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|    Kurt Weiske to August Abolins    |
|    Re: the woes and whims of winXX    |
|    04 Dec 19 06:08:00    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 11239.win95@1:218/700 224d233a       REPLY: 2:221/360 5de706aa       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32 Sep 6 2019 MSC 1922       TID: SBBSecho 3.09-Win32 r3.140 Sep 6 2019 MSC 1922       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-               AA> I did that sort of thing with OS/2 2.1 and OS2/2 Warp. I could learn        AA> to use native OS/2 programs and switch to the Win environment for Win        AA> only programs if necessary.              I *loved* OS/2 for being able to run old Windows 3.1 apps and run virtual        dos machines with real DOS. I ran OS/2 on my desktop, ran the BBS under DOS,        and used LANTastic, an old peer-to-peer network, between the BBS and a DOS        window using MS-DOS (since LANTastic didn't make an OS/2 version...)              It wasn't a better Windows than Windows, but it was a much better DOS than        DOS.                     ... Don't break the silence       --- MultiMail/XT v0.52        * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/700)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/2 18/200 90/1 102/401 103/705 154/10 203/0       SEEN-BY: 214/22 218/0 1 210 215 401 410 520 600 700 802 810 221/0       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/354 426 452 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 261/38       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1       PATH: 218/700 103/705 280/464 229/426           |
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