Bob schrieb:
>
> LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!

Well, looking onto some up-to-date systems, this is something you must
explicitely write today, as it is no longer standard to include one.

Grossibaer

--
If Microsoft would invest only 5 minutes to make Windows boot 1/1000
second faster,
we would save 30 working hours worldwide every day.

hyubso schrieb:
>
> ls-120 disk, 128MB, $5.00
>
> alos, the usb flash drive requires drivers to be installed even on
> win98. so the flash drive i have requires that i take the driver
> installation cd with me if i want to use the usb flash drive on another
> pc with win98.

You forgot the drivers for the CD drive so you can actually read your
driver CD
Alas! You'll need a floppy to install the CD driver to install the USB
drivers. Well, I'd stick with a floppy
On a perfect system, you can send the files over the network or
internet. But as msot systems are far from being perfect, a floppy is
still the best way to go and avoid all problems. Except BOB trolling
around

Grossibaer

--
If Microsoft would invest only 5 minutes to make Windows boot 1/1000
second faster,
we would save 30 working hours worldwide every day.

Bob schrieb:
>
> I didn't know Norton still made a DOS AV app.

i didn't know that anyone is still able to write a new DOS virus that is
not covered by the oldest virus scanners.

And who cares about windows virii? They die the very moment they arrive
on a DOS system.

Grossibaer

--
If Microsoft would invest only 5 minutes to make Windows boot 1/1000
second faster,
we would save 30 working hours worldwide every day.

"Jens-Michael Gross" wrote in message
news:40321257.378E559C@grossibaer.de...
> Bob schrieb:
> >
> > LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!
>
> Well, looking onto some up-to-date systems, this is something you must
> explicitely write today, as it is no longer standard to include one.
>
> Grossibaer

About time!

As usual ?????? The original poster MUST use a DOS for an OS with GEOS as
the GUI. The original poster noted that Norton "caught" his email virus so
he needn't worry bout virus. So I'm stating that I didn't know Norton still
made a DOS AV app. And BTW, you're incorrect, (surprise), about virus being
able to get caught by even "the oldest virus scanners." How silly.

"Jens-Michael Gross" wrote in message
news:403213A6.768AC7D8@grossibaer.de...
> Bob schrieb:
> >
> > I didn't know Norton still made a DOS AV app.
>
> i didn't know that anyone is still able to write a new DOS virus that is
> not covered by the oldest virus scanners.
>
> And who cares about windows virii? They die the very moment they arrive
> on a DOS system.
>
> Grossibaer
>
> --
> If Microsoft would invest only 5 minutes to make Windows boot 1/1000
> second faster,
> we would save 30 working hours worldwide every day.

The poverty stricken "Richard Steiner" wrote in message
news:VpaMApHpv22B092yn@visi.com...
> Here in comp.os.geos.misc, "Bob"
> spake unto us, saying:
>
> >Boot from a CD! You DO NOT NEED an "emergency" floppy! YIKES!
>
> Only four of my eight systems here at home allow for bootable CDs, so I
> most certainly *do* need an emergency floppy.

That's so sad. State of the art PC's are under $400 with monitor and often
times a cheap inkjet.

Here in comp.os.geos.misc, "Bob"
spake unto us, saying:

>The poverty stricken "Richard Steiner" wrote in message
>news:VpaMApHpv22B092yn@visi.com...

Hey, being out of work does wonders for one's spending priorities. :-)

>> Only four of my eight systems here at home allow for bootable CDs, so I
>> most certainly *do* need an emergency floppy.
>
>That's so sad. State of the art PC's are under $400 with monitor and
>often times a cheap inkjet.

So? My existing PPro systems do precisely what I want for nothing, and
I don't share your irrational aversion to using floppy diskettes.

Tell me... Do you sell PCs for a living? :-)

--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Eden Prairie, MN
OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
Applications analyst/designer/developer (14 yrs) seeking employment.
See web site above for resume/CV and background.

since when can't geos run in the win98 graphical environment, or on top
of the dos that underlies win98?



Bob wrote:
> As usual ?????? The original poster MUST use a DOS for an OS with GEOS as
> the GUI.

if you already have a 500mhz windows box.. why blow another $400 on
another windwos box, when you can spend the $400 on a nice vacatin ot
hawaii or las vgas or sunny flordia or ????

Bob wrote:
> The poverty stricken "Richard Steiner" wrote in message
> news:VpaMApHpv22B092yn@visi.com...
>
>>Here in comp.os.geos.misc, "Bob"
>>spake unto us, saying:
>>
>>
>>>Boot from a CD! You DO NOT NEED an "emergency" floppy! YIKES!
>>
>>Only four of my eight systems here at home allow for bootable CDs, so I
>>most certainly *do* need an emergency floppy.
>
>
> That's so sad. State of the art PC's are under $400 with monitor and often
> times a cheap inkjet.
>
>

Here in comp.os.geos.misc,
Jens-Michael Gross spake unto us, saying:

>i didn't know that anyone is still able to write a new DOS virus that is
>not covered by the oldest virus scanners.

There may not be many new ones, but it's just as "possible" now as it
was when DOS was in common use.

While some virus scanners use heuristic methods to identify suspicious
code segments, that might not catch all new viruses, and older signature
files will only cover those viruses that were known at the time the sig
file was created (they essentially look for known "fingerprints" or hex
sequences).

The DOS version of F-Prot is still updated and still available to users
for free, so there is no real reason to still use an older DOS scanner.

>And who cares about windows virii? They die the very moment they arrive
>on a DOS system.

If you pass files on to Windows users, *they* might have some concern.

--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Eden Prairie, MN
OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
Applications analyst/designer/developer (14 yrs) seeking employment.
See web site above for resume/CV and background.

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:20:17 GMT, "Bob" wrote:

>The poverty stricken "Richard Steiner" wrote in message
>news:VpaMApHpv22B092yn@visi.com...
>> Here in comp.os.geos.misc, "Bob"
>> spake unto us, saying:
>>
>> >Boot from a CD! You DO NOT NEED an "emergency" floppy! YIKES!
>>
>> Only four of my eight systems here at home allow for bootable CDs, so I
>> most certainly *do* need an emergency floppy.
>
>That's so sad. State of the art PC's are under $400 with monitor and often
>times a cheap inkjet.

Why spend that kind of money? Get my the drop-out, trailing edge pcs
for free, I am just 5 years behind. My philosophy is: If it was good
enough 5 years ago, it's still good enough, I am not in a rush.

BTW, I am just trying to upgrade to Win98 and having a headache with
it. I'm glad at least the other machine is still running fine on DOS.


Holger

Why on Earth would one do that!!!!! DOS & GEOS ONLY!!!!
HOW_DARE_YOU_A_MICROSOFT_PRODUCT!!!!

"hyubso" wrote in message
news:4032EC42.8020603@prodigy.net...
> since when can't geos run in the win98 graphical environment, or on top
> of the dos that underlies win98?
>
>
>
> Bob wrote:
> > As usual ?????? The original poster MUST use a DOS for an OS with GEOS
as
> > the GUI.
>

Nice vacation for $400!!??!! Are you freakin' crazy? Oh wait....

"hyubso" wrote in message
news:4032EC9B.7010608@prodigy.net...
> if you already have a 500mhz windows box.. why blow another $400 on
> another windwos box, when you can spend the $400 on a nice vacatin ot
> hawaii or las vgas or sunny flordia or ????
>
> Bob wrote:
> > The poverty stricken "Richard Steiner" wrote in
message
> > news:VpaMApHpv22B092yn@visi.com...
> >
> >>Here in comp.os.geos.misc, "Bob"
> >>spake unto us, saying:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Boot from a CD! You DO NOT NEED an "emergency" floppy! YIKES!
> >>
> >>Only four of my eight systems here at home allow for bootable CDs, so I
> >>most certainly *do* need an emergency floppy.
> >
> >
> > That's so sad. State of the art PC's are under $400 with monitor and
often
> > times a cheap inkjet.
> >
> >
>

ok, maybe not so nice.. but in 1995 i visited hawaii with 5 other
friends.. stayed 5 days on maui, 2 in honolulu, and i spent a day
driving around the big island by myself sic they weren't interested in
exploring but rather wanted to .. whole trip cost me about ~$500, but i
had to pay 35 bucks extra for the interisland flight to the big island,
and then it cost me $18 for the 10 hour rental car i used to drive all
around the island, visiting the volcanos, etc etc etc..

sure glad i didn't spend that money on a computer!


you can often stay in vegas at a nice strip hotel like the sahara for
~$35 per night Sunday thru thursday..

when i stay with family in florida, i only pay for gas/airfare/busfare
to get there.... but hten i have ot fix their windwos computers.. so my
florida vists have become more work than vacation...




Bob wrote:
> Nice vacation for $400!!??!! Are you freakin' crazy? Oh wait....
>
> "hyubso" wrote in message
> news:4032EC9B.7010608@prodigy.net...
>
>>if you already have a 500mhz windows box.. why blow another $400 on
>>another windwos box, when you can spend the $400 on a nice vacatin ot
>>hawaii or las vgas or sunny flordia or ????
>>
>>Bob wrote:
>>
>>>The poverty stricken "Richard Steiner" wrote in
>>
> message
>
>>>news:VpaMApHpv22B092yn@visi.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Here in comp.os.geos.misc, "Bob"
>>>>spake unto us, saying:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Boot from a CD! You DO NOT NEED an "emergency" floppy! YIKES!
>>>>
>>>>Only four of my eight systems here at home allow for bootable CDs, so I
>>>>most certainly *do* need an emergency floppy.
>>>
>>>
>>>That's so sad. State of the art PC's are under $400 with monitor and
>>
> often
>
>>>times a cheap inkjet.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

"hyubso" wrote in message
news:403568D8.2040802@prodigy.net...
> ok, maybe not so nice.. but in 1995 i visited hawaii with 5 other
> friends.. stayed 5 days on maui, 2 in honolulu, and i spent a day
> driving around the big island by myself sic they weren't interested in
> exploring but rather wanted to .. whole trip cost me about ~$500, but i
> had to pay 35 bucks extra for the interisland flight to the big island,
> and then it cost me $18 for the 10 hour rental car i used to drive all
> around the island, visiting the volcanos, etc etc etc..
>
> sure glad i didn't spend that money on a computer!

Why not do both? $1,000 is only 2 or 3 days work.

my old computer works just fine... that is the trouble with durable
goods.. they last.

Bob wrote:
> "hyubso" wrote in message
> news:403568D8.2040802@prodigy.net...
>
>>ok, maybe not so nice.. but in 1995 i visited hawaii with 5 other
>>friends.. stayed 5 days on maui, 2 in honolulu, and i spent a day
>>driving around the big island by myself sic they weren't interested in
>>exploring but rather wanted to .. whole trip cost me about ~$500, but i
>>had to pay 35 bucks extra for the interisland flight to the big island,
>>and then it cost me $18 for the 10 hour rental car i used to drive all
>>around the island, visiting the volcanos, etc etc etc..
>>
>>sure glad i didn't spend that money on a computer!
>
>
> Why not do both? $1,000 is only 2 or 3 days work.
>
>

depends on what you do with a PC. i'll bet your "old" computer wouldn't be
of any value to me and millions of others. but your right. if u don't do
nothin' with an old PC it is just right.

"hyubso" wrote in message
news:40366DFB.90207@prodigy.net...
> my old computer works just fine... that is the trouble with durable
> goods.. they last.
>
> Bob wrote:
> > "hyubso" wrote in message
> > news:403568D8.2040802@prodigy.net...
> >
> >>ok, maybe not so nice.. but in 1995 i visited hawaii with 5 other
> >>friends.. stayed 5 days on maui, 2 in honolulu, and i spent a day
> >>driving around the big island by myself sic they weren't interested in
> >>exploring but rather wanted to .. whole trip cost me about ~$500, but i
> >>had to pay 35 bucks extra for the interisland flight to the big island,
> >>and then it cost me $18 for the 10 hour rental car i used to drive all
> >>around the island, visiting the volcanos, etc etc etc..
> >>
> >>sure glad i didn't spend that money on a computer!
> >
> >
> > Why not do both? $1,000 is only 2 or 3 days work.
> >
> >
>

old is two years.. all i did was replace the duron 950 chip wiht an
athlon 2ghz, and its fine.. i got the athlon chip at fry's with a
motherboard for about $59.. then i sold the motherboard on ebay so i got
the chip for practically nothing..

and now i add to it whenever something is on giveaway after rebate, like
80gb maxtor hard drives for $29 after rebate, or 256mb ddr sdram for
free after rebate.., etc et cetc.. so i still have money left over for
vacation..




Bob wrote:
> depends on what you do with a PC. i'll bet your "old" computer wouldn't be
> of any value to me and millions of others. but your right. if u don't do
> nothin' with an old PC it is just right.
>
> "hyubso" wrote in message
> news:40366DFB.90207@prodigy.net...
>
>>my old computer works just fine... that is the trouble with durable
>>goods.. they last.
>>
>>Bob wrote:
>>
>>>"hyubso" wrote in message
>>>news:403568D8.2040802@prodigy.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>>ok, maybe not so nice.. but in 1995 i visited hawaii with 5 other
>>>>friends.. stayed 5 days on maui, 2 in honolulu, and i spent a day
>>>>driving around the big island by myself sic they weren't interested in
>>>>exploring but rather wanted to .. whole trip cost me about ~$500, but i
>>>>had to pay 35 bucks extra for the interisland flight to the big island,
>>>>and then it cost me $18 for the 10 hour rental car i used to drive all
>>>>around the island, visiting the volcanos, etc etc etc..
>>>>
>>>>sure glad i didn't spend that money on a computer!
>>>
>>>
>>>Why not do both? $1,000 is only 2 or 3 days work.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

so basically what your saying is state of art hardware is DIRT CHEAP. why do
constantly argue about it? No room for an old 16-bit DOS-based GUI when one
can get hardware such as your for nothing.

"hyubso" wrote in message
news:4037C6D3.3000104@prodigy.net...
> old is two years.. all i did was replace the duron 950 chip wiht an
> athlon 2ghz, and its fine.. i got the athlon chip at fry's with a
> motherboard for about $59.. then i sold the motherboard on ebay so i got
> the chip for practically nothing..
>
> and now i add to it whenever something is on giveaway after rebate, like
> 80gb maxtor hard drives for $29 after rebate, or 256mb ddr sdram for
> free after rebate.., etc et cetc.. so i still have money left over for
> vacation..
>
>
>
>
> Bob wrote:
> > depends on what you do with a PC. i'll bet your "old" computer wouldn't
be
> > of any value to me and millions of others. but your right. if u don't do
> > nothin' with an old PC it is just right.
> >
> > "hyubso" wrote in message
> > news:40366DFB.90207@prodigy.net...
> >
> >>my old computer works just fine... that is the trouble with durable
> >>goods.. they last.
> >>
> >>Bob wrote:
> >>
> >>>"hyubso" wrote in message
> >>>news:403568D8.2040802@prodigy.net...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>ok, maybe not so nice.. but in 1995 i visited hawaii with 5 other
> >>>>friends.. stayed 5 days on maui, 2 in honolulu, and i spent a day
> >>>>driving around the big island by myself sic they weren't interested in
> >>>>exploring but rather wanted to .. whole trip cost me about ~$500, but
i
> >>>>had to pay 35 bucks extra for the interisland flight to the big
island,
> >>>>and then it cost me $18 for the 10 hour rental car i used to drive all
> >>>>around the island, visiting the volcanos, etc etc etc..
> >>>>
> >>>>sure glad i didn't spend that money on a computer!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Why not do both? $1,000 is only 2 or 3 days work.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
>