Subj : 555 - afterthought
To   : Ed Vance
From : Barry Martin
Date : Wed Dec 18 2024 07:12:00


Hi Ed!


 EV> The good thing about a BBS message is that someone who likes
 EV> messing with
 EV> olderelectronics can find old messages that will answer questions
 EV> they have.
 
That's true!  Also sometimes handy when looking up stuff with search 
engines, but I also get a lot of old/antique returns which won't work 
because it's giving me a reply relevant to an old operating system and I
need it for a current one.  ...Seems like there could be switch to 
ignore old years and so allow only a current but that would exclude our 
scenario with a current response to an old post.  Or 'The Post Which 
Never Dies': started in 1985 and is still current with minor 
alterations.


 EV> Myself, I waited until many others who bought their Windows XP
 EV> computer before
 EV> I choose to buy one to use.
 EV> I got mine in 2006, don't remember when they were first sold but
 EV> I'm sure 2006
 EV> was prob more than a year after they started being sold.
 EV> You are someone that remembers when they came in the Store You
 EV> worked at.
 EV> The XP was a upgrade for the 486DX33 DOS 5.0/WIN 3.1 I had been
 EV> using.

I also don't usually jump on the bandwagon, rather preferring to wait
until the bugs have been worked out.  OTOH I try to read the future and 
plan for it.  Guess the best example right now is have available PCI and
PCIe slots for adding daughtercards for new options or expand the 
current ones.

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