Subj : 555 - afterthought
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ed Vance
Date : Thu Dec 19 2024 16:20:57



> Hi Ed!

> 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.

> 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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Alta Vista was the first Search Engine I used in 1996.
Then Search com , yahoo, maybe others until I began using DuckDuckGo.

When searching for old computers maybe mentioning the Operating System would
help.

The newest computer here has Vista OS.
Oldest is C=64 I got in 1984 .
Ed
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