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   > George,   
   >> 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 though I turned off   
   >> updates!   
   > Was a Windows Vista a lousy hotspot to visit??   
      
   hotspot? Yeah, it was hell using that POS!    
      
   >> 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!)   
   > Yeah, I started with Netscape, then Internut Exploder. I've also used   
   > Opera (I was using it when it was still shareware), Firefox, and Edge. I'm   
   > back to Opera now.   
      
   I useds Netscape 0.9 after Netscape had been fully supplanted by Firefox. &    
   Win2.0 when everyone else was long donw with 98. . .   
   & 300 baud when the standard was 28.8 with maybe 15-20% on 56.6. . .   
      
   My main modem was a 12,000 Turbo (the sysops had to edit their connect code   
   to  recognize mine, or I was stuck on the board at 1200, including downloading   
   my  QWKs (sizeable, normally)   
      
   >> 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!   
   > I remember when one got a 2400 or 9600 or 14.4 modem, you thought you   
   > were really smokin'.    
      
   I was nmever cutting ede technololgy -- was oping to turm my long lost   
   original PC into a BBS called "Trailing Edge Technology" with the 300baud   
   modem & write  my own BBS OS for just messaging, using IBM ROMBASIC, all on an   
   original 160Kb  floppy (IBM standard was 160K SSSD)   
      
   I could create one on a 5.25" using DOS  6.11 on my 486 & the FORMAT"   
   command's parameters designed to be backwards compatible with all "PC"   
   standards.   
      
   I get a kick out of these new ghames that require 5 CDs to be loaded at the    
   same time, marked as "PC compatible"   
      
   I say, "Unless you've tested it AND PLAYED it on an ACTUAL PC (8086), stop    
   lying."   
      
   >> Ouch. . same. . . my spine is crushing hard one one of my discs.   
   > The bones in my neck are pressing on the nerves, and I can hear the   
   > bones grinding when I turn my head.   
      
   Owwww. . .have you tried Gabapentin?   
      
   They have, I've seen on tv, a neck pillow (similar to airplane ones) that can    
   be frozen or microwaved hot. . . have two, one hot, one cold, & you can    
   alternate the two as needed, when you want to be at the computer longer?   
      
   >> My doctor told me to watch my weight, sol I've put it all up front here   
   >> so it's easier.   
   > You've got to have a shed for your tool.    
   >> Or, "When you've got a plow this good, you build a roof over it to   
   >> protect it from the elements" *LOL*   
   > See above comment.    
      
   Great minds think alike (feedback from the peanut gallery, "Or small ones    
   seldom differ.")   
      
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5   
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