[SiliconBeach] Re: How many of you don't know the answer to this straight away?

2012-05-29 Thread Humphrey
Just brilliant :) I am 32 so bringing back some good Memories! :) Who still has Ms Office disks they have formatted and used for other stuff :) remember the dos menus good times! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: How many of you don't know the answer to this straight away?

2012-05-29 Thread David Lyon
Not as such. But I can remember MS-Word v 1.0 and 2.0 that ran on DOS. They had a funky graphics display that supported the 'new' EGA video cards. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more

[SiliconBeach] Re: How many of you don't know the answer to this straight away?

2012-05-28 Thread Chua
A: is what you boot up MS-DOS 3.1 with. Then when you see the A:, you take the MS-DOS 3.1 and run whatever programs you want to run like Lotus 1-2-3 or Word Perfect. After you are done, remember to put back the DOS disk to drive A:, otherwise you will get a Command.com not found error. If you

[SiliconBeach] Re: How many of you don't know the answer to this straight away?

2012-05-28 Thread James MacGregor
Microsoft split testing Windows versions ;) On Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:42:59 PM UTC+10, caseyjohnellis wrote: What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for?http://superuser.com/questions/231273/what-are-the-windows-a-and-b-drives-used-for Words can't express how old seeing this question

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: How many of you don't know the answer to this straight away?

2012-05-28 Thread Dominique du Maurier
Whilst on memory lane, does anyone remember using the wondrous XTREE in the day of large shoulder pads? Dominique On 29/05/2012, at 1:46 PM, James MacGregor wrote: Microsoft split testing Windows versions ;) On Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:42:59 PM UTC+10, caseyjohnellis wrote: What are the

[SiliconBeach] Re: How many of you don't know the answer to this straight away?

2012-05-27 Thread Vinko Grgic
A: drive is for installing Warcraft 2 onto C: drive from the 27 floppy disks it fits on so you can play it. B: drive on the other hand is the drive you use to fake your MS-DOS boot-up so you can access your system once disk 27 crashes during decompression and your computer carks it. I believe

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: How many of you don't know the answer to this straight away?

2012-05-27 Thread Tom Allen
How does this make people feel old? I'm only 27 and still remember using 5.25'' floppy disks that actually flopped. Is 27 the new 50, or did I just start young? On 27 May 2012 22:15, Vinko Grgic vinko.gr...@gmail.com wrote: A: drive is for installing Warcraft 2 onto C: drive from the 27 floppy

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: How many of you don't know the answer to this straight away?

2012-05-27 Thread Bart
A: and B: is what you boot from so you can then load Windows 1.03 (yes, I still have the disks). Well, this is after you finally upgrade to a top of the line XT with CGA color screen after years of peeking and poking on the C64 (PRESS PLAY ON TAPE). Sent with