In a message on Monday 10-17-15 Roger Nelson said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Looking at the time your message was posted:   
      
   Good morning Roger,   
      
   but unlike me you probably use UTC as date stamp or else you get up very   
   early in the morning.   
      
      
   HG> shut down by the Windows installation but can be re-instated by   
   HG> running the FDisk of OS/2.   
      
   RN> "We have seen the enemy and he is us."   
      
   That is if you get OS/2 installed. I'm fighting an uneven fight with my   
   ThinkPad T61. So far it's winning the fight but I have not yet used all   
   my tricks.   
      
   RN> I know.  You may not remember I ran OS/2 since the December 1992   
      
   No I don't recall that.   
      
   RN> I really liked about it is that if a power failure occurred, any and   
   RN> all programs that were running at the time were restarted when power   
   RN> was restored.   
      
   Yes, that's the way it works. It only makes an extra tour of CHKDSK if   
   it was not shut down properly. OTOH, I have this machine running from an   
   APC 500 UPS.   
      
    HG> the XP/pro I have to the ThinkPad I'm presently trying to install   
    HG> OS/2 on.    
      
   RN> It's worse than Usenet.  (-8  Do you realize that XP is no longer   
   RN> supported?   
      
   Yes I know, but it still works .   
      
   RN> I figured that, but I can't install Warp on this machine.  I've   
   RN> tried.   
      
   I know, or I'm learning that at the moment. So far all the OS/2 installs   
   and updates (FixPaks) I have done have worked without a hitch but this   
   stubborn laptop is using too much of my time.   
      
   There's a saying: "When I retire, I will do all the things I've not had   
   time to do before", the problem is that everything takes so much longer.   
      
   RN> I'm too old to learn Linux and the one time I did install it, I   
   RN> found the serial rputines were too buggy for me, ......   
      
   I've done that too. It's like an artist replied to a question why he   
   had'nt aquired a new female to his household after his wife deceased,   
   he replied "I'm too old to teach up a new maid". This is a true story   
   that I overheard in the barbershop while waiting for my time.   
      
    HG> Windows 10 feels tempting and I've been promised the laptop of my   
    HG> grandson as a XMas gift. That will be complete with Win10.   
      
   RN> It does have some "goodies" in it, is somewhat intuitive, but you   
   RN> have to be careful upon installing that too much of your personal   
   RN> information is not made available to M$ or anyone else.  This can be   
   RN> accomplished by going through the setup in the Control Panel and   
   RN> turning off some of its defaults.   
      
   Yes, I know. If something goes awry in XP it always asks if should   
   contact M$. Other possible personal traps also appear in various   
   programs.   
      
   RN> Merry Christmas!   
      
   Thanks!   
      
      
   Have a nice day,   
      
   Holger   
      
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