On 2014-02-21 13:08, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
At 09:24 2014-02-21, "Allen" wrote:
I used to look after airlines and the old okidata, I think prior to
the 393. I was most amused when I went in the chemist to see them
printing on the same machines, some 25 or more years later
I like seeing s
Download and reinstall the Conversion Pack again. Ran into a similar
problem with Office2003 and XP/SP3 and a redownload and reinstall fixed it.
To try to preserve my sanity I ran some tests and here's what I found:
Win XP SP 3:
Had .NET Framework 3.5 on it so I uninstalled it; it now had .
Impact printers are still very useful in business world! Keep it alive
and healthy! :)
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:16 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> My dot matrix printer has both. Continuous paper is so nice for listings.
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Now that I miss, well I did should I say. But I do not print listings any
more
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My dot matrix printer has both. Continuous paper is so nice for
listings.
And theeerre he goes ... !
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At 08:03 2014-02-22, you wrote:
I just found an Oki 393 printer in my attic when I had to move EVERYTHING
out of the way for a replacement furnace.
Has that wonderful Parallel port as well.
Don't get me started about parallel vs USB... :)
My dot matrix printer has both. Continuous pap
I just tried opening a .docx file in OOO (v3) and it was fine (even showed
inserted comments) - maybe because I have the Microsoft Office
Compatibility Pack installed?
It opens them. But it won't handle complex formatting. A very simple
example: A one-page letter laid out in MS Word with a l
I just tried opening a .docx file in OOO (v3) and it was fine (even
showed inserted comments) - maybe because I have the Microsoft Office
Compatibility Pack installed?
On 24/02/2014 19:14, Ken Dibble wrote:
> I am running ms Word/ ms Office 2003 - some time ago I downloaded a
> utility/upda
Download and reinstall the Conversion Pack again. Ran into a similar
problem with Office2003 and XP/SP3 and a redownload and reinstall fixed it.
Fred
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Ken Dibble wrote:
>
> I've used it successfully with Office 2003 and XP many times.
>>
>
> And I've tested it
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Ken Dibble wrote:
>
> Why not just catch the docs coming in and via one license convert them
>> back
>> to any flavor older version you want?
>>
>> Just write a service that polls a folder to see if anything is in there.
>> As you copy the documents to the "pro
anks.
Ken
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> Ken Dibble
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> Subject: RE: Our Love Affair with Old Software continues
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>
> >I've used it successfull
Subject: Re: Our Love Affair with Old Software continues
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> > I am running ms Word/ ms Office 2003 - some time ago I downloaded a
> > utility/update (?) from ms and I can read, edit and save .docx
> > files. The originators of these documents have not had any problem
> &g
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> Ken Dibble
> Sent: 24 February 2014 16:22
> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> Subject: RE: Our Love Affair with Old Software continues
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>
> >I've used it successfully with Office 2003 and XP many times.
>
>
Why not just catch the docs coming in and via one license convert them back
to any flavor older version you want?
Just write a service that polls a folder to see if anything is in there.
As you copy the documents to the "processing zone" you identify the nasty
"X" versions and flip them in the
I've used it successfully with Office 2003 and XP many times.
And I've tested it in that environment (Office 2003, SP2 on XP SP3) and it
didn't work. Are there:
1. Different versions of the conversion pack, which are not readily
discernible from each other or easy to find?
2. Windows upd
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Ken Dibble wrote:
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> > Meanwhile, one of our biggest contracts requires us to use a
>> state-developed
>>
> > web-based document management/workflow system that only works on IE, and
>> > only on IE versions 7, 8, and 9. Now I'm scrambling. I have to tell my
>>
>
I've used it successfully with Office 2003 and XP many times.
John Weller
01380 723235
07976 393631
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> I am running ms Word/ ms Office 2003 - some time ago I downloaded a
> utility/update (?) from ms and I can read, edit and save .docx files. The
> originators of these documents have not had any problem with my updated
> versions.
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and P
It's called:
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/microsoft-office-compatibility-pack-for-word-excel-and-powerpoint-FX103471202.aspx
Don't think OpenOffice/LibreOffice could make use it never attempted...
On Mon, Feb 2
I am running ms Word/ ms Office 2003 - some time ago I downloaded a
utility/update (?) from ms and I can read, edit and save .docx files.
The originators of these documents have not had any problem with my
updated versions.
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> Anyway, because of the "x" problem, we started converting to Office 2010.
The "x" problem could be avoided if everyone in the company chose to
save data in the old format via "Save As" option.
It's not my company, it's the people who send documents to us. We have to
handle those documents.
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Ken Dibble wrote:
> Anyway, because of the "x" problem, we started converting to Office 2010.
The "x" problem could be avoided if everyone in the company chose to
save data in the old format via "Save As" option.
> As a not-for-profit, I can use TechSoup to get
> The overriding problem is that it is in the profitable interest of
> computer hardware and software producers to try to convince everybody that
> these fundamental differences do not exist, and that everybody has to buy
> new stuff every 12-to-18 months for everything.
>
Which vendors are tha
I just found an Oki 393 printer in my attic when I had to move EVERYTHING
out of the way for a replacement furnace.
Has that wonderful Parallel port as well.
Don't get me started about parallel vs USB... :)
Ken Dibble
www.stic-cil.org
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Subject: Re: Our Love Affair with Old Software continues
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Paul Hill wrote:
> I asked him if he knew what a serial port is. He didn't know...
>
Well, they are becoming rare. RS-232C, powered by an 8250 or a 16550... I
think I've likel
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Paul Hill wrote:
> I asked him if he knew what a serial port is. He didn't know...
>
Well, they are becoming rare. RS-232C, powered by an 8250 or a 16550... I
think I've likely got one or two docking stations that still have them,
but...
I was onsite at a clie
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On 21 February 2014 15:33, Ted Roche wrote:
> Orphanware, especially software w
On 21 February 2014 15:33, Ted Roche wrote:
> Orphanware, especially software with hardware (9-pin serial ports, for
> example, or Okidata 393 printers and NCR paper) or OS requirements can be a
> real problem for clients. There's only so far you want to take emulators
> and kludgy solutions.
On
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> At 09:24 2014-02-21, "Allen" wrote:
>
>> I used to look after airlines and the old okidata, I think prior to the
>> 393. I was most amused when I went in the chemist to see them printing on
>> the same machines, some 25 or more years late
At 09:24 2014-02-21, "Allen" wrote:
I used to look after airlines and the old okidata, I think prior to
the 393. I was most amused when I went in the chemist to see them
printing on the same machines, some 25 or more years later
I like seeing stable systems in operation.
[snip]
Sincere
I used to look after airlines and the old okidata, I think prior to the 393.
I was most amused when I went in the chemist to see them printing on the
same machines, some 25 or more years later
Al
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I just found an Oki 393 printer in my attic when I had to move EVERYT
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Adam Buckland
> wrote:
>
> > In my case Ted with a "one man band² supplier who died whilst creating a
> > Windows version of his great DOS product for my printing Company.. Buy 6
> > desktops that run Win XP and
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Adam Buckland
wrote:
> In my case Ted with a "one man band² supplier who died whilst creating a
> Windows version of his great DOS product for my printing Company.. Buy 6
> desktops that run Win XP and 2 servers that run Win 2003 Server.. Then
> look for an alterna
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
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> Just helping out. ;^)
>
>
Thanks, Jeff:
Ephemeral examples: Flappy Birds, candy Crush, Microsoft Bob, Windows At
Work (r)
Long-term examples: Visual FoxPro, Internet Explorer 6, LAMP
;)
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On 2/21/2014 5:52 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Ken Dibble wrote:
Some kinds of software (and hardware) are as ephemeral
^1 ephem·er·al
/adjective/ \i-?fem-r?l, -?fe-m-; -?fe-m?-, -?fe--\
: lasting a very short time
Full Definition of /EPHEMERAL/
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Ken Dibble wrote:
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> What is software, what is a problem? That has to be defined first.
>
Oh, no, that leads us down the path to "What does "is" mean?" Start your
own thread! :)
>
> Some kinds of software (and hardware) are as ephemeral
>
> Other kinds of sof
In my case Ted with a "one man band² supplier who died whilst creating a
Windows version of his great DOS product for my printing Company.. Buy 6
desktops that run Win XP and 2 servers that run Win 2003 Server.. Then
look for an alternative product that doesn¹t need a dongle etc...
On 20/02/2014 1
Here's the problem, as I see it:
You write a perfectly decent solution to a software problem, but the
language and runtime you choose is superseded by the manufacturer, vendor
or community.
What should you do?
What is software, what is a problem? That has to be defined first.
Some kinds of
Ted,
An excellent simple statement of the problem, although I think I'd add hardware
to your 'superseded' list.
There's only one absolute part of the answer, Talk with your user! Everything
else is 'maybe'.
Fact: nothing lasts forever. Fact: keeping up with the latest is expensive.
This i
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
> Here's the problem, as I see it:
>
> You write a perfectly decent solution to a software problem, but the
> language and runtime you choose is superseded by the manufacturer, vendor
> or community.
>
> What should you do?
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