--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > > <jflanegi@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > > > > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > Besides, this PC is only 3 years old, and its 2.8GHz P4 > > > > > > > is overkill for what I do. A couple years from now, > > > > > > > everything will be multiple cores up the wazoo and fully > > > > > > > capable of running the most bloated of bloatware. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Exactly. v1.0 is never a good deal. Hey remember 640K max > > > > > > RAM for DOS with a 4.77MHz processor speed? > > > > > > > > > > With two 5 1/4 360K floppy drives and no hard drive? > > > > > > > > > > I earned my living for two years with wunna dose. > > > > > > > > Didn't have 640K RAM, either. It was 5-something-- > > > > can't remember what, 525 sticks in my mind, but that > > > > can't be right, can it? DOS 2, I think. Monochrome > > > > monitor, of course. > > > > > > > > And a 1200-baud modem. Oh, the thrill when I upgraded > > > > to a 2400-baud! > > > > > > > WordPerfect with a Hercules Monochrome Ramfont video card. :) > > > > Yeah, the Hercules card. We called it a "graphics > > card." Made it possible to play computer games. > > Ever play the one where babies were thrown out the > > windows of a burning building, and you had to catch > > them before they hit the ground? I think it was just > > called "Babies." > > > > I used XyWrite, the best DOS word processor ever. I > > still use it for certain tasks; it has features even > > Word lacks. Incredibly fast, even on a 4.77 mHz > > processor. Completely command-driven. > > > Not that Hercules card, the 'ramfont' card could load diffent fonts > into it's ram to give a sort of WYSIWYG. It was a variant of the > Hercules Graphic Card for heavy duty text processors.
Ah, that was a cut above what I had, then. > I might still have one around. Never have used XyWrite > but did use WordStar for DOS. Probably the second-best DOS word processor. There are still folks who use it. There's a WordStar command emulator for Word, believe it or not. > 'Bouncing Babies' I believe it was called :) Yes, that was it! There was a little stretcher you had to manuever underneath the babies. When they landed in the stretcher, they bounced into an ambulance. The more babies you saved, the faster the new ones came out the windows. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
