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From: krw on 14 Sep 2008 13:14 In article <48CD3E2E.429333B8(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > krw wrote: > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > krw wrote: > > > > rich(a)example.net says... > > > > > Eeyore wrote: > > > > > > krw wrote: > > > > > >> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > Ir runs under DOS. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> ...assuming DOS still runs. You do like to take risks! > > > > > > > > > > > > What a silly comment. DOS is the only stable product ever to come from Microsoft. > > > > > > > > > > Actually, it didn't come from Microsoft. It came from Digital Reasearch; M$ > > > > > just brokered the usurious deal with IBM that gave us the 8088 PC and all > > > > > the rest. > > > > > > > > The IBM versions of DOS were far better. > > > > > > Never noticed. Can you give an example ? > > > > It worked. Remember compression in MS-DOS? > > Never enabled it. It sounded stupid. In MS-DOS it was. That's just one example of many (that I've long forgotten). MS didn't want to sell DOS. They were off onto Winblows. -- Keith
From: Michael A. Terrell on 14 Sep 2008 13:34 krw wrote: > > No, it wasn't. OS/2 was the operating system. The GUI was called > the "Workplace Shell", and ran on top of OS/2. I found an IBM box with the complete disks and manuals for OS/2 2.0 last night. -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html aioe.org, Goggle Groups, and Web TV users must request to be white listed, or I will not see your messages. If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm There are two kinds of people on this earth: The crazy, and the insane. The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy.
From: Eeyore on 14 Sep 2008 13:37 krw wrote: > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > krw wrote: > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > > krw wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The IBM versions of DOS were far better. > > > > > > > > Never noticed. Can you give an example ? > > > > > > It worked. Remember compression in MS-DOS? > > > > Never enabled it. It sounded stupid. > > In MS-DOS it was. That's just one example of many (that I've long > forgotten). MS didn't want to sell DOS. They were off onto > Winblows. I've sampled Linux and quite liked what I saw, especially 4 desktops in Ubuntu IIRC ! Perfect for untidy sods like me. Unfortunately due to a hardware failure elsewhere I had to put windoze back on it. Another day, I just need another case and I can build one more. Got loads of bits. Graham
From: Michael A. Terrell on 14 Sep 2008 13:58 Eeyore wrote: > > I've sampled Linux and quite liked what I saw, especially 4 desktops in Ubuntu IIRC ! Perfect for > untidy sods like me. Unfortunately due to a hardware failure elsewhere I had to put windoze back > on it. > > Another day, I just need another case and I can build one more. Got loads of bits. Don't you have anything like a local Freecycle group? http://www.freecycle.org/group/UK/ -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html aioe.org, Goggle Groups, and Web TV users must request to be white listed, or I will not see your messages. If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm There are two kinds of people on this earth: The crazy, and the insane. The first sign of insanity is denying that you're crazy.
From: Eeyore on 14 Sep 2008 22:14
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > > > I've sampled Linux and quite liked what I saw, especially 4 desktops in Ubuntu IIRC ! Perfect > for > untidy sods like me. Unfortunately due to a hardware failure elsewhere I had to put > windoze back on > it. > > > > Another day, I just need another case and I can build one more. Got loads of bits. > > Don't you have anything like a local Freecycle group? > > http://www.freecycle.org/group/UK/ Not aware of one round here. Actually there does seem to be one. Thanks. Not sure It's accepting my Yahoo ID though. Ah - sorted now. Graham |