Subj : Re: Old PC's To : JOE MACKEY From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jan 07 2022 22:54:00 Joe, JM> Used that one for 30 years. Had to replace with when it went screwy JM> and started spitting out sparks and all. That's usually a sign something is wrong. JM> The last few years its started acting up a bit and have to give it JM> extra time once in a while to do whatever. It's time to replace it, then. JM> The only games I play are solitaire and checkers. I haven't played checkers or solitaire in a long time, although I have doors with those on the BBS. JM> We had a member here, Nancy Backus, she should rest in peace, who was JM> a confirmed DOS user up to the end. I jokingly called her a Luddite. I miss her greatly...I'm sorry I never got to meet her. JM> I have used that in the past at some point. I did, too...but now use LibreOffice. However, for the square dance publication I'm the Editor for, I have to use Microsoft 365 (Word) for it. Microsoft has discovered it's cheaper for them to no longer create a CD/DVD with the program, nor a shipping container. Instead, just create a card with a URL and an activation key for the same price. The user then is directed to a URL to download the file, enter the activation key, then their credit/debit card info to pay the yearly license fee. Many companies have gone to that now, and soon, you won't be able to buy CD's/DVD's or boxed software anymore. Right now, I pay $70 a year to use that...because the fonts with the publication won't display right with LibreOffice. JM> But to get a dial up number for what was my first one was like JM> getting secret government docs. Had to know someone, be referred, go JM> though a "background check". All but give them my first born. Being a JM> bachelor I had no first born {that I know off ==wink Maybe it was your evil twin . JM> Most of the problems I can figure out the problem on my own, but JM> there are times I need some professional help. (Quiet Daryl). ROFLMBO!! You're no fun (that's what she said ). JM> In parking nothing is saved off line which really frustrates me. If JM> sometime happens all that is lost or highly corrupted. Technology, phooey. JM> I heard too many bad things about it being buggy, so waited for 10. JM> I don't plan to go to 11, from what I have read, waiting for the more JM> stable one after that one. But I am perfectly happy with 10 and no JM> plans to change unless I have to. So far, Windows 11 has worked pretty well on the laptop. But, the BBS computer's CPU is too slow for it, plus there's no 32-bit version of Windows 11. At least Windows 10 will still be supported through early October, 2025. Daryl .... Deja Cuckoo: A feeling you've been this crazy before. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:2320/33) .