Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Re: x/84 revived
From:    poindexter FORTRAN (21:4/122)
Date:    Fri Oct 23, 2026 06:54

-=> Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ni> there was a lot of tweaking & tinkering we had to do to get things
 Ni> working optimally that we don't need to do anymore these days. Managing
 Ni> DOS memory was one, but also things like configuring IRQs (often with
 Ni> jumpers), low-level formatting hard drives & marking bad sectors, etc..
 Ni>  I'm glad we don't have to do that kind of stuff anymore these days.
 Ni> When I was younger, I felt like I had more time for that kind of thing,
 Ni> but I appreciate just being able to use my computer.

 I remember running SpinRite to re-interleave my hard drive for what was
 probably a minimal speed gain (if any).

 IRQs were a personal, hell, with a serial mouse, parallel printer,
 modem and network card. Once I got them all sorted out, I taped a note
 to the inside of the case with the settings. The BBS had a network
 card, a serial printer and a modem, that took more work.


.... The machine keeps using time to make time to make time.
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