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|    Ed Vance to JEAN PARROT    |
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|    17 Oct 12 21:51:00    |
      JP> BK> Or W-8 might use a different system entirely. I believe it was       JP> BK> supposed to be a major change.              JP>.I can see it, Windows Explorer, aka File Explorer, in the left margin, at       JP>times. But I still never use it, it is not in my upbringing, I was not       traine       JP>to use that way of searching in the C:\. I remember where things are and I       ca       JP>find the path to it. I think that it is leftover from DOS or even before       this       JP>on the C=64 or even the C=128, before the days of GEOS and of Paul Randall       wh       JP>gave us Geofax and many more apps for this very nice but small machine.              Jean,              I was wondering if you switched from the C=128 to a IBM Compatiable       using DOS or to one of the Microsoft Windows OS's when you retired your       C=128.              Which one did You begin with?              I went from C=64 to MS-DOS 5.0 on a 486 in early 1994 and then put       Windows 3.1 on the box some weeks later so I could try to answer       questions a fellow at church was asking me.              MS called WE (Windows Explorer in XP) File Manager (FM) in W3.1 ,       I can't remember if the name was WE in W95 or W98 or WME.              I got used to using FM when I was using W3.1 on the 486 box, I used       Nortons Change Directory (NCD) when I was using DOS, I Loved using NCD!              Early 1984 is when I started using a C=64 PC with the C=1541 FD,       I think the GEOS software was developed a few years later. ????       Either the second C=64 I got or the second C=1541 FD came with a GEOS       Disk, I can't remember which one it was included with.              I wanted to use the GEOS disk but I found out that GEOS wouldn't let me       use it with a Write Protect label on THEIR floppy disk, so I didn't try       it out for a very long time because I didn't want the floppy drive       writing something to it and changing it where it was unuseable to me       anymore.              A replacement disk for GEOS could be purchased but I didn't want to       spend money for one when the disk I had came in the box with the       Commodore gear I bought.              I always preferred to copy a disk and use the copy instead of the       Original Disk but GEOS didn't like to do things that way.              I couldn't figure out why Commodore did that, the floppy disk that came       with my first 1541 Drive could be copied and then I could use the copy,       but GEOS said NO GO!              I'm glad that You enjoyed using GEOS, did you have any problems while       using it?              And was there a FM/WE/FE type program to use in GEOS to find Files and       Applications (such as Paint or Write) for GEOS instead of using the       Load Quote Dollar Sign Quote Comma Eight used on the C=64 & C=128?              Thank You!                      * SLMR 2.1a #T348 * Windows NT: Nice Try, Next Time, Neanderthal Technology..       --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux        * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1)    |
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