On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:33, johnrose-simpson wrote: > First let me introduce myself. I am retired but for the last 25-30 years I > worked as a computer programmer, initially using FORTRAN then Pascal and > later a special applications language. However I still regard myself very > much as a computer peasant and would like to meet up with a few of you > gurus. My home computers started with a TRS80 and after a few upgrades I > now have a PC with an AMD K6-2 with 64 Mb ram and a 20 Gb hard drive, > running that unmentionable operating system version 98. I feel that I have > contributed more than enough to Bill Gates' retirement fund so I am > interested in changing to some version of linux. My main computer usage is > word-processing, a few spreadsheets and internet access. To avoid being > off the air for a few days while I grapple with a new OS (or perhaps many > weeks, I am a slow learner), it seems to me that I would best buy a > second-hand machine, preferably already loaded, so that I can play until I > feel proficient enough to convert totally. I believe some of you have > suitable boxes for sale. I live on the Beckenham/Sydenham boundary and > would like to come to your meeting in the Sydenham Hall (the one in > Hutcheson Street?) on the coming Wednesday. Would I be welcome and do my > ideas make sense?
I'm sure you would be very welcome to come to the meeting. It's an informal do with an accent on getting recalcitrant computers to behave, and for the members to get to know each other better. There is a pseudo-gold coin donation to pay for the hire of the hall & the obligatory cuppa. You might like to consider setting up your existing machine so that it can dual boot, either into that other o/s or into Linux. That would save you having to buy a possibly under powered machine which you don't in fact need. There are currently 8 machines which need the attentions of gurus, and I don't suppose that it would be totally beyond the power of mice and men for us to install Linux for you at the meeting. I hope I'm not speaking out of turn? List, comments? -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
