Subj : Re: PING Question To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Sep 06 2019 17:56:20 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 31-Aug-2019 08:45 <=- NB>>> They both display in monochrome on my computer... BM>> The Wizard is making you use a green screen?!!! ...Here with my BM>> colour blindness sometimes may as well be a monochrome display: BM>> sometimes a white and light blue look the same to me. NB>> Black screen, off-white writing... I have colors in various programs, NB>> such as in Emacs, where I am at the moment, or the Bluewave reader... NB>> just not at the main screen.... remember, this is DOS... BM> I used DOS originally. Started with 2.11 but don't know if could do BM> colours as had a monochrome monitor. First system with colour monitor BM> had DOS but I don't know which version. I've had a color monitor for quite a while... If there's color to be seen, I've been able to see it... but things like lists and normal computer operations tend to be in black and white (or the equivalent)... BM>>>> But 'Rensselaer' rrrolls off the tongue nicely! (Heck: I always BM>>>> thought it was "Renesslaer".) NB>>>> And another instance of similar names across NYS, there's also a NB>>>> Rensselaer Falls near where I am as I type.... here in St. Lawrence NB>>>> County.... :) BM>>> Obviously popular name! NB>>> Named after some famous person no doubt... :) BM>> Glad it was back then and not in today's 'age of casualness' otherwise BM>> it would be call "St. Larry County"! NB>> And maybe Renzie....? BM> If there was something like a Stimpson County adjoining they could be BM> 'Ren and Stimpy'! (Odd cartoon from several years back.) ...Think BM> I'll close now. Wise move... BM> ... I know "Ren" means "Rename"......but Stimpy??? You mean that isn't a linux command yet....? ttyl neb .... Young gorillas are friendly but they soon learn. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .