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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, Greg Mayman wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 23:55:52 +0000 (UTC), sindi keesan wrote:
.......>
> > All of that can be done with the 2-floppy BL3.  Or with DOS lynx (add
> > lxpic to view images on another page) and ftp and a text editor.
>
> Ha! You guessed correctly that I am writing HTML with a text
> editor. Is there any other way, if you wish to avoid the bloat
> that usually goes into these pages?

I once counted keystrokes needed to use an HTML editor versus a text 
editor.  You can guess which won.

> But it is the "and so on" that will prevent me from giving up
> DOS.
>
> This includes several registered or freeware programs that I use
> regularly, that have never been released for Linux.

I also use DOS, for wordprocessing, a database program, and to print mail 
from my shell account, and for CAD.  THe linux programs are too new and 
therefore too big and bulky.
>

> But No, I will not be totally abandoning DOS.
Another reason to choose BL and use loadlin.

^>
> > I turn off all my computers when they are not in use.  With the power
> > switch on the front of the case (or I pull the plug when I want to work on
> > the newer ones, which are not really off otherwise).
>
> On my (mostly) DOS computer, the front panel switch also controls
> an outlet on the back. This powers the monitor, the 9-pin impact
> printer and the external modem. So the whole lot goes off as one.

We use a power strip.  WIth an AT power supply you can plug things into 
the computer but not with ATX.

> > ATX power supplies are a nuisance.
>
> But the switch on the wall outlet does the job on my Win
> computer, and also controls the scanner/printer and the monitor
> for that comp.
If you want them all to come on at once.


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