Robert,
Welcome!
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I'm sure there is. I've never really delved into the ListServ
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> I have newer computers for my everyday work, but am getting
> into the older equipment and software because I find it very
> interesting, and instructive. Right now I have a newer PIII
> desktop, and a PIII laptop, for everyday use and work,
> loaded with Win98se, Linux RedHat, and also a DOS partition,
> with 6.2 in it. I also have a 1994 vintage IBM 486DX2 with
> OS/2 and DOS 6.2 running in the same partition, using the
> 'dual-boot' feature. I also have a 1991 vintags IBM 386sx
> box, with Windows 3.1 in it, that is not running, as I need
> to pick up a monitor for it. I plan on getting rid of Windows,
> and don't have a planned permanent use for it. I want it for
> 'practice'. Something I can disassemble, and learn maintenance
> on, once I pick up a ground bracelet, and the other necessary
> tools.
>
That's an impressive array of goodies you've got there.
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> Yeah, I'm running Linux, but on my best and newest box.
> Since I am into graphics, and using GIMP, there is no way
> a smaller set-up would work for me, although Linux/Unix
> is a lot less of a memory hog than Windows.
>
Yup, I know how that goes. My legacy Linux/BSD boxes are
basically going to be file/print servers and firewalls.
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> Even in Win98se, I have been using DOS, and have a
> command prompt installed in my Taskbar. Without it,
> accessing Regedit and other Windows utilities is just
> about impossible. In fact, editing the registry was one
> of the moving forces behind my exploration into earlier
> OS's. Without understanding Autoexec.bat, Config.sys, and
> all the other batch and *.ini configurations in between,
> understanding registry is pretty difficult.
>
I have found this to be the case.
> I wonder how useful it would be to check out the various
> versions of Windows, starting with the first graphic DOS
> overlays that preceded Windows, up through Win for
> Workgroups, where the split with NT occurred, up to the
> present incarnations.
>
That depends -- how much free time do you have? I have
finally had to decide which things I could actually take
the time to do. I'd love to be able to learn another four
languages, but I have to select two. I'd love to get good
at both Windows and Unix API programming, but I think I'll
have to let one of them go for now.
It kind of sucks trying to second-guess the industry and
the preferences of customers/employers when deciding which
of two or three things to learn well -- with a significant
time investment, of course. What's *really* frustrating
is choosing a course based on the merits of a technology,
only to find that what becomes popular (and therefore a
requirement) is the less technically competent solution.
~~Garry
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