In a message on Tuesday 03-21-16 Jean Parrot said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GE Jean,   
      
    JP>>     Why not go to the BIOS and enable write protection ?   
      
   JP>        This I find in BIOS, third from the top-left menu, Adavnced   
   JP> BIOS Features as "CPU Virus warning" or words to that effect and I   
   JP> have Enabled it.   
      
   Yes, I can do that, and also protect the BIOS with a password.   
      
    HG> USB sticks to diskettes, because it has the plug-in diskette drive.   
      
   JP> 	Diskette ? What are those ?  :-)   
      
   You know , they are small round magnetic disks, housed in 3.5"square   
   (almost), plastic covers.   
      
   They are very useful for transferring OS/2 programs, from one machine to   
   another. The BBS machine doesn't have USB support, the laptops do, and   
   OS/2 programs and text files are as compact as they were in the DOS era.   
      
   Just test it. Take a text file created in Windows and save it as a *.txt   
   file. Then compare the size in kb's.   
      
    HG> I'm still fighting Thunderbird. I want it to get the new messages   
    HG> immeadetely to my HD, to be read/edited (bulletins), offline.   
      
   JP>    I have not used this function at all, I can not even comment on it.   
      
   I did find a setting "to save as file". I have set it on, and I'll check   
   next time if it helps.   
      
    HG> I certainly would want somebody reading this, to alert me how to connect   
    HG> to that company, or at least give me a hint of where I could get a more   
    HG> up-to-date version.   
      
   JP>     I am reading it but no help here, Holger. Ask Alan, he knows it   
   JP> all.   
      
   He reads this, so we'll soon read about it if he has found out something   
   I do know another ham that knows a lot .... I may soon hear from him.   
      
    HG> I seem to be occupied for at least five years after my death ;o).   
      
   JP> 	I would be so lucky but let me wish it on you.   
      
   TNX, HI.   
      
   Our friend Ed has disappeared behind the horizon.   
   I hope he's still kicking.   
      
      
   73 de Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
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