Subj : Re: Ch-ch-ch changes
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Thu Dec 19 2019 18:54:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 12-10-19  05:54 <=-

 >  JM> And then when there are upgrades to an OS and older programs no
 >  JM> longer work.  (I.e, pre-Windows something and BW.)
 > That's one of the reasons that we don't necessarily do certain
 > upgrades.... ;)  I'm still in DOS, so my BW works just fine... <G>  You
 > could use BW in one of those DOS emulators, according to some people
 > that are doing just that, though....

 JM> And of course in those days it was dial up and other than the local
 JM> BBS' there was a toll charge.  Not to mention tying up the phone line.

Back then, there were plenty of local bbses to call, too... But it did
tie up the phone line... :)

 JM> But now with cable there are no charges (other than flat cable fee),
 JM> no more phone lines, etc.  So it doesn't matter how long I'm on line,
 JM> the cost is the same.

Our internet is via DSL, not cable, but it's pretty much the same
thing... ;)

 JM> And some people don't even pay a cable fee what with free wifi all
 JM> over the place.  (Someone is paying, but not the user).

The free wi-fi doesn't work so well with my dinosaur machines... ;)

ttyl         neb

.... "Authentic-Style" Maybe I'm nitpicking, but it is or it isn't.

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