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|    Ed Vance to August Abolins    |
|    Need a Chromebook Helper    |
|    24 Mar 20 21:10:00    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 2023.windowsb@1:2320/105 22dff54c       REPLY: 2:221/360.0 5e7a1d00       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux Mar 14 2020 GCC 7.4.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Linux r3.152 Mar 14 2020 GCC 7.4.0       CHRS: ASCII 1       03-24-20 16:45 August Abolins wrote to Ed Vance about Need a Chromebook Helper       Howdy! August,               AA> @MSGID: <5E7A5951.2021.windowsb@capitolcityonline.net>        AA> @REPLY: <5E796A59.2019.windowsb@capitolcityonline.net>        AA> On 23/03/2020 10:02 p.m., Ed Vance : All wrote:                      AA> G'day Ed!,               EV>A Friend of Mine who lives in the next County has a Acer        EV>Chromebook. He calls (or Email's) me and asks how to do things        EV>like:               EV>1. How do I find Windows Games I can Play Online? - Play not        EV>Download.               AA> I have seen some sites that offer games via Java. They work well. No        AA> download required.              My Friend may get confused if I mention Java to him.       He's heard me talk about WINE being a Windows Emulator for Linux and knows       WINE is a computer program.              Really, I am not knowledgeable about Java.       I use NoScript to allow some websites just so the Page I am wanting to look       at displays correctly.              On some web pages before I "Temp. Allow" any sites with NoScript I sometimes       see a notice at the top of the page about not having Java enabled              Someone here in a Windows echo told me about using CTRL-U in Firefox to       to open a Tab to see the Pages SOURCE CODE.              After I open the SOURCE Page I usually hit the F3 Key to open a Find window       on the botton left of Firefox so I can type some of the websites NoScript       shows in the list of Recently blocked sites that I'm not sure need to be       Allow, Temp. or Otherwise.       When I see the Name of a website in the SOURCE Page I Temp. Allow it then.              It doesn't hurt to be very careful.               EV>2. How do I find DOS Games I can Play Online?               AA> Many BBSes have fine DOOR GAMES. Would that fit the bill?              He isn't a BBS User.              Years ago when This BBS (CCO) could be Dial'd-Up I gave him the phone number       of the Prism BBS he could get on using Dial-Up.              He used it for a while and didn't continue calling it.       That may have been because Janis moved away from this area.               EV>3. How do I find Linux Games I can Play Online?               AA> The Java-based sites ought to be the same as for [1] above.                      EV>He know I have been playing with computers, (and getting whipped        EV>by them) since 1984 when I bought a C=64, and considers me        EV>his 'Tech Person' but I don't know it all, I just act like I do.               AA> The technology often moves along a lot faster than it is possible to        AA> "know" everything.              I'm still using XP but I'll still try to keep on learning things as I become       interested in learning about it.       By my logging on to a BBS ran on a Windows (DOS probably) pc when I had a       Commodore 64 I learned enough about Windows 3.1 to try to help a man at       Church from what I read in the Windows (and later WIN95) echos.              And then where I work got rid of the Texas Instruments Terminal and got the       Boss'es old used XT with DOS 2.11 - WITH ALL THE BOOKS FOR IT! when a 286       was put in His Office.              I was in Hog Heaven on the Night Shift using BASIC, after all, BASIC was on       my C=64 and a lot of things I could do at Home I could write in DOS-BASIC       now.              And Then I learned to write simple .BAT Files...              I added Your Initials to the TAGLINE that You used in a message over in       the DOVE echo.              When I saw it mention Geneology I thought of Nancy Backus who writes in       another echo I read and JUST HAD TO write her a message using That TAGLINE.              I didn't know if You created the TAGLINE or Stole it as I did today, but       anyway I added it to my TAGLINE File with Your Initials.              See Below | | | |        v v v v              73 de Ed W9ODR . .                     ... 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