Subj : Classic Shell
To   : PAUL QUINN
From : TOM WALKER
Date : Sun May 08 2016 00:20:50

> Hi! Tom,
> 
> On 06 May 16 18:03, you wrote to ED VANCE:
> 
>  TW> Can Anyone still alive here recomment a win 7 offline mail reader??
> 
> For a number of reasons I think this is the wrong question, Tom.  Considering
> that 'change' in the IT universe is a constant on-ward & up-ward trend, you
> will always be on the back foot by running older software.
> 
> I got around that by going to VirtualBox.  I'm currently running a HP
> super-dooper box with Windows 8.1, with VirtualBox installed.  (Actually
it's a
> piece of junk but it was cheap and it works.)  It runs one of either two XP
> virtual machines at various times, sometimes both for short periods.  One XP
> used to run on my wife's old Ubuntu machine until I made the mistake of
> switching it off one day (all she ever saw was XP); like you, I didn't want 
to
> try to fix it.  The other XP used to run on my Ubuntu PC, downstairs in the
> doghouse/man cave.
> 
> Think of VirtualBox machines as USB devices.  Just plug them into a new PC
with
> VirtualBox installed, make a few configuration settings, and, you're back in
> business with your favourite whoosymahjigger software again.  The trick is to
> know what needs backing up.  ;)
> 
> Either that, or bite the bullet and start doing Fidonet with an email client
> over news (NNTP) servers like Jean & Allan, etc.
> 
> Cheers,
> Paul.

Thanks, I will look into that. Although for the number of messages I find
in
my favorite echos just reading online on Doc's HTML entrance may be the way
to go for me.

Typo Tom
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