Subj : Re: Todays Classic Ad
To   : Ed Vance
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Oct 13 2025 23:03:15

Ed,

 EV> Daryl, Your Tagline included DOS amoung the list of plagues
 EV> Maybe MS-DOS but not IBM-DOS.

  Details, details, details. <G>

 EV> On my 486 desktop with MS-DOS 5.0 I later added IBM-DOS 7 to it
 EV> after finding a IBM-DOS 7 CD at a thrift store.

  I had a fellow ham radio operator on my BBS years ago (when it was
still on dial-up. At a "flea market", he found a most unusual system,
with the following:

1) A 3.5" and a 5.25" floppy drive
2) A monochrome amber monitor (with complimentary burn-in <G>).
3) A keyboard and a mouse

  What was missing?? A hard drive, and an operating system!!

  So, I created a 3.5" floppy disk with the COMMAND.COM from
Windows 95, and we booted up on A: (3.5") drive. Then, on the 
B: (5.25") drive, I had the minimal setup of GTO -- GT Power,
Terminal Only. At the time, it was on dial-up only. But, he was
able to logon to my BBS, and play the games...from a computer
that didn't have a hard drive or an OS!!

 EV> I have always wondered if I got caught and committed if the
 EV> place would allow me to have my Kenwood TS-520S in my room.

  Don't give these folks ideas!! <G>

 EV> I have a Husler Mobile antenna bottom section with upper
 EV> portions for 75M through 10M.

  I went to the link on that HOA petition, entered my callsign,
and clicked SEND, once the data was populated.

 EV> If the institution didn't want to hear my squeaky voice I would
 EV> bring Headsets and a J-38 Key.

  That'd work...let the computer or keyer do all the work.

 EV> At least that's the plan I have in my mind
 EV> /Portable# should work O.K. unless I was transmitting on the
 EV> 15M band. 

  It depends on the propagation conditions. I'm hoping they will
get better in the winter.

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

.... I got angry at an Italian chef, gave him a pizza my mind.
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