At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
"untested". $9.99 plus tax.
It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
for an earlier version of WP?
And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the >install disks.
And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
computer office.)
I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
"untested". $9.99 plus tax.
It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
for an earlier version of WP?
And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the install disks.
And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
computer office.)
I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
tschus
pyotr
and like the old man "Confessing? I'm telling everybody!"
It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case. Windows 95.
pyotr filipivich wrote:[]
At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
"untested". $9.99 plus tax.
It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
Windows 95.
[]And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
computer office.)
And the machine doesn't have Spectre or Meltdown either.
You'll probably have to write your own malware for it.
Paul
pyotr filipivich wrote:
At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
"untested". $9.99 plus tax.
It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
for an earlier version of WP?
And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the
install disks.
And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
computer office.)
I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
tschus
pyotr
and like the old man "Confessing? I'm telling everybody!"
And the machine doesn't have Spectre or Meltdown either.
You'll probably have to write your own malware for it.
But first, I'll have to see about getting "correct" USB drivers.
Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> on Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:46:15 -0500 typed
in alt.windows7.general the following:
pyotr filipivich wrote:
At a nearby thrift store, there has been a laptop for sale:
"untested". $9.99 plus tax.
It works, has all the stuff for it, still in original case.
Windows 95. So the question came to me ?Do I have the install disks
for an earlier version of WP?
And this is the portent. I was able to find the storage drawers
with all the 3.5 floppies in it, near the top of the pile. And
unsealing the drawers, in the first (of six possible) drawer, were the
install disks.
And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
computer office.)
I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
tschus
pyotr
and like the old man "Confessing? I'm telling everybody!"
And the machine doesn't have Spectre or Meltdown either.
You'll probably have to write your own malware for it.
But first, I'll have to see about getting "correct" USB drivers.
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:33:32 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote:
But first, I'll have to see about getting "correct" USB drivers.
No problem.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9lppu5k3otvouin/Usbsupp.exe?dl=1
However, the main problem I have is that two of the install disks have developed "bit rot". Bad sectors and the file can't be read. Oh
well, after 25 years, I can't complain too loudly.
pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:
[...]
However, the main problem I have is that two of the install disks
have developed "bit rot". Bad sectors and the file can't be read. Oh
well, after 25 years, I can't complain too loudly.
If you have PC Tools or Norton Utilities (I forget), you could try to
'revive' the bad sectors. That used to work quite well in The Old Days
(TM). Perhaps it still works after 25 years.
IIRC, PC Tools or Norton Utilities could make a disk copy of the good
parts of a bad disk. If so, you could make a backup disk before you
start fiddling with the original one.
FWIW, I also still have several hundred diskettes and floppies,
patiently sitting in a box, waiting for a time which will probably never >come! :-) c.q. :-(
Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> on 29 Feb 2020 13:05:43 GMT[]
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
FWIW, I also still have several hundred diskettes and floppies,
patiently sitting in a box, waiting for a time which will probably never >>come! :-) c.q. :-(
"That too is on 'Plans and Programs'."
pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:
[...]
However, the main problem I have is that two of the install disks have developed "bit rot". Bad sectors and the file can't be read. Oh well, after 25 years, I can't complain too loudly.
If you have PC Tools or Norton Utilities (I forget), you could try to 'revive' the bad sectors. That used to work quite well in The Old Days
(TM). Perhaps it still works after 25 years.
IIRC, PC Tools or Norton Utilities could make a disk copy of the good
parts of a bad disk. If so, you could make a backup disk before you
start fiddling with the original one.
FWIW, I also still have several hundred diskettes and floppies,
patiently sitting in a box, waiting for a time which will probably never come! :-) c.q. :-(
On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 08:44:26, pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> >wrote:
Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> on 29 Feb 2020 13:05:43 GMT[]
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
FWIW, I also still have several hundred diskettes and floppies, >>>patiently sitting in a box, waiting for a time which will probably never >>>come! :-) c.q. :-(
"That too is on 'Plans and Programs'."
Turn some of those discs into tuits.
And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the
computer office.)
I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:33:41 -0800, pyotr filipivich
<phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:
And they still work, so I now have an antique laptop for general
note taking in the Study (which is generally "off-line" and not the >>computer office.)
I do not know if this is a good thing or not.
But idf you want to transfer your notes to somewhere else?
Does it have a USB port, or any other way of communicating with other >computers?
Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> on Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:27:50 -0600 typed
in alt.comp.os.windows-xp the following:
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:33:32 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote:
But first, I'll have to see about getting "correct" USB drivers.
No problem.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9lppu5k3otvouin/Usbsupp.exe?dl=1
Thanks. The problem is that the desktop box doesn't have a floppy drive, and until I can get the USB drives loaded, I can't use the
flash drives to transfer files.
Catch-22.
On 2/28/2020 10:05 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> on Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:27:50 -0600 typed
in alt.comp.os.windows-xp the following:
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:33:32 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote:
But first, I'll have to see about getting "correct" USB drivers.
No problem.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9lppu5k3otvouin/Usbsupp.exe?dl=1
Thanks. The problem is that the desktop box doesn't have a floppy
drive, and until I can get the USB drives loaded, I can't use the
flash drives to transfer files.
Catch-22.
I was lucky enough to score a couple of USB floppy drives at thrift
shops years ago, so I never have that problem.
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