I've got a question....

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-06-18 04:42pm

Is it possible to use USB with windows 3.1?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-06-18 04:44pm

errr. maybe if you somehow could figure out a way to get a driver on there for it? i have no idea. why, strictly out of curiosity?

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2004-06-18 04:55pm

I don't think win95 supports USB either. You need 98 at least, perhaps even 98SE.

Mad · Post by **Mad** » 2004-06-18 05:43pm

InnocentBystander wrote:I don't think win95 supports USB either. You need 98 at least, perhaps even 98SE.

Win95b supports USB, in theory (but not that well, from what I understand). Win98 and up support USB.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-06-18 07:44pm

I'm pretty sure Win95C was supposed to have USB support.

DaveJB · Post by **DaveJB** » 2004-06-18 08:19pm

The 4.0.950B and 4.0.950C builds both have USB support. The problem is that Win95 and Win98 USB drivers use different driver models, and Win95's implementation was somewhat hackish anyway.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-06-19 12:23am

No. However, many motherboards will attempt to map USB mice and keyboards onto the PS/2 equivilants so you can still use them if the OS doesn't natively have USB support.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-06-19 01:26am

Does anyone remember the demonstration of Windows 98 using USB+Plug&Pray?

Bill Gates' face when he plugged a scanner in and got an instant blue screen of death in front of the huge crowd is unforgettable