Doc: remove obsolete Win9x stuff from the documentation

Merge-request: 1627
Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@nokia.com>

5 files changed, 6 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/frameworks-technologies/activeqt-server.qdoc b/doc/src/frameworks-technologies/activeqt-server.qdoc
index 89456bf..ccf8c83 100644
--- a/doc/src/frameworks-technologies/activeqt-server.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/frameworks-technologies/activeqt-server.qdoc
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@
     \o Register the server
     \endlist
 
-    Note that the QAxServer build system is not supported on Windows 98/ME
-    (attaching of resources to a binary is not possible there), but a server 
-    built on Windows NT/2000/XP will work on previous Windows versions as well.
-
     To skip the post-processing step, also set the \c qaxserver_no_postlink
     configuration.
 
@@ -413,8 +409,7 @@
     \footnote
     OLE needs to marshal user defined types by reference (ByRef), and cannot 
     marshal them by value (ByVal). This is why const-references and object
-    parameters are not supported for QRect, QSize and QPoint. Also note that
-    servers with this datatype require Windows 98 or DCOM 1.2 to be installed.
+    parameters are not supported for QRect, QSize and QPoint.
     \endfootnote
     \o [in, out] struct QRect (user defined)
     \row
diff --git a/doc/src/howtos/timers.qdoc b/doc/src/howtos/timers.qdoc
index 85902be..189f1c3 100644
--- a/doc/src/howtos/timers.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/howtos/timers.qdoc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     The upper limit for the interval value is determined by the number
     of milliseconds that can be specified in a signed integer
     (in practice, this is a period of just over 24 days). The accuracy
-    depends on the underlying operating system. Windows 98 has 55
+    depends on the underlying operating system. Windows 2000 has 15
     millisecond accuracy; other systems that we have tested can handle
     1 millisecond intervals.
 
diff --git a/doc/src/internationalization/i18n.qdoc b/doc/src/internationalization/i18n.qdoc
index ecc25fe..94717db 100644
--- a/doc/src/internationalization/i18n.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/internationalization/i18n.qdoc
@@ -512,9 +512,6 @@
         Note that some Windows programs do not understand big-endian
         Unicode text files even though that is the order prescribed by
         the Unicode Standard in the absence of higher-level protocols.
-    \o  Unlike programs written with MFC or plain winlib, Qt programs
-        are portable between Windows 98 and Windows NT.
-        \e {You do not need different binaries to support Unicode.}
     \endlist
 
     \section2 Mac OS X
diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/platform-notes.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/platform-notes.qdoc
index 85b9ff8..a1d3e9a 100644
--- a/doc/src/platforms/platform-notes.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/platforms/platform-notes.qdoc
@@ -263,14 +263,6 @@
 
     Install Qt into a subdirectory without spaces to avoid this problem.
 
-    \section2 AccelGALAXY graphic card
-
-    When you use a NT 4.0 machine with the driver number
-    4,00,1381,1000,021,4.0.0 there is a problem with drag an drop and icons.
-    The computer freezes, and you have to reset. The problem disappears with
-    the newest version of the driver, available at
-    \l{http://www.es.com/}{www.es.com}.
-
     \section2 Possible GL conflict
 
     There is a known issue with running Microsoft NetMeeting, Lotus SameTime
diff --git a/doc/src/porting/porting4.qdoc b/doc/src/porting/porting4.qdoc
index 20fd8a6..bc49b48 100644
--- a/doc/src/porting/porting4.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/porting/porting4.qdoc
@@ -3793,11 +3793,10 @@
     multimedia timer API, which gives us 1 millisecond resolution for
     QTimer.
 
-    Note that other versions of Windows have a lower timer resolution,
-    and that code relying on underlying system timer restrictions
-    encounters no such limitations using Qt 4 (e.g., setting an
-    interval of 0 millisecond results in Qt occupying all of the
-    processor time when no GUI events need processing).
+    Note that Windows 2000 has a lower timer resolution, and that code relying
+    on underlying system timer restrictions encounters no such limitations
+    using Qt 4 (e.g., setting an interval of 0 millisecond results in Qt
+    occupying all of the processor time when no GUI events need processing).
 
     \section1 QToolBar