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     Kommentar till en text av JOAN MACDIARMID
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 -=> Joan Macdiarmid said to Dale Shipp re: Old to New computers <=-

 JM> I did ask for a memory stick when I got the new
 JM> laptop, but just asked for one and accepted what
 JM> the salesguy pulled from the shelf as "the one
 JM> that was on sale". When I got it home I saw it
 JM> supported/needed Windows NT or later, so
 JM> probably won't work with my W98 box. I need
 JM> to find a more "backward compatible" one. I
 JM> will find a use for this one I am sure.

I have a question, not particularly aimed at you, but more at
the technocrats among us. Why do we need specific drivers for
these hardware products? Why aren't there interchangeable and
open-source drivers that the companies can adopt at far lower
cost than writing the software fresh each time?

 JM> OK, but I am not a tech geek fascinated with the
 JM> newest changes aimed at making me marginal and
 JM> unable to continue using technology. I resent
 JM> the older forms don't allow me to continue doing
 JM> what I value, unless I continually upgrade my
 JM> hardware faster than it wears out, or even my
 JM> software, which could probably address the
 JM> disconnects cheaply if they were not trying to
 JM> force intermediate upgrades not really needed.

I agree, being an advocate for not using more bells and whistles
than one needs. Just because computing power increases at an
exponential rate doesn't mean that we need to avail ourselves of
all capabilities all the time. And resent is a good characterization
of how I feel when squeezed by diminishing backward compatibility.
From WordPerfect 5.1 to the Spades game that I used to love to
play, every version of Microsoft OS makes it harder to revisit
these old favorites.

 -=> Joan Macdiarmid said to Lamar Sudduth re: Where??? <=-

 JM> I like my MSOffice Pro, all on floppies. Lots of them!
 JM> And I have various sharewares registered, on disks as
 JM> well, which I have needed to reinstall them occasionally.
 LS> Wow! MSOffice on floppies! I assume your new laptop doesn't have a
 LS> floppy drive like mine doesn't, don't think you can get an internal
 LS> anymore. Good luck with it if you get some way to load it on the
 LS> machine. Sorry but I have my doubts about it working unless is is

I still mourn for my Word 2.0 (or is it Word 6?) that is trapped
on my useless old Sony computer.

 JM> It's Office Pro, suitable for Windows 3.1 or later
 JM> (they advertised!). Granted, it cannot open later
 JM> versions of Office-generated files. (GRR) But so far
 JM> anything I have generated with it has been readable
 JM> by any recipients.

I wonder what would happen if I started submitting my mss. in
WP5.1 format.

 JM> Ha! I never touched XP, ME, W2000 stuff. But now that
 JM> is leaving me without some bridges to the past I need.
 
I wonder also if hobbyists could make themselves useful by
taking old computers and refurbishing them or cannibalizing
them to produce new but more powerful machines that are
compatible with Windows 3.1 or 98 or even DOS 6.

 JM> LS> HyperTerminal can be had for personal use at:
 JM> LS> http://tinyurl.com/5zera
 JM> Now that's useful, but can I just transfer the
 JM> HyperTerminal from the older computer to the new
 JM> one once I find a transfer bridge?

That's what I did - my OS version and HT version probably
differ from yours, but I've used this HT version from the
ThinkPad (2 or 3 computers ago) on this relatively new
Averatec (spits on ground) as well as on the Sony that
preceded it, so it's compatible with both W2000 and XP.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

      Title: Cheshire Soup - ECF
 Categories: Soup, Potato, Cheese, England, Cheshire
      Yield: 4 Servings

      1 pt Pork stock
     10 oz Potatoes; peeled and diced
           -(weigh after peeling)
      2 ea Leeks; washed, trimmed and
           -finely chopped
      2 ea Carrots; peeled and grated
           Salt and black pepper
      1 oz Pinhead [?] oatmeal
      2 oz Cheshire cheese; grated
           -(may substitute another
           -cheese)

     Put the stock into a large saucepan, add the potatoes, leeks,
  carrots and seasoning and bring to the boil.  Simmer for 15 minutes,
  or until the vegetables are soft.  Sprinkle in the oatmeal and simmer
  for a further 10 minutes or until the soup has thickened.  Just
  before serving, stir in half the cheese.  Pour into 4 soup bowls,
  sprinkle on the remaining cheese and serve with crusty rolls or bread.

  _English Country Fare - A Taste of the Border Country_  Compiled by
  Dorothy Baldock.  J. Salmon Limited Books, 1995.  ISBN 1 898435 44 8.
  Typos by Jeff Pruett.

  Posted to NCE 17 May 98

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