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   PID: Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 master/4c726caf5 Jan  1 2022 MSC 1928   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 master/4c726caf5 Jan  1 2022 MSC 1928   
   BBSID: TBOLT   
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   Joe,   
      
    JM>   Used that one for 30 years.  Had to replace with when it went screwy   
    JM> and started spitting out sparks and all.   
      
     That's usually a sign something is wrong.    
      
    JM>   The last few years its started acting up a bit and have to give it   
    JM> extra time once in a while to do whatever.   
      
     It's time to replace it, then.   
        
    JM>   The only games I play are solitaire and checkers.   
      
     I haven't played checkers or solitaire in a long time, although I   
   have doors with those on the BBS.   
      
    JM>   We had a member here, Nancy Backus, she should rest in peace, who was   
    JM> a confirmed DOS user up to the end.  I jokingly called her a Luddite.   
      
     I miss her greatly...I'm sorry I never got to meet her.   
      
    JM>   I have used that in the past at some point.   
      
     I did, too...but now use LibreOffice. However, for the square dance   
   publication I'm the Editor for, I have to use Microsoft 365 (Word) for   
   it. Microsoft has discovered it's cheaper for them to no longer create   
   a CD/DVD with the program, nor a shipping container. Instead, just create   
   a card with a URL and an activation key for the same price. The user then   
   is directed to a URL to download the file, enter the activation key, then   
   their credit/debit card info to pay the yearly license fee. Many companies   
   have gone to that now, and soon, you won't be able to buy CD's/DVD's or   
   boxed software anymore. Right now, I pay $70 a year to use that...because   
   the fonts with the publication won't display right with LibreOffice.   
      
    JM>   But to get a dial up number for what was my first one was like   
    JM> getting secret government docs.  Had to know someone, be referred, go   
    JM> though a "background check".  All but give them my first born.  Being a   
    JM> bachelor I had no first born {that I know off ==wink   
      
     Maybe it was your evil twin .   
      
    JM>    Most of the problems I can figure out the problem on my own, but   
    JM> there are times I need some professional help.  (Quiet Daryl).   
      
     ROFLMBO!! You're no fun (that's what she said ).    
      
    JM>   In parking nothing is saved off line which really frustrates me. If   
    JM> sometime happens all that is lost or highly corrupted.   
      
     Technology, phooey.   
      
    JM>   I heard too many bad things about it being buggy, so waited for 10.   
    JM>   I don't plan to go to 11, from what I have read, waiting for the more   
    JM> stable one after that one.  But I am perfectly happy with 10 and no   
    JM> plans to change unless I have to.   
      
     So far, Windows 11 has worked pretty well on the laptop. But, the BBS   
   computer's CPU is too slow for it, plus there's no 32-bit version of   
   Windows 11. At least Windows 10 will still be supported through early   
   October, 2025.   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... Deja Cuckoo: A feeling you've been this crazy before.   
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