Subj : Re: Pet peeves...
To   : Weatherman
From : Atreyu
Date : Fri Nov 25 2022 10:14:15

On 25 Nov 22  10:04:44, Weatherman said the following to Atreyu:

W> Me too, and you had to run QEMM to load all DOS drivers into high memory and
W> get Lotus 123 to use extended memory.  I remember some users back then havin
W> spreadsheets so large that eventually the only option was to port the data
W> over to Lotus 123 for Windows or Excel.  
W> 
W> You had the mouse driver, DOS NIC driver, Novell network driver, etc.  Someh
W> it all just barely worked.

sortof like BBS'ing, Fido, Othernets... :) 

It was said recently by someone, which I believe to be THE most accurate 
description of how "we are" here... that setting this hobby up requires a 
certain IT-skillset. When we insult eachother or ramble on about tech its 
because we kinda/sorta know the person on the other end of the keyboard or at 
least know the other person will at least understand the gist of it.

Its why I don't think our little hobby has much life yet because the novelty 
of trading silly banter on obsolete tech just cannot be understood by most
people today; unless they have an IT background or a serious interest in what
is now retro-computing.

Atreyu

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