Yikes. Must be the hot weather..
RB
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> Well, you're the only person who knows for sure about the drugs...but hey that's
>your thing :) I dont know if i can relate to the old timers, cause the last old
>timey PC i had was a TRS80 Color Computer back in about 1984...and I got ou tof touch
>with tech stuff in general until computers suddenly became part of schools core
>curriculum...and every school seemed to be using Apples of some kind then...had fun
>with BASIC on Apple II GS's until I graduated in 1990....so i dont know if i qualify
>as an old-timer, or even that i want to be....something that was mentioned in another
>list was the idea that its somehow better to hack around with your PC, like Linux,
>rather than have an extremely easy-to-use system like Windoze...while i'm no fan of
>M$, being easy to learn was part of the reason so many people bought Windoze PC's in
>the first place...the appeal of ease of use shouldnt be discounted, as losts of
>yuppie office types use the computer as a tool, not an end in itself...But!
o!
> !
> pen source is better for software development.
> Peace>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:) KvM.
>
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> > ya know....
> > there have been lots of interesting things said here about old computers, other
>OSs, the history of the GUI & such. it really isn't about Linux, and this list seems
>to deal with things like this well, but as i was reading today i thought it might be
>interesting to have a list dedicated to dicussing
> >
> > the history of hardware & software
> > advanced tips, tricks, easter eggs & such
> > is Win9x an OS or a GUI (since as someone said, this is still being debated....
>why? we don't know)
> > things that we did on computers back in the day when "640K is more than anyone
>will ever need"
> >
> > thus, we could have a place to ramble on & on about these things without bothering
>the people who want Linux only information. does anyone think this might be a good
>idea or am i just on drugs?
> >
> > if you would be interested, or if you think i'm an idiot, would you please drop me
>an email to the address below (not back at the list).
> >
> > thanks, and everyone have a great weekend..... it's friday as i send this, who
>knows when it will reach the list =)
> >
> >
> >
> > Adrian Smith
> > 'de telepone dude
> > Telecom Dept.
> > x 7042
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
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