Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks

date posted 17th January 2004 21:08


the thing I remember about gem was that little line of bombs that ran acc=
ross=20
the screen when my c program crashed. (And some wicked shoot em up games)
I was also writing code for a PDP 11 then, 18" disks, bootstraps and all.=
=2E...
Ah those were the days! 1988?

Carrie


On Saturday 17 January 2004 12:52 pm, you wrote:
> Early Windows versions were dire - much worse that DOS or Unix/Xenix. G=
em
> was better (although our boss didn't allow us to use mice or other poin=
ting
> devices). So was Viewpoint. But the command line worked so much better =
and
> faster.
>
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> Subject: RE: Re[2]: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks
>
> > Richard Said:
> >
> > I have, on authentic 1/2-ton-system-box, green-screen-monitor,
> > anti-ergonomic-mouse wonderfulness. I have also used Windows 2 (first
> > ever version of paint) on a 086 with an early brick-like light pen.
> > Also, an ancient punchcard machine that I managed to resurrect for a
> > project. All this was less than 15 years ago - my old school had neve=
r
> > managed to throw out any hardware ever - im sure the punchcard machin=
e
> > should have been in a museum somewhere.
> >
> > I say:
> >
> > And in't middle o' night dad used to make us get out of bed - lick ro=
ad
> > clean with tong' and then he'd cut us in two wit bread knife.....
> >
> >
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