It's hard to agree with that when there was a version (the first of two) of Windows 95 available with USB support at pretty much exactly the same time this "preview" article was published. They (Win95 OSR2.1 aka Win98 "B" and OSR2.5 aka Win95 "C") were only available to OEMs, sure, but that's still a year and a half before the iMac's debut!
The linked article is the December 1996 issue (so written in November), and while I can't seem to find exact "release" dates for the OEM-only version of Windows, here's an article dated January 6, 1997 that mentions it and its "USB Supplement to OSR2" package: http://brianlivingston.com/windowmanager/archive/cgi-bin/new...
I can't find a source for this part so please forgive me if my memory is flawed, but I remember OSR2 having only USB 1.0 support and not USB 1.1 like Windows 98.
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"The usbsupp.exe driver is located on the Windows 95 OEM Service Release CD-ROMs version 2.1 and 2.5 at drive:\Other\USB Folder (where drive: is the drive letter for your CD drive). If you do not have the CD-ROM available, you can download the driver from the World Wide Web at http://www.microsoft.com/HWDEV/devdes/usbgame.htm. Save the file to a floppy disk or to a temporary location on your C: drive, such as C:\temp.
To install the driver, follow this procedure:
- Click the Start button, and then choose Programs and Windows Explorer from the pop-up menus.
- The Exploring window is displayed.
- Locate the file USBSUPP.EXE and double-click on the icon.
- Follow the instructions on the screen to install the driver.
- After Windows 95 restarts, you should be able to use USB devices with Windows 95.
The README.TXT file included with the driver contains information on how to uninstall and reinstall the driver, if necessary. It also describes how to consult the Microsoft Knowledge Base for more information on the USB driver."
It's hard to agree with that when there was a version (the first of two) of Windows 95 available with USB support at pretty much exactly the same time this "preview" article was published. They (Win95 OSR2.1 aka Win98 "B" and OSR2.5 aka Win95 "C") were only available to OEMs, sure, but that's still a year and a half before the iMac's debut!
The linked article is the December 1996 issue (so written in November), and while I can't seem to find exact "release" dates for the OEM-only version of Windows, here's an article dated January 6, 1997 that mentions it and its "USB Supplement to OSR2" package: http://brianlivingston.com/windowmanager/archive/cgi-bin/new...
I can't find a source for this part so please forgive me if my memory is flawed, but I remember OSR2 having only USB 1.0 support and not USB 1.1 like Windows 98.
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"The usbsupp.exe driver is located on the Windows 95 OEM Service Release CD-ROMs version 2.1 and 2.5 at drive:\Other\USB Folder (where drive: is the drive letter for your CD drive). If you do not have the CD-ROM available, you can download the driver from the World Wide Web at http://www.microsoft.com/HWDEV/devdes/usbgame.htm. Save the file to a floppy disk or to a temporary location on your C: drive, such as C:\temp.
To install the driver, follow this procedure: - Click the Start button, and then choose Programs and Windows Explorer from the pop-up menus. - The Exploring window is displayed. - Locate the file USBSUPP.EXE and double-click on the icon. - Follow the instructions on the screen to install the driver. - After Windows 95 restarts, you should be able to use USB devices with Windows 95.
The README.TXT file included with the driver contains information on how to uninstall and reinstall the driver, if necessary. It also describes how to consult the Microsoft Knowledge Base for more information on the USB driver."