Re: Re: Summer plans  was: sh   
     By: Daryl Stout to DAMON A. GETSMAN on Wed Aug 19 2015 21:34:28   
      
    DS>  I hadn't connected with my main FIDONet hub (Janis Kracht) in several   
    DS>  days, but got a bucket load of messages...the QWK packet is rather full   
    DS>  tonight. :P   
      
     Yeah my problem hasn't been getting the messages; it's been getting the time   
   in this particular terminal to respond to them.  I know that there were quite a   
   few going back and forth with Nancy and I for awhile.  Always glad to get some   
   extra input.  :)   
      
    DS>  It was a good thing I had bought a used Windows Vista Home Basic   
    DS>  Laptop at a recent ham radio event in Shreveport, Louisiana. I had   
    DS>  bought a similar one at a ham radio in Monroe, Louisiana, from the same   
    DS>  gentleman, but the new one has more memory and hard drive space. Anyway,   
    DS>  I had to reset the date and time in the CMOS tonight, but after that, I   
    DS>  kept getting a BSOD error when I tried to boot up. So, that one, along   
    DS>  with another older laptop (which has XP on it, but also limited on   
    DS>  memory and hard drive space), will go to a local shop for formatting and   
    DS>  parts use. I had bought a used Windows 7 32-bit laptop from a fellow   
    DS>  Sysop, and will eventually move the BBS to it.   
      
     Ack.  Yeah I just try to stay away from Microsoft in general.  The amount of   
   resources that are used there, and the product that's being paid for...  Well,   
   I don't mind other people doing it, but it's not my choice.  ;)   
     I have looked a little longingly at Synchronet's 'doze GUI, though, for   
   awhile.  At some point I may end up trying to set up Synchronet on Windows in a   
   VM just for the heck of it.  I basically only operate Windows if I'm using   
   Virtual Studio, though.   
      
    DS>  We got 1 to 2 inches of much needed rain here today from storms, but   
    DS>  we still have storms in the forecast into Monday. Fire danger has been   
    DS>  high, with burn bans all over the place. But, the storms mean little or   
    DS>  no computer or BBS work.   
      
     Smoke here from wildfires today.  Visibility at the airport was said to be 2   
   statute miles.  I'm guessing that hasn't been updated for awhile, I'd be   
   surprised if that'd hold to a test right now.  It's hazy and yellow out and   
   smells pretty thick of wildfire.   
     Rain would be a good thing.  :)     
     Do storms knock out your power pretty regularly there?   
      
     -D   
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