{Possible Spam} Re: Windows Rant

[Edwin McGuire]

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From: "A. Jorge Garcia" <calcpage at aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 1:27 PM
Subject: {Possible Spam} Re: Windows Rant


>> Please don't tell me it was for Lotus 1-2-3 or Wordperfect.
>
> Believe it or not, we did do a lot with BASIC, Lotus, WordStar and
> DBase in those days....  Well, before we had PCs, we had GIMIX (like an
> early Linux that ran UNIX apps on a mini computer) and dumb
> terminals....
>
> I remember getting Windows 2.0 on multiple floppy disks (the real
> floppy 5.25" disks with cardboard covers) for free at PC Expo in
> Manhattan in 1989?
>
> Anyone remember PCs before Windows and the Web??
>
> Anyone remember SneakerNet and PCs without hard drives or graphics???
>
> Regards,
> A. Jorge Garcia
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
> http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009
>
> Teacher & Professor
> Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science
> Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College
>

    Yes, I remember running software from a 5 .25 Floppy, then pop in 
another floppy for a game. couldnt run 2 things at once i believe. Ed
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