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   In a post between "Dale Shipp : E Sullens", on 12/1/2019 4:56 PM   
      
    DS> My computer is running Win7, with a virtual box to run WinXP   
    DS> which I use primarily for reading the echos..   
      
   Hello Dale,   
      
   Why can't you migrate the echo activity to Win7?   
      
   For example, I've been experimenting with several fine point programs since   
   last year:   
      
   	https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/   
      
   ...and they all perform well in Win7.  Two of them which are GUI win-style,   
   have been designed only when Win98 was around, are nolonger being   
   developed/supported, but look and operate quite well for anyone wanting a   
   windows prog to drag around.   
      
      
    DS>                                              ...I tried   
    DS> recently to do the upgrade to WIN10 but could not get my XP   
    DS> transferred over to that version of virtual box. So, I am   
    DS> sticking with Win7 in spite of the fact that MS is dropping   
    DS> support for it.   
      
   Just because "support" (the constant excuses for security updates) is stopping   
   from MS, doesn't mean that Win7 will stop working. Win7/64/32 is a smooth   
   performer.   
      
   I like the ready-to-go feature in Win10 that allows controlling other screens   
   and redirecting video to different monitors connected in the network, for   
   example.   
      
   If I had my druthers, and if I didn't have to rely on at least two key   
   exclusive MS products, I'd move to a linux distro in a heartbeat.   
      
   --- Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228)   
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