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   > CP wrote --   
   >> I loved that little thing! I had so much stuff stored on cassettes!   
   > My first was a cassette drive as well.  Took about 15 minutes to load   
   > Text Pro to write a letter.   
   > Then I moved up a blazing fast disk drive, that only took a couple of   
   > minutes.  Now if Word doesn't load in one second I'm thinking "Come on, whats   
   > taking so long?"  :)   
      
   IKR? I get the same way, even with microwaves -- oh, c'MON, why is 45 seconds    
   so fleeping LONG???   
      
   Didn't use a microwave until I was in my early 20s, was spoiled by them   
   before  I hit 30!   
      
   I had no commercial software on my Vic=20 - all games were painstakingly   
   typed  out from Compute! magazine, line by line of code. (especially a page or   
   two of  data to be later POKEd into memory; I learned from the REMs some   
   details &  startred playingh with creating new characters by using unused keys   
   &  bitmapping them (each character was an 8X8 bitmap, so I just had to poke   
   the 8  binary terms into the right memory register to rewrite temporarily with   
   space  aliens, etc. . .   
      
   >> touch typing to 30WPM or more, learn DOS, Win 3.1, Wordperfect 5.0,   
   > I used to know DOS (but forgot a lot from not using it for years).   
   > Never used 3.1,   
      
   Which Windows was your intro?   
      
   > Used WP for years until I moved over to Word.  I use Word 2007 and   
   > perfectly happy with it.   
      
   Was that the one you began with? I use OpenOffice, & save in Word 97 format   
   for max compatibility with workmates & customers.  Actually, fior them, I   
   convert  to PDF using a free online utility, that also lets me pull up any   
   image or Pdf    
   & edit it (have to remove doctor's names & contact info)   
      
   > But now, I understand, MS is no longer selling stand along Word CD's.   
   > Have to lease a copy yearly for big bucks.   
      
   Yup, another reason why I'm into OpenOffice (freeware forever); most of    
   Europe's official offices (governments, business) have already switched thusly.   
      
   > I was on GEnie (General Electric Network Information and Exchange, or the   
   > like).  I was able download various groups, read/reply and upload.  At the   
   > time it was "time and mileage" to use it and the phone call was long   
   > distance.   
   > I got my first "real" Internet connection free, at the local university.   
   > I was associated with a non-profit organisation at the time. Had to fill out   
   > all sorts of paperwork why I needed, what to be used for, etc then have that   
   > approved, etc.   
   > Now they are handed out like candy at Halloween.   
      
   My first foray into internet email & newsgroups was via a local BBS who   
   pulled  them in & gave us access, later I got a frteecycle accoun to access   
   them after  his BBS disappeared. (he retired, I think, & had been using the   
   university  equipment for the board)   
      
   > I keep very little on my desktop and laptop, other than programs I can   
   > easily replace.  Had too many crashes in the past and lost a lot of stuff.   
   > Most of my stuff is all on CD/DVD (sometimes multiple ones in case one   
   > fails and can't replace that info).  A thumb is used for temporary storage.   
      
   Backup, backup, & back up, the 3 most important rules.   
      
   I always go for saving more than I need & using redundancy.  My boss said I    
   saved our company by doing such, after Amazon Cloud lost everything. (I had a    
   copy of our database structure, so our IT guy could rebuild from that & what    
   partial data he could pull up here & there)   
      
   > The only Windows I never used as 8 and something else.   
   > I'm sticking with 10.   
      
   Wjhich 10? (how many updats has it done to you?)   
      
   I was happily using win8.1(64bit) & had updates turned off, but microsoft    
   ignored that & pushed me to 10, then the 2nd & 3rd windows 10. .. :(    
      
   > I've only brought a few, the rest are freebies.   
   > Every October and April Marshall has a job fair with vendors in from all   
   > sorts of companies.   
   > I wander around checking out the freebies (pens, pencils, etc) one year a   
   > table had 9 MB thumbs and picked up a couple.  The next year there were 58   
   > MB thumbs and got a few of those.   
      
   Oh, I've outgrown thosem, but I'd take them if given aty a trade show or   
   expo,  as I can use tjhem to give stuff to people (SneakerNet we used to call   
   floppies for moving files/data; SneakerNet's had a few big upgrades over the   
   few years)   
      
   > My tv viewing is currently old shows I get free off the net, stored on   
   > DVD's to watch whenever I want.  I download the shows since things have a   
   > tendency to disappear without warning on You Tube.   
      
   Makes sense -- why not watch only what you like, eh, without ads & on the    
   schjedule you prefer. . .   
      
   I grab torrents of full seasons & store them on DVDs (several seasons of a   
   show on one DVD, as data files instead of viodeo files); our DVR can read   
   them  directly off the DVD (can get 5 full length films on one DVD, too --   
   we've  filed a few hundred like that)   
      
   If the internet dies, but we have electricity, I'll still have tv & movies to    
   occupy me & my fam.   
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5   
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