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Skriven 2009-01-26 20:19:00 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av TOM WALKER
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TW>DC> DC> I had a 2400b modem that allowed me to d/l and run a second program
TW>DC> DC> at the same time.  That was with a 286 abd DOS 3.1

TW>DC> JP> If I remember well, the apps or PRGs of those days were small enough
TW>DC> JP> that even on a 300 baud modem, it was not a week project. Also,
doing
TW>DC> JP> email was easy as text is transmitted readily, there was nobody even
TW>DC> JP> thinking of transmitting images, they are ogres.

TW>DC>It's all bloat, primarily consisting of fancier bells and whistles.

TW>I am distresed at the Bloat just for Bloats Sake. Example, In the old
TW>days I used to put the Norton AV upgrades on a Floppy ande transfer it
TW>to computers.
TW>I downloaded a Norton Upgrade the other day that was 44 MEG. :-)

TW>And I won't even talk aboutb trhe Bloat on Web pages. I long for the old
TW>days where Text only was an option. Adnb of course before that Text was
TW>the ONLY Option. :-)

You can have the old days! I am happy with the way things are now. Sure,
Norton's upgrades back then were on a floppy and today's is 44 Mb. In
the old days the viruses were very few and unsophisticated. Now days
viruses are rampant and highly sophisticated and in order to combat them
takes lots of program Mbs. I'm just glad we have the capability to fight
them. Also, HDs then cost an arm and two legs - look how inexpensive they
are now! I paid $350.00 for a 30Mb HD (used) back then - today that
money will buy more than one 350 Gb drives - NEW!

Jay
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