Re: Saying Hi

[Ben Devine]

Im Interested if you aren't :)

Ben Devine


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<-----Original Message----->
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>From: johnrose-simpson
>Sent: 10/1/2002 6:17:28 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Saying Hi
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>To: C Falconer
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>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.
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>Thnaks again - John.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "C Falconer"
>To: "Linux Users Group"
>Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:53 AM
>Subject: Re: Saying Hi
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> Hey John - I have a P133 cpu/board in a case, doing not-very-much.
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> It needs ram and HDD and monitor - are you interested?
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> 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
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