Re: OT: Microsoft extends XP again, sort-of

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Tue 03 Jun 2008 07:18:53p, George Shirley told us...

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
"Phideaux" <Loosian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> news:4845f6a8$0$20186$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: in rec.food.cooking

My Uncle takes this 3 steps further...he's still pissed about having
to upgrade from 95 to 98, then to XP. He'd prefer to still be using
Windows for Workgroups 3.11.

He's finally accepted the fact that new software just won't run on 8
bit
operating systems.
I'm a bit older than you are so you might not remember the days when you upgraded to 4MB RAM and had a 1200 baud modem you were THE ***... I'm just amazed at how technology has advanced since the late 70s.

Michael <-still has a millenium machine and a Linux machine


I started with an Osborne One in 1983, 300 baud modem, finally bought a 12 inch amber screen monitor and it hooked it up. Then bought an 80-character board and hooked it up. Lots of fun swapping 5 1/4 floppies back and forth. Must have had a hundred of the things. Printed on an Epson MX-80 with graftex. Between the O1 and the Epson I had nearly two grand in the things. Ran CPM for a good while and then ZCPM. I think one of my grandkids still has the thing. I do miss the camaraderie of the Osborne First group though.


I started with a Kaypro 10 than ran CPM and had a 300 baud modem. As soon as I could, I bought a 2400 baud modem. My next machine was a PC with windows 3.11, 350 MB ram and a 9600 baud modem. Then onward and upward from there. I think I had every version of Windows from 3.11 thru XP Pro, and the Vista which I gave away.

My first PC was an XT compatible machine in Dos. I used to do minor programming in basic and it wowed the engineers at the plant where I worked at the time. I think that was 1988. Earlier on we had Pets and Commodore 64's. I heard the Kaypro was an excellent machine for it's time. I ultimately upgraded my O1 to a 2400 baud modem and used to let it run all night talking to an Osborne Executive I had hooked up at my daughter's house in Houston. I was in the Middle East at the time and the company paid my phone bill. Took forever to up or download anything with those modems.

I have also had every iteration of Windoze with the exception of Vista. I've been warned away from that one too many times. I'm looking at a new computer now and will end up buying either a Dell or an HP as my guru has retired and I don't trust anyone else around here to custom build me a new one.
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