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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 at 00:23:26, Roy wood wrote:
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman
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Also its security support from file level up, is unparalleled.
This may only be because it is not probed in the same way.
The whole of the internet
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SNIP
No information that
Urmm - what language is that? (8-)#
Do you mean 'I don't know' or 'You have the wrong information' or what?
Missed out the 'on'
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jeremy Taffel
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SNIP
(the IT dept still haven't found a way of
enabling the spell checker in MS Office).
Sounds like an inept IT support team. EXCEL has excellent sharing
capabilities if it is turned on. We use it all the time at work.
I have
SMSQ/E is mostly so easy to use because it has never even heard of the
words security concept (does the mail count as OnTopic now? ;-) )
And if I understood well my discussions with TT, this was exactly his
target in 1983: no security stuff for a very small personal computer
because it is not
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jeremy Taffel
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You might know about MS, but I think you are misinformed about Linux. If
you buy a Linux suite - and Mandrake Pro-suite comes to mind here - you get
a DVD and about 9 CDs containing pretty much every application you will ever
Also, (believe it or not), support for hardware is not patchy like
it used
to be. USB is better behaved than using Windows 98SE - no printer
problems
there , eh Dilwyn?! Even Winmodems are (in the main) supported, as
are
digital cameras, TV cards, parallel port scanners
Win98SE is
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 at 12:32:39, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
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Also, (believe it or not), support for hardware is not patchy like
it used
to be. USB is better behaved than using Windows 98SE - no printer
problems
there , eh Dilwyn?! Even Winmodems are (in the main) supported,
My dabbling with LINUX were some time ago and, at the time I found it
unwieldy and time consuming to set up. I also found the application very
clunky.
Over Christmas I upgraded from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.2 and from Windows 98 to
98SE. The former was no problem. The latter was a real palava.
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman
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Also its security support from file level up, is unparalleled.
This may only be because it is not probed in the same way. I firmly
believe that one of the reasons so many attacks target windows is
because the attackers have
Over Christmas I upgraded from Mandrake 8.2 to 9.2 and from Windows 98 to
98SE. The former was no problem. The latter was a real palava. Umpteen
reboots; then installing all the manufacturers hardware drivers, then
visiting the microsoft site to get all the OS updates - then reinstalling
all the
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Which is still about 100 USD and you probably mean an Upgrade edition
of XP Home which is NOT XP Pro I was talking about.
(And you can get that for about 60 bucks here
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Hi
I agree with Roy on this, Windoze is what you make it, its just as much
fun
to tinker with as Qdos. The latest
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, John Sadler wrote:
I thought Microsoft had not produced a 64 bit operating system yet.
However AMD 64 bit processors run faster.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/downloads/upgrade.asp
Free download beta edition...
Dave
Cool, another chance to volunteer for one of Microsoft's pre-releases
(IE: alpha) and work as a tester for them for free! :)
jim
On Apr 8, 2004, at 11:36 AM, Dave P wrote:
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, John Sadler wrote:
I thought Microsoft had not produced a 64 bit operating system yet.
However AMD
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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, John Sadler wrote:
I thought Microsoft had not produced a 64 bit operating system yet.
However AMD 64 bit processors run faster.
http
is an insight.
runnimg on MSI KT8 neo, AMD64 3200+, takes the legs of anything we've
had
before. including our G4s.
mike
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On 6 Apr 2004 at 21:18, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
This is something we don't have much of on the QL scene - automatic
software updates. On the whole we replace the entire program package
by overwriting it, or replace a few files such as the main executable.
If we are lucky, the configuration is
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 at 10:16:56, Tony Firshman wrote:
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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 at 10:19:26, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
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I
see you two are a few fingered typist like me.
^Whoops - 'too'.
I am sure you are one person really (8-)#
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On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:19:26 +0200, Wolfgang Lenerz
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On 6 Apr 2004 at 21:18, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
This is something we don't have much of on the QL scene - automatic
software updates. On the whole we replace the entire program package
by overwriting it, or replace a few
On 7 Apr 2004 at 6:47, Phoebus R. Dokos (è á. ç) wrote:
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Nope it ain't. OS functionality changes are very few and have been
available for years now only not released to the public. OS functionality
means better memory protection, driver software, that kind of thing... not
On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 at 16:24:06, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
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On 7 Apr 2004 at 10:16, Tony Firshman wrote:
Having integrated software does not negate your position at all. To
not use them, one simply installs other software and let the
installation change the default,
This is something we don't have much of on the QL scene -
automatic
software updates. On the whole we replace the entire program
package
by overwriting it, or replace a few files such as the main
executable.
If we are lucky, the configuration is held in a separate file and
so
settings
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As for what Roy talks about in length, I do not disagree that a user
wants to plug and go any machine (That was the idea behind the QL
anyway), however the Windoze
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Tony wrote:
Word is a case in point here.
I really hate Word - it is pretty
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Malcolm Cadman
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Yet applications like Browsers, DTP, Graphics, etc, are not part of
what is supplied. Which makes sense, as this keeps the market open for
the development of software.
But they are still developed. Go to Tucows and see how
(.)
But it is in modern terms. This is the crux of what I started ages ago.
Our concept of a computer lives in the past. Today that idea is not want
is wanted by Joe public.
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I have followed/am following this discussion with interest.
I
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(.)
But it is in modern
On 4 Apr 2004 at 23:58, Roy wood wrote:
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If the boot program was pre written they would have no problem but I
have direct experience that even on the QL basic level some people
cannot write BOOT files,
I wasn't suggesting that the users write the boot file themselves.
()
I have
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wolfgang Lenerz
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Surely you do not suggest that making a boot file (or similar) that loads
separate programs in a standardized way is difficult at least as far the
great unwashed (where ever did that expression come from?) are concerned.
So
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