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In my experience, WIN98 running TS2Ki SP2 would crash daily usually during 
trading hours.  NT has been rock solid.  My config is similar to yours 
except P-233 instead of 450.

At 09:33 PM 6/28/99 -0500, Franklin C. Weinkauf wrote:
>Hope this is not too far off topic for this list.
>
>I am running a PII 450 with 256 meg. RAM, TS4 EOD and so far system
>speed and capability has not been an issue. Some previous posts have
>indicated that to run TS2K you really need to be running NT.
>
>When I upgraded my computer last fall I thought I was being very wise to
>get a dual processor mother board even though it was initially
>configured with only one cpu. My intent was to eventually plug in
>another cpu and be on the leading edge of processing speed and
>capability. Neat idea but as I become more educated on the dual
>processor board it sounds like Windows NT is the only way to use the
>dual processor configuration. Also discovered that NT is not plug n play
>friendly and you must be sure to have the proper drivers for all your
>peripherals.
>
>My question for the list: any ideas on how to use dual processors
>without NT and does TS2K really need NT for stability? Windows 2000
>perhaps?
>
>Thanks in advance for any ideas.