To: C Falconer Many thanks for your offer, but I have been assured that it would be preferable to make my present computer dual boot. It is even possible that someone would set it up for me at the Sydenham Meeting.
Thnaks again - John. ----- Original Message ----- From: "C Falconer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:53 AM Subject: Re: Saying Hi > Hey John - I have a P133 cpu/board in a case, doing not-very-much. > > It needs ram and HDD and monitor - are you interested? > > On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 18:33, johnrose-simpson wrote: > > First let me introduce myself. I am retired but for the last 25-30 > > years I worked as a computer programmer, initially using FORTRAN then > > Pascal and later a special applications language. However I still > > regard myself very much as a computer peasant and would like to meet up > > with a few of you gurus. My home computers started with a TRS80 and > > after a few upgrades I now have a PC with an AMD K6-2 with 64 Mb ram and > > a 20 Gb hard drive, running that unmentionable operating system version > > 98. I feel that I have contributed more than enough to Bill Gates' > > retirement fund so I am interested in changing to some version of linux. > > My main computer usage is word-processing, a few spreadsheets and > > internet access. To avoid being off the air for a few days while I > > grapple with a new OS (or perhaps many weeks, I am a slow learner), it > > seems to me that I would best buy a second-hand machine, preferably > > already loaded, so that I can play until I feel proficient enough to > > convert totally. I believe some of you have suitable boxes for sale. I > > live on the Beckenham/Sydenham boundary and would like to come to your > > meeting in the Sydenham Hall (the one in Hutcheson Street?) on the > > coming Wednesday. Would I be welcome and do my ideas make sense? > > > > John Simpson > > >
