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   Message 23,178 of 24,715   
   George Pope to Daryl Stout   
   Re: Old PC's   
   09 Jan 22 16:58:38   
   
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   REPLY: 792.fidonet-memories@1:2320/33 263bdd1f   
   TZUTC: -0800   
   CHARSET: LATIN-1   
   >> Which Windows was your intro?   
   > I used 3.1, then went to 95, 98, XP, 7, 10, and now 11.   
      
   I went 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 98SE, that horribly slow Windows, Vista(Ugh, don't    
   ask!), XP, 8.1, 10, & recently 11, even t hough I turned off updates!   
      
   Motherlovers!   
      
   In between, I tried Windows 2.0 on DOS 3, just to try it, & ran Netscape    
   0.9beta  on it, on a 300 baud "high speed sysop's external modem"! (for real!)   
      
   Went onto AltaVista search engine & a couple BBSes just so they could   
   screencap "that idiot user who called in at 300," & brag about it in sysop   
   echoes!   
      
   The standard was 28.8K when I did that with 56.6K really making inroads. . .   
      
   I've gone online with QNX (experimental OS that Commodore apparently bought)   
      
   QNX was awesome -- I could boot, load my dfevices, & dial up & go on the net    
   all from a single floppy disk! (no room for downloads -- they had to go onto    
   the HDD)   
      
   > The way my back is hurting from sitting in this chair (with degenerative   
   > disk disease), it's hard to sit at the computer for very long anymore.   
      
   Ouch. . same. . . my spine is crushing hard one one of my discs.   
      
   > ... I watch what I eat...from the plate to the mouth.   
      
   My doctor told me to watch my weight, sol I've put it all up front here so   
   it's easier.   
      
   Or, "When you've got a plow this good, you build a roof over it to protect it    
   from the elements" *LOL*   
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5   
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