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pyotr filipivich
Feb 28, 2020, 3:31:39 PM2/28/20
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At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
"untested". $9.99 plus tax.
It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
for an earlier version of WP?
And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the
install disks.
And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
computer office.)
I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
tschus
pyotr
and like the old man "Confessing? I'm telling everybody!"
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pyotr filipivich
The question was asked: "Is Hindsight overrated?"
In retrospect, it appears to be.
"untested". $9.99 plus tax.
It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
for an earlier version of WP?
And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the
install disks.
And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
computer office.)
I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
tschus
pyotr
and like the old man "Confessing? I'm telling everybody!"
--
pyotr filipivich
The question was asked: "Is Hindsight overrated?"
In retrospect, it appears to be.
Shadow
Feb 28, 2020, 3:45:47 PM2/28/20
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:33:41 -0800, pyotr filipivich
<ph...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
>"untested". $9.99 plus tax.
> It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
>Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
>for an earlier version of WP?
> And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
>with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
>unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the
>install disks.
> And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
>note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
>computer office.)
> I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
It's good.
<ph...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
>"untested". $9.99 plus tax.
> It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
>Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
>for an earlier version of WP?
> And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
>with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
>unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the
>install disks.
> And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
>note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
>computer office.)
> I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
Make an image of those floppies. They won't last forever now
they're "out in the open" ... someone WILL spill coffee on them.
;)
[]'s
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Paul
Feb 28, 2020, 4:46:17 PM2/28/20
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pyotr filipivich wrote:
> At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
> "untested". $9.99 plus tax.
> It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
> Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
> for an earlier version of WP?
> And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
> with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
> unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the
> install disks.
> And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
> note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
> computer office.)
> I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
>
> tschus
> pyotr
>
> and like the old man "Confessing? I'm telling everybody!"
And the machine doesn't have Spectre or Meltdown either.
> At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
> "untested". $9.99 plus tax.
> It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
> Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
> for an earlier version of WP?
> And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
> with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
> unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the
> install disks.
> And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
> note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
> computer office.)
> I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
>
> tschus
> pyotr
>
> and like the old man "Confessing? I'm telling everybody!"
You'll probably have to write your own malware for it.
Paul
T
Feb 28, 2020, 6:22:02 PM2/28/20
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On 2020-02-28 13:46, Paul wrote:
> It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
> Windows 95.
Oh good. When you said "approaching apocalypse" I
> It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
> Windows 95.
thought maybe you had installed Windows 10. Had
me worried there for a moment!
J. P. Gilliver (John)
Feb 28, 2020, 7:51:38 PM2/28/20
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 16:46:15, Paul <nos...@needed.invalid> wrote:
>pyotr filipivich wrote:
>> At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
>> "untested". $9.99 plus tax.
>> It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
>> Windows 95.
[]
>pyotr filipivich wrote:
>> At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
>> "untested". $9.99 plus tax.
>> It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
>> Windows 95.
>> And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
>> note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
>> computer office.)
[]
>> note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
>> computer office.)
>And the machine doesn't have Spectre or Meltdown either.
>
>You'll probably have to write your own malware for it.
>
> Paul
LOL!
>
>You'll probably have to write your own malware for it.
>
> Paul
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pyotr filipivich
Feb 28, 2020, 9:31:29 PM2/28/20
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Paul <nos...@needed.invalid> on Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:46:15 -0500 typed
in alt.windows7.general the following:
But first, I'll have to see about getting "correct" USB drivers.
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in alt.windows7.general the following:
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Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing?
Wildman
Feb 28, 2020, 10:27:56 PM2/28/20
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:33:32 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote:
> But first, I'll have to see about getting "correct" USB drivers.
No problem.
> But first, I'll have to see about getting "correct" USB drivers.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9lppu5k3otvouin/Usbsupp.exe?dl=1
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Steve Hayes
Feb 29, 2020, 11:23:32 PM2/29/20
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> And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
>note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
>computer office.)
> I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
But idf you want to transfer your notes to somewhere else?
>note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
>computer office.)
> I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
Does it have a USB port, or any other way of communicating with other
computers?
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pyotr filipivich
Mar 1, 2020, 7:20:06 PM3/1/20
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Steve Hayes <haye...@telkomsa.net> on Sun, 01 Mar 2020 06:25:01 +0200
(or a dial up modem jack.
Right now, it is sitting under the desk. While I have the install
disks for WP 6.0, one of them has a bad sector, and so it does not
install.
There is an element of "Okay, that doesn't work, but I can work
around it, oh, that needs a fix so that it can be worked around",
eventually "you wind up with everybody dead, the castle on fire, and
I've lost my hat."
And any plan where you lose your hat?
"... Is a bad plan."
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
>On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:33:41 -0800, pyotr filipivich
><ph...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
>>note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
>>computer office.)
>> I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
>
>But idf you want to transfer your notes to somewhere else?
>
>Does it have a USB port, or any other way of communicating with other
>computers?
It has a USB port, a 3.5 floppy drive, and I think a network port.
><ph...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
>>note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
>>computer office.)
>> I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
>
>But idf you want to transfer your notes to somewhere else?
>
>Does it have a USB port, or any other way of communicating with other
>computers?
(or a dial up modem jack.
Right now, it is sitting under the desk. While I have the install
disks for WP 6.0, one of them has a bad sector, and so it does not
install.
There is an element of "Okay, that doesn't work, but I can work
around it, oh, that needs a fix so that it can be worked around",
eventually "you wind up with everybody dead, the castle on fire, and
I've lost my hat."
And any plan where you lose your hat?
"... Is a bad plan."
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