[NSRCA-discussion] Experimenting with new forum software

[J N Hiller]

DOS, that's that black screen stuff isn't it? I'm a point and click guy that
came with windows and have had to resort to pulling the plug on XP more than
once to regain at least partial control.
Jim Hiller

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Martin X.
Moleski, SJ
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:06 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Experimenting with new forum software

Jay Marshall wrote:

> What's wrong with DOS?

DOS is cool.

Back in the DOS 2 days, I knew every file on my computer
and what it did.  I was the master of a very small
universe.  I wrote a treelist function for my own
shell that would let me catalog every file on my
system.

> I have a virgin shrink wrapped copy of 2.0 on my
> bookshelf that I tempted to install on my laptop...

I know the feeling.  I often imagine what DOS would
be like on any of my obsolete computers--they are
WAAAAAAAAAAAY beyond my old 8088 for horsepower!

I've put DOS on a couple of thumb drives for various
nefarious schemes.  It works.  It's useful.  It brings
back lots of happy memories.  Then I unplug it and
go back to GUI-world.  No more whole-system catalogues.
I'm not even sure of the order of magnitude of system
and program files on my computer.  40,000?  More?
Beats me.  As long as they stay quiet and play together
nice, I don't look at them.

                                Marty
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