--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00001 Date: 12/30/97 From: CLARENCE HOGAN Time: 02:51pm \/To: NANCY WOOD (Read 5 times) Subj: !!!! QUESTION AGAIN !!!!! [1/2] -=> Quoting Nancy Wood to Clarence Hogan <=- > CH> I am getting Windows 95 and losing DOS and WordPerfect NW> No need to lose either one of 'em, Clarence. You'll still have a DOS NW> window with '95 and WP can be set up at command level or even set up NW> via "Add/Remove Software" into the Start-Menu. NW> I use DOS on a daily basis on our '95 system and use various DOS NW> programs, including editors, ascii viewing programs and even DOS NW> games. He was able to save my DOS ued, which is just great, unless I learn some other way to cut and past with this new Win95, and he went through it with me last night and I have sure got a lot to learn about it, so stick around as you will probably be needed when I finally get caught up on my messages that I have gotten behind on while waiting for him to transfer everything from my old one to this new one! :) > Well, I guess I'll be happier without WordPerfect > then, I hope! :) NW> See if it works for you before you toss it out the window, Clarence!!! NW> ;) Oh no, I just got my new computer last night and just love the WIN95] so far and would never toss it out! Just another humble servant of The Kingdom.......clarence....... ... Now that it is fixed, what is it and what do I do with it? --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 * Origin: Skeeter Haven "Nashville, TN" (615) 872-8609 (1:116/17) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00002 Date: 12/30/97 From: CLARENCE HOGAN Time: 02:56pm \/To: JAMES WOMACK (Read 5 times) Subj: !!!! QUESTION AGAIN !!!! -=> Quoting James Womack to Clarence Hogan <=- CH> Shuckins yes, women have brains just like other people! :) JW> There are other people? Well, the other people seem to think so! :) Just another humble servant of The Kingdom.......clarence....... ... Of all the people I have met, you are certainly one! --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 * Origin: Skeeter Haven "Nashville, TN" (615) 872-8609 (1:116/17) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00003 Date: 12/30/97 From: CLARENCE HOGAN Time: 03:02pm \/To: BILL DAWSON (Read 5 times) Subj: Moving the software over -=> Quoting Bill Dawson to Clarence Hogan <=- -=> Quoting Clarence Hogan to Bill Dawson <=- BD> Some day, if I don't move elsewhere, I'll enclose the carport and BD> move a lot of stuff into it, making some space for a few things. CH> Have ya' ever considered one of those town and country barns that CH> people have in their back yards, as we bought one when we bought our CH> new trailer and it is nice for lots of stuff that we wanted to keep CH> but didn't have room in the trailer for, however the cost did not CH> justify the storage space, for it cost over $800.00 and we have got CH> about $300.00 worth of stuff in it! :'( Shucks, you can buy a nice CH> size second hand house trailer for that price and store much stuff in CH> it and even make a nice work shop out of it! BD> Thought about that sort of thing, but they seem none too secure to BD> me against break-in; this isn't a particularly good neighborhood BD> any longer.. OK, will drop the advice column as I don't want to break any rules while trying to help anyone! :'( CH> Well, still no new computer or word even, but will let you know! BD> Tell you what, if we're going to wander off-topic too much, this BD> way, I'll have to find some general-purpose echo for chat.. Sorry, as said, subject is closed unless you want to contact me at CEHOGAN@JUNO.COM and will be most happy to try and help anyway I can, for you sure have been most gracious to me! And after getting this new computer last night with Win95, etc, it is so fast I may never keep up with it now! :) Just another humble servant of The Kingdom.......clarence....... ... Now that it is fixed, what is it and what do I do with it? --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 * Origin: Skeeter Haven "Nashville, TN" (615) 872-8609 (1:116/17) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00004 Date: 12/30/97 From: JAMES WOMACK Time: 08:26am \/To: PETER LANE-COLLETT (Read 5 times) Subj: puters PL>CAD is an acronym for Computer Aided Design like AutoCAD or Microstatio Or TurboCAD. ASL Echo Productions: A Deaf-Centric Company --- * PW * I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every moment of it. --- Hyper No Mo Mail! * Origin: (1:209/218) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00005 Date: 12/30/97 From: JAMES WOMACK Time: 08:28am \/To: NATHAN MALYON (Read 5 times) Subj: win95 inconsistancy AG>Hi Nathan, -=> On 13 Dec 97 17:16:00 Nathan Malyon said to James Womack <=- NM> ms voicetype NM> i said NM> "My name is nathan, i am happy" NM> it came out with NM> "Mary is Ham, I am nap" NM> or something VERY similar Try telepathy, it might work. ASL Echo Productions: A Deaf-Centric Company --- * PW * If I want your opinion, I'll read it in your entrails! --- Hyper No Mo Mail! * Origin: CORVETTE BBS - Las Vegas, Nevada (702) 431-2284 (1:209/218) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00006 Date: 12/30/97 From: JAMES WOMACK Time: 08:40am \/To: KEN TULEY (Read 5 times) Subj: New Win95 KT>My wife decided to buy a copy of Win95 for me for Christmas, and I'm de KT>as to whether there's a benefit in my installing it on my 486DLC40 syst KT>has been extremely stable with WFWG for several years now. The system KT>megs of memory and a 2.5gig hard drive partitioned in 5 equal parts. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. KT>The two most important applications in use are a DOS-based Fidonet mail KT>BBS (Front Door/RA) and MSOffice Professional 4.3. I also use a Window KT>application timer program which triggers several other DOS processes in KT>background on an hourly, daily or monthly basis, but I could pull those KT>processes into the BBS batch file window if really necessary. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. KT>I'm assuming that the Windows 3.1 applications I'm using would run as w KT>under Win95 as they do now, but can anyone advise me on the critical th KT>that would need to be changed to keep the mailer/BBS functional? One t KT>DON'T want is to spend days tweaking things to get back to level of fun KT>where I started. Then leave the current system alone. The way you describe it, it is working as it should and If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'd suggest you get a new computer to fool around with, one that has more memory, a newer videocard with more memory. It doesn't have to be a Pentium system, though that is nice. But if you want your present system to continue functioning as you like it, leave it alone. KT>Thanks for any recommendations. KT>-=ken=- KT>--- KT> * Origin: SCAM (1:374/98) ASL Echo Productions: A Deaf-Centric Company --- * PW * If I want your opinion, I'll read it in your entrails! --- Hyper No Mo Mail! * Origin: (1:209/218) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00007 Date: 12/29/97 From: PETE GRANZEAU Time: 04:46pm \/To: ROLAND STINER (Read 5 times) Subj: OLX On 28 Dec 97 15:42:00, a Gin and Tonic at the Angler's Rest overheard Roland Stiner say to Pete Granzeau: RS>I have Procom Plus 3.0 for windows and I can tell you that the QWK RS>reader is not as good as Mustang's OLX. I did not try OLX for Windows RS>since the DOS version works very well. I'm a former OLX user (but it was the first version, 2.1, I believe), but switched to WinQWK and then to Wave Rider because I much prefer to use the Windows editor provided by those programs. I couldn't use any version of OLX now, because I download only Blue Wave packets. Regards, PHG phg@exis.net ... "The only warriors I see are dead. We are soldiers." * Wave Rider 1.33 # 92 * --- * Origin: Little America BBS, Williamsburg VA (1:271/140) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00008 Date: 12/30/97 From: CLARENCE HOGAN Time: 05:04pm \/To: TOM MILLER (Read 5 times) Subj: WINDOWS 3.11 LICENSE -=> Quoting Tom Miller to Clarence Hogan <=- > The only GRP's I could find in Windows were CWINDOWS.GRP, > GLOGALNE.GRP, UNDELETE. GRP, MAIN.GRP and seven JUNO.GRP's! TM> I bet each Juno.grp has a slightly different name... so the problem is TM> probably something to do with successfully getting Windows to remember TM> that there is a .grp file... Could be, but the problem is solved now, cause I have got a brand new Pentium 200 MMX with Windows 95 and it is just great! Thanks for everyone's assist! Just another humble servant of The Kingdom.......clarence....... ... Now that it is fixed, what is it and what do I do with it? --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 * Origin: Skeeter Haven "Nashville, TN" (615) 872-8609 (1:116/17) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00009 Date: 12/29/97 From: TOM MILLER Time: 11:39am \/To: CLARENCE HOGAN (Read 5 times) Subj: WINDOWS 3.11 LICENSE > The only GRP's I could find in Windows were CWINDOWS.GRP, > GLOGALNE.GRP, UNDELETE. GRP, MAIN.GRP and seven JUNO.GRP's! I bet each Juno.grp has a slightly different name... so the problem is probably something to do with successfully getting Windows to remember that there is a .grp file... Tom --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Kansas Conv. & MatchMaker Serv/TBBS@785-840-0053 (1:299/102) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 118 WINDOWS Ref: EG^00010 Date: 12/29/97 From: TOM MILLER Time: 11:41am \/To: BUD JAMISON (Read 5 times) Subj: WINDOWS 3.11 LICENSE > So, any idea why I have so many problems with sounds? How large are the files that lockup the system? I found a file that Windows would not play, but out of Windows, a Dos player would play... Hmmmmm... --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Kansas Conv. & MatchMaker Serv/TBBS@785-840-0053 (1:299/102)