... Definitely not impossible. There were many made and used when digital computers were still less powerful than today's calculators. Really it all depends on...
Mike Millen
mikemillen@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:18 am
6630
... All the same, in order to discover what OS is most suitable for ones needs, one should have a working knowledge of computer technology, preferably begun in...
Jerry J. Haumberger
jerryjh@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:46 am
6631
... Proper computer language skills should be taught, not marketed. Education begins in a structured classroom over a period of months and years; marketing...
Jerry J. Haumberger
jerryjh@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:47 am
6632
... Ok. Would you consider an interface that allows a configuration with or without a mouse and has drop down menu selection, selection tagging, some ...
Jerry J. Haumberger
jerryjh@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:48 am
6633
Hello Hammer, hammer <hammer@...> wrote: }- What I had been looking for, in the first instance when this }- thread began, is the reason for this almost...
Boanne Lorraine
boanne@...
Jun 1, 1999 9:12 am
6634
Hello Or, }- As far as I understood, CP/M cloned the general UNIX }- interface. (Do notice how similiar is the general idea }- with both UNIX/Linux's and...
Boanne Lorraine
boanne@...
Jun 1, 1999 9:12 am
6635
I have a 386 machine that I intended to use as a datalogger. I built an ADC that uses the parallel port for data input. Initially everthing worked fine but the...
tom machynski
machynski@...
Jun 1, 1999 11:43 am
6636
... Hehehe... it means the guy at PC Lube & Tune doesn't know what he's talking about. :) W95 runs on DOS. Definitely. W98 I'm not sure about. Mike To...
Mike Millen
mikemillen@...
Jun 1, 1999 1:15 pm
6637
... W98 runs on DOS too. Except MS removed the delay and 'Starting Windows 98...' to make booting 2 seconds faster, never mind the crashes. Regards,...
Ben A L Jemmett
ben.jemmett@...
Jun 1, 1999 2:38 pm
6638
... Yup. The Navy actually had an Undersecretary for Research and Acquistion who **REFUSED** to accept any piece of paper with an acronym in it. ..... I truly...
J. P. Letellier
jp@...
Jun 1, 1999 3:19 pm
6639
Use the one distributed in PTS-DOS (http://www.phystechsoft.com) ... To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to LISTSERV@... with unsubscribe SURVPC...
Javier Gutierrez
guti@...
Jun 1, 1999 4:04 pm
6640
... I'll try and put it all together (if you understand this crazy thing bellow, the years are decades (1960 mean 1960-1969)) 1960 1970 1980...
Bernie
bernie@...
Jun 1, 1999 6:11 pm
6641
... Ok, it's up at my homepage (http://hem1.passagen.se/bernie/) Only trouble is I'm getting full of space very soon. (Around half a MB left of my 3MB). Does...
Bernie
bernie@...
Jun 1, 1999 6:46 pm
6642
... My agency (the Florida Dept. of Children & Families) had its own experience with acronyms. We were what was left of an older department, Health and ...
Mike Webb
mwebb@...
Jun 1, 1999 7:30 pm
6643
... Lego is a very important topic at Slasdot (a Computer/Nerd site). As some Linux dudes didn't like the Windows interface the created a C to LEGO-OS (don't...
Casper Gielen
vcmeaned@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:07 pm
6644
... It means the author is wrong. There is no real difference between W3 and W9x. Ok 9x by default starts after executing autoexec.bat. -- Casper Gielen ...
Casper Gielen
vcmeaned@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:07 pm
6645
... If this was only available. I would walk around all day shouting: "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot!" -- Casper Gielen mailto:vcmeaned@... ...
Casper Gielen
vcmeaned@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:08 pm
6646
... Have you been at the 1995 Scouting World Jamboree? ... There are allready computers you can have a conversation with. There called Turinger machines after...
Casper Gielen
vcmeaned@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:09 pm
6647
... What do you mean, this works with all programms. It's all dealt with by the OS, the apps don't have to do anything themselves, they don't even know about...
Casper Gielen
vcmeaned@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:10 pm
6648
... I was forced to once a year by my mother. Should would put it all in large bags and put them in the washing machine! O horror. -- Casper Gielen ...
Casper Gielen
vcmeaned@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:13 pm
6649
From: Casper Gielen <vcmeaned@...> ... R O T F L !!!!! me too!!! *can't quit grinning* I've been saying for years that i want a...
Vrondi
vrondi@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:36 pm
6650
... Alan Turing. ... Well... IRC wasn't about in Turing's day, neither was the Internet (AFAIK, my timing may be screwy) - but we get the idea :) ... Cue...
Ben A L Jemmett
ben.jemmett@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:43 pm
6651
... If you will ask Microsoft, Windows 95&98 is the operation system, while DOS is now a program loaded by Windows when you run "command.com" from Explorer, or...
Or Botton
winterk@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:57 pm
6652
... My father got the exact same problem. By the way, I personally hate to double-click. Which is why I setted the middle button in my 3-button Logitech mouse...
Or Botton
winterk@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:57 pm
6653
... Thats where I believe that you have a mistake. Marketing, in the end, is designed to influence the opinion of people. The people who decide what will be...
Or Botton
winterk@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:58 pm
6654
... Only if it has both elements of GUI, such as menus and and selection tagging, and the element of CLI which basicly means a fully interactive and availble...
Or Botton
winterk@...
Jun 1, 1999 8:59 pm
6655
... BTW, for those of your who didnt saw Norton Commander, Midnight Commander is a clone of Norton Commander. So you can try to use it for the interface...
Or Botton
winterk@...
Jun 1, 1999 9:01 pm
6656
... What I should have said is that Linux can multitask just fine without a GUI (that is, without X-Window, KDE, GNOME, etc.) when using programs designed for...
Jerry J. Haumberger
jerryjh@...
Jun 1, 1999 9:43 pm
6657
... Windows 98 is also running on DOS. After all, its just an upgrade to Windows 95. Only Windows NT is an independed OS. Sort of. By the way! The best proof...
Or Botton
winterk@...
Jun 1, 1999 9:47 pm
6658
... The what? (I guess this means that no, I didnt.) Just came to my mind in the begining of 1999, when I figured out that we're now in all the "really sci-fi...