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Hi all and in particular Sindi,

I said:
> I probably wouldn't recognize a pcmcia slot if one was looking me in the 
> face...
> ...but I'm always ready to learn :-). 

At 23:20 01/02/2010, you wrote:
>Look on both sides of the laptop for slots (possibly with hinged or 
>removable covers) which are about 5 cm long and very narrow.  They usually
>come in pairs but sometimes singly.  You can also look up the model number 
>online to see if there are pcmcia slots.  You put PCMCIA cards (PC-card)
>into them.  The ones without the bumps work in older laptops.

OK. No I don't have them... 

>Go to BL site, links to old BL1 site, download zgv and libvgagl packages 
>and 'pkg' them.  BL1 programs work with BL3.

I've found these programs but I think I somehow missed what they were 
for...??? 
Would you mind clarifying that, please.

>> ... a floppy which says "PARAC.EXE" (mean anything to you?) on the label.
>
>I don't know that program

I'm not surprised. It turns out to be a Dutch program!  And although it tells 
me the connection
is OK it refuses to actually copy anything. Grr... This is between native 
MS-DOS on the PC
(i.e. not the Windows DOS box, that doesn't work at all) and MS-DOS on the 
old laptop.

I'll perhaps give this some though but I'll try plip first.

>>> If you have a landline phone, external modem plugged into serial port:
> pppsetup, then ppp-on to dial

OK. This is the success story of the week (for me) !!! I did not know any of 
the details I had to fill in in the pppsetup
but I patiently looked then all up (and guessed what I couldn't find). 
Because of that last bit I didn't have high hopes
but on entering ppp-on the old modem began to rattle, whirr, and whistle the 
old tunes I hadn't heard for so long and
almost before I knew it I was into the BL site via Links!!! Almost magic! ;-) 
Thanks!!! :-) ).

>Nice to hear about your experiences.  Is your name Dick, or maybe Dirk?

It's as I wrote it. Somewhat undervalued nowadays perhaps due to vulgar usage 
;-) but I'll stick with it just like Messrs. Cheney, Van Dyke etc.. :-)

>Ik sprek geen nederlands.

Enough I think, to understand the label which is still stuck to that old 
laptop of mine... "geen garantie" !!!

Dick.
Eindhoven,
The Netherlands.