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    -=> On 12-03-19  02:38,  August Abolins <=-   
    -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about the woes and whims of win <=-   
      
    DS> My computer is running Win7, with a virtual box to run WinXP   
    DS> which I use primarily for reading the echos..   
      
    AA> Why can't you migrate the echo activity to Win7?   
      
    AA> For example, I've been experimenting with several fine    
    AA> point programs since last year:   
      
    AA> https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/   
      
   The way that I read the echos is to download a QWK packet from Maximus.   
   I then read that packet using BlueWave in my WinXP virtual box.  Pretty   
   much every thing else I want to do with respect to my BBS does run just   
   fine in Win7, perhaps with some help from a DOS emulator called vDOS.   
   Unfortunately, although BlueWave can run under vDOS, it does not act   
   quite the same in a way that is critical to me.   
      
   I have never used point software, even more than two decades ago when I   
   was a point before being given a node number.   
      
    DS> So, I am   
    DS> sticking with Win7 in spite of the fact that MS is dropping   
    DS> support for it.   
      
    AA> Just because "support" (the constant excuses for security    
    AA> updates) is stopping from MS, doesn't mean that Win7 will    
    AA> stop working. Win7/64/32 is a smooth performer.   
      
   Understand.  And except for that one single thing about BlueWave I have   
   no problems with continuing to use Win7 for everything else.   
      
    AA> I like the ready-to-go feature in Win10 that allows   
    AA> controlling other screens and redirecting video to    
    AA> different monitors connected in the network, for example.   
      
   I don't see any use of that for me at this time.   
      
    AA> If I had my druthers, and if I didn't have to rely on at    
    AA> least two key exclusive MS products, I'd move to a linux    
    AA> distro in a heartbeat.   
      
   And I kept with OS2 for a long time until I had to switch because of   
   programs I needed for my work where everyone else was on Windows.   
      
                                  Dale Shipp   
                     fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net   
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   ... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 02:20:45, 03 Dec 2019   
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