mention your operating system. You need at least
> > Windows 98 to use USB. If you're using 95, don't count on it working.
>
> I think USB works under Win95. My old Packard Bell Multimedia E154
computer
> shipped with Windows 95 installed and it had two USB ports on the back,
> complete with USB settings in the BIOS. This was right after Win95 came
> out. Windows 98 had not even been publicly announced at that point in
time.
> I never had a need for USB so I don't know if they worked under Win95 or
> not. I don't see why they would include USB on a computer if it had no
way
> of functioning, unless there was inside information at Packard Bell about
> USB coming in a future version of Windows. I upgraded to Win98 and hooked
> up a Handspring device via USB and it worked just fine, but as I said, I
> never tried it under Win95. I had no use for it at that time.
>
> Ethan
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