Holy BLOAT!

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message

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> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:09 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>

> wrote:

>

>>On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>>

>>>Nonny wrote:

>>>

>>>|I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>>>|points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>>>|bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>>|

>>>|Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>>>|compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>>>|

>>>|By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>>>|drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>>>|number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>>>|gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>>>|

>>>|To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>>>|jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>>>

>>>Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

>>

>>I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>>Wednesday.

>

> What a riot, you can't wait to get a new hard drive to bloat it up

> with more restore points no doubt.

>

> Hint to the clueless; you rarely would ever have a need for more than

> the LAST restore point. Keeping dozens of them around cluttering up

> your hard drive is as dumb as saving old calendars thinking you'll

> have a use for them in the future.

>

Hint to the RETARD: You are a complete fool. The more you insult, the

bigger fool you become. Better get some help before you need to get a T1

line so you can handle your typing and your EGO.

May 13, 2008

Oops. Just FYI

Oops. Just FYI

Oops. What Am I Saying? This Is For Help With Vista Issues, Not My Mental

Issues. Just FYI.

Did You Know That I Say Just FYI All The Time? Just FYI. This Is Because

Messages Are Just For Your Information And My Poor Mentally Retarted Brain

Doesn't Know That So I Have To Say Just FYI.

Just FYI

Just FYI.

Did I Say Just FYI? IF Not, Just FYI

"kevpan815" <kevpan815@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> This Is A Vista Group, NOT A XP Group, Just FYI.

>

> "sgopus" wrote:

>

>> So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

>>

>> "Nonny" wrote:

>>

>> > I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>> > points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>> > bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>> >

>> > Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>> > compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>> >

>> > By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>> > drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>> > number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>> > gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>> >

>> > To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>> > jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>> >

May 13, 2008

Oops

Oops

Oops. What Am I Saying? This Is For Help With Vista Issues, Not My Mental

Issues. Just FYI.

Did You Know That I Say Just FYI All The Time? Just FYI. This Is Because

Messages Are Just For Your Information And My Poor Mentally Retarted Brain

Doesn't Know That So I Have To Say Just FYI.

Just FYI

Just FYI.

Did I Say Just FYI? IF Not, Just FYI

"kevpan815" <kevpan815@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> That's Exactly Why I Say That It's Time 4 Microsoft 2 Do A Full Recall Of

> All

> Sold Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And Windows Vista Service Pack

> 1

> As Well, Just FYI. They Should Give Us Allow Us 2 Trade In Our Purchased

> Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And Service Pack 1 4 A Fully

> Licensed

> Copy Of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web Edition, Also Just FYI.

>

> "Nonny" wrote:

>

>> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>

>> Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>> compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>>

>> By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>> drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>> number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>> gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>>

>> To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>> jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>>

May 13, 2008

Oops, Just FYI

Oops, Just FYI

Oops. What Am I Saying? This Is For Help With Vista Issues, Not My Mental

Issues. Just FYI.

Did You Know That I Say Just FYI All The Time? Just FYI. This Is Because

Messages Are Just For Your Information And My Poor Mentally Retarted Brain

Doesn't Know That So I Have To Say Just FYI.

Just FYI

Just FYI.

Did I Say Just FYI? IF Not, Just FYI

"kevpan815" <kevpan815@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Both Of My 2 Computers That Are Running The 60 Day Free Trial Of Microsoft

> Windows Server 2008 Are Only One Year Old, Just FYI. They Are Also Duel

> Booting With Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support With No

> Problems, Also Just FYI. It is Only When I Install Windows Vista SP0

> And/Or

> SP1 That I Have Major Problems With these 2 Computer's, Also Just FYI.

>

> "ceed" wrote:

>

>> kevpan815 wrote:

>>

>> |That's Exactly Why I Say That It's Time 4 Microsoft 2 Do A Full

>> |Recall Of All Sold Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And Windows

>> |Vista Service Pack 1 As Well, Just FYI. They Should Give Us Allow Us

>> |2 Trade In Our Purchased Copies Of Windows Vista Service Pack 0 And

>> |Service Pack 1 4 A Fully Licensed Copy Of Microsoft Windows Server

>> |2008 Web Edition, Also Just FYI.

>> |

>> |"Nonny" wrote:

>> |

>> || I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight

>> ||restore points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I

>> ||installed a bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>> ||

>> || Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>> || compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>> ||

>> || By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>> || drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>> || number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad

>> ||over 16 gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points

>> ||in XP!

>> || To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>> || jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>> ||

>>

>> And this is exactly why I need to leave this ng for a coupla months

>> again. Can't be bothered. :)

>>

>> --

>> //ceed

>>

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

????What wrote:

> Adam Albright wrote:

>

>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:09 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>

>> wrote:

>>

>>> On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>>>

>>>> Nonny wrote:

>>>>

>>>> |I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>>>> |points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>>>> |bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>>> |

>>>> |Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>>>> |compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>>>> |

>>>> |By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>>>> |drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>>>> |number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>>>> |gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>>>> |

>>>> |To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>>>> |jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>>>>

>>>> Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

>>>

>>> I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>>> Wednesday.

>>

>> What a riot, you can't wait to get a new hard drive to bloat it up

>> with more restore points no doubt.

>>

>> Hint to the clueless; you rarely would ever have a need for more than

>> the LAST restore point. Keeping dozens of them around cluttering up

>> your hard drive is as dumb as saving old calendars thinking you'll

>> have a use for them in the future.

>

> How stupid can one person be?

As evidenced by that drunken mr pig...really fukkin stupid...LOL!

Frank

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

"Nonny" <nonnymoose@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>

> Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

> compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>

> By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

> drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

> number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

> gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>

> To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

> jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

Disable System Restore, it's just another pointless resource hog if you're

an experienced user.

It's basically for the non-techies to have as a safety net so support people

can help them better.

FF.

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

kevpan815 <kevpan815@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>This Is A Vista Group, NOT A XP Group, Just FYI.

>

Check the headers, dogbreath:

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

Also, keep your voice down. Capitalizing Everything In A Sentence

is a only short step from shouting.

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

he is comparing xp and vista..

he is correct in posting in both groups especially the xp one... since he is

warning xp users about how stupid vista is,

perhaps he may save some people from switching to crapista vista

"sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

>

> "Nonny" wrote:

>

>> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>

>> Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>> compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>>

>> By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>> drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>> number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>> gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>>

>> To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>> jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>>

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

My first PC had 324 KB RAM.

I put the other 324K in later when the price dropped to $500...and I had to

solder it to the board myself.

The standard 10 MB HDD could be upgraded (for only $450) to a 20 MB.

The salesman told me I would 'never' need a full 20 MB of HDD...after all I

had two 5.25" floppy drives and the board supported the new 'high capacity'

3.5" floppy drive if I wanted to add one later (they were only $250).

I sure miss that zippy 4 Mhz speedster...and those blazing 300 baud

connections...

The funny thing is, that machine still runs! LOL

"Nonny" <nonnymoose@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> On 13 May 2008 03:17:32 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>

>>Nonny wrote:

>>|

>>|I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>>|Wednesday.

>>

>>Remember when I got my new computer with 450 mb drive sometime in the

>>90s. I thought: "I'm never going to be able to find stuff to fill this

>>thing with".

>

> My first hard drive was a hard CARD (ISA)... 30mb and $300! Next step

> was a HUMONGOUS Maxtor 213mb from Egghead! I think I paid $250 for

> that one.

>

> Then came a 1gig drive (OEM) for $300 from a local shop.

>

> The 250gig SATA was $65 from Newegg.

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

> How stupid can one person be?

Go look in a mirror, then you'll know...

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

Not Me wrote:

> My first PC had 324 KB RAM.

> I put the other 324K in later when the price dropped to $500...and I

> had to solder it to the board myself.

> The standard 10 MB HDD could be upgraded (for only $450) to a 20 MB.

> The salesman told me I would 'never' need a full 20 MB of HDD...after

> all I had two 5.25" floppy drives and the board supported the new

> 'high capacity' 3.5" floppy drive if I wanted to add one later (they were

> only $250).

> I sure miss that zippy 4 Mhz speedster...and those blazing 300 baud

> connections...

> The funny thing is, that machine still runs! LOL

I'll bet it never crashed either. And if it did, it didn't need a "restore

point" to get it up again.

--

dadiOH

____________________________

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May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

"sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Never mind, Nonny cross posted in an XP group, just FYI

Sounds like someone should apologize:-)

>

> "kevpan815" wrote:

>

>> This Is A Vista Group, NOT A XP Group, Just FYI.

>>

>> "sgopus" wrote:

>>

>> > So why are you writing this drivel in an XP group?

>> >

>> > "Nonny" wrote:

>> >

>> > > I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>> > > points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed

>> > > a

>> > > bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>> > >

>> > > Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>> > > compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>> > >

>> > > By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>> > > drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>> > > number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over

>> > > 16

>> > > gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>> > >

>> > > To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>> > > jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>> > >

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

I have only spent $10 on gas this entire century (whether it started in 2000

or 2001). I walk or ride my bike. I don't even use public transit. I do have

a drivers license and have been driving since about 1980. I am not including

gas I buy for my lawnmower.

I spend my gas money on coffee.

My first hard drive was only 40 MB. It could only be formatted to 32 MB and

some disk utility had to be used to get the extra space.

My first laptop didn't even have a hard drive, just two floppy drives. 4 MHz

processor (8088 or 8086 processor) 2 bit color, for a total of on, off and 2

shades of green.

"Xandros" <arron.neus*remove*@gmailcom> wrote in message

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> "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote in message

> news:xn0fq3v5mdonn2007ceedsaid@news.individual.net...

>> Nonny wrote:

>>

>> |On 13 May 2008 03:17:32 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>> |

>> ||Nonny wrote:

>> |>|

>> |>|I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>> |>|Wednesday.

>> ||

>> ||Remember when I got my new computer with 450 mb drive sometime in

>> ||the 90s. I thought: "I'm never going to be able to find stuff to

>> ||fill this thing with".

>> |

>> |My first hard drive was a hard CARD (ISA)... 30mb and $300! Next step

>> |was a HUMONGOUS Maxtor 213mb from Egghead! I think I paid $250 for

>> |that one.

>> |

>> |Then came a 1gig drive (OEM) for $300 from a local shop.

>> |

>> |The 250gig SATA was $65 from Newegg.

>>

>> And for $65 a lot of us can't even fill our car with gas... :) So

>> what's the problem with some gigs spent on restore. I for one have had

>> to chose an older restore point for one reason or the other. I do not

>> know if they need to be 2 gig to work, but as long as restore works as

>> well as it does in Vista I can spare the gigs. :)

>>

>> --

>> //ceed

>

> It cost me $75 to fill my Jeep with gas today and it was still on 1/4

> tank. The other day I bought a 500GB hard drive for $59.

>

> --

>

> Xandros

>

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

You have just inspired me to throw out all my old calendars. After I scan

them into my computer.

Oops, I think I will need to get extra hard drive space to store the scans

and the backups of the scans.

"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message

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> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:09 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>

> wrote:

>

>>On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>>

>>>Nonny wrote:

>>>

>>>|I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>>>|points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>>>|bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>>|

>>>|Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>>>|compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>>>|

>>>|By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>>>|drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>>>|number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>>>|gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>>>|

>>>|To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>>>|jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>>>

>>>Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

>>

>>I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>>Wednesday.

>

> What a riot, you can't wait to get a new hard drive to bloat it up

> with more restore points no doubt.

>

> Hint to the clueless; you rarely would ever have a need for more than

> the LAST restore point. Keeping dozens of them around cluttering up

> your hard drive is as dumb as saving old calendars thinking you'll

> have a use for them in the future.

>

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

On Mon, 12 May 2008 23:46:05 -0400, ????What <What?@Wha???t.com>

wrote:

>How stupid can one person be?

Hard to tell, you seem dumber with every post just like the idiot

Frank.

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

"dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> Not Me wrote:

>> My first PC had 324 KB RAM.

>> I put the other 324K in later when the price dropped to $500...and I

>> had to solder it to the board myself.

>> The standard 10 MB HDD could be upgraded (for only $450) to a 20 MB.

>> The salesman told me I would 'never' need a full 20 MB of HDD...after

>> all I had two 5.25" floppy drives and the board supported the new

>> 'high capacity' 3.5" floppy drive if I wanted to add one later (they were

>> only $250).

>> I sure miss that zippy 4 Mhz speedster...and those blazing 300 baud

>> connections...

>> The funny thing is, that machine still runs! LOL

>

> I'll bet it never crashed either. And if it did, it didn't need a

> "restore point" to get it up again.

No, they didn't crash that often. But had the same issues as today, the

mechanics of the hard drive. Today's drives are better in this regard.

Often you had to tap a ST506 10mb HD on it's side to get it to spin, you

then knew you had to replace it soon.

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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> Adam Albright wrote:

>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:09:09 -0500, Nonny <nonnymoose@yahoo.com>

>> wrote:

>>

>>> On 13 May 2008 03:02:39 GMT, "ceed" <ceed.spameater@dysthe.net> wrote:

>>>

>>>> Nonny wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> I was wondering why my new Vista system would only hold eight restore

>>>>> points. I recently used up that space very quickly when I installed a

>>>>> bunch of my old programs that I used in XP.

>>>>>

>>>>> Turns out that my Vista restore points are about TWO GIGS EACH,

>>>>> compared to 200mb each in my old XP system.

>>>>>

>>>>> By default, Vista appears to allocate a maximum size of 15% of the

>>>>> drive's total space for restore points. Or it might be a fixed

>>>>> number, I'm not sure. On my system disk, it's currently a tad over 16

>>>>> gigs. That much space would've stored 80 restore points in XP!

>>>>>

>>>>> To change that space allocation requires some command line hoop

>>>>> jumping, rather than just moving a slider in the GUI.

>>>>

>>>> Good thing storage is cheaper than gas these days....

>>>

>>> I'm waiting on a 250gig SATA drive to arrive! Should be here by

>>> Wednesday.

>>

>> What a riot, you can't wait to get a new hard drive to bloat it up

>> with more restore points no doubt.

>>

>> Hint to the clueless; you rarely would ever have a need for more than

>> the LAST restore point. Keeping dozens of them around cluttering up

>> your hard drive is as dumb as saving old calendars thinking you'll

>> have a use for them in the future.

>

> Or even going to Vista, for that matter.

Excellent point. Also XP be much faster than Vista.

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

Canuck57 wrote:

> "dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message

> news:Oa1qXmOtIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Not Me wrote:

>>> My first PC had 324 KB RAM.

>>> I put the other 324K in later when the price dropped to $500...and I

>>> had to solder it to the board myself.

>>> The standard 10 MB HDD could be upgraded (for only $450) to a 20 MB.

>>> The salesman told me I would 'never' need a full 20 MB of HDD...after

>>> all I had two 5.25" floppy drives and the board supported the new

>>> 'high capacity' 3.5" floppy drive if I wanted to add one later (they were

>>> only $250).

>>> I sure miss that zippy 4 Mhz speedster...and those blazing 300 baud

>>> connections...

>>> The funny thing is, that machine still runs! LOL

>> I'll bet it never crashed either. And if it did, it didn't need a

>> "restore point" to get it up again.

>

> No, they didn't crash that often. But had the same issues as today, the

> mechanics of the hard drive. Today's drives are better in this regard.

> Often you had to tap a ST506 10mb HD on it's side to get it to spin, you

> then knew you had to replace it soon.

>

Did you need to park the drive before powering off?

C:\>PARK

- GorkusPuss

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

Oh you are SOOO wrong!

All computers those days (toaster Macs, Amiga's, Apples, TRS80s, Commodores)

crashed ALL the time.

We expected that of our computers. We were amazed if they stayed up for more

then a couple of days.

/old man mode on////

Darn kids these days..... :) With their Interwebs!!!

/old man mode off//

Kurt Herman

"dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> I'll bet it never crashed either. And if it did, it didn't need a

> "restore point" to get it up again.

>

> --

>

> dadiOH

> ____________________________

>

> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...

> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from

> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.

> Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

>

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

Clear Windows wrote:

-------------------------------

Hey capin' crunch, when are you and that big mouth drunken mr pig

getting married?

I think that is wonderful news don't you?...LOL!

Frank

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

"GorkusPuss" <g_p@msnews.grp> wrote in message

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> Canuck57 wrote:

>> "dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message

>> news:Oa1qXmOtIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> Not Me wrote:

>>>> My first PC had 324 KB RAM.

>>>> I put the other 324K in later when the price dropped to $500...and I

>>>> had to solder it to the board myself.

>>>> The standard 10 MB HDD could be upgraded (for only $450) to a 20 MB.

>>>> The salesman told me I would 'never' need a full 20 MB of HDD...after

>>>> all I had two 5.25" floppy drives and the board supported the new

>>>> 'high capacity' 3.5" floppy drive if I wanted to add one later (they

>>>> were only $250).

>>>> I sure miss that zippy 4 Mhz speedster...and those blazing 300 baud

>>>> connections...

>>>> The funny thing is, that machine still runs! LOL

>>> I'll bet it never crashed either. And if it did, it didn't need a

>>> "restore point" to get it up again.

>>

>> No, they didn't crash that often. But had the same issues as today, the

>> mechanics of the hard drive. Today's drives are better in this regard.

>> Often you had to tap a ST506 10mb HD on it's side to get it to spin, you

>> then knew you had to replace it soon.

> Did you need to park the drive before powering off?

>

> C:\>PARK

>

> - GorkusPuss

Man, that brings back memories.

May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

Not really true. My VIC-20 never crashed. It *always* came on saying

3,583 bytes free.

Kurt Herman wrote:

> Oh you are SOOO wrong!

>

> All computers those days (toaster Macs, Amiga's, Apples, TRS80s,

> Commodores)

> crashed ALL the time.

>

> We expected that of our computers. We were amazed if they stayed up for

> more

> then a couple of days.

>

> /old man mode on////

>

> Darn kids these days..... :) With their Interwebs!!!

>

> /old man mode off//

>

> Kurt Herman

>

> "dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message

> news:Oa1qXmOtIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>

>> I'll bet it never crashed either. And if it did, it didn't need a

>> "restore point" to get it up again.

>>

>> --

>>

>> dadiOH

>> ____________________________

>>

>> dadiOH's dandies v3.06...

>> ...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from

>> LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.

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May 13, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

Kurt Herman wrote:

> Oh you are SOOO wrong!

>

> All computers those days (toaster Macs, Amiga's, Apples, TRS80s,

> Commodores) crashed ALL the time.

Not my TRS-80s. I'd never even *heard* of a computer crash until I got a PC

about 9 years ago. And that one - with Win98B - crashed lots less than it

did with Win98. So much for progress...

--

dadiOH

____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...

....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from

LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.

Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

> "dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message

> news:Oa1qXmOtIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>

>> I'll bet it never crashed either. And if it did, it didn't need a

>> "restore point" to get it up again.

May 14, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

Canuck57 wrote:

> "GorkusPuss" <g_p@msnews.grp> wrote in message

> news:uQuv9hQtIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Canuck57 wrote:

>>> "dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message

>>> news:Oa1qXmOtIHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>>> Not Me wrote:

>>>>> My first PC had 324 KB RAM.

>>>>> I put the other 324K in later when the price dropped to $500...and I

>>>>> had to solder it to the board myself.

>>>>> The standard 10 MB HDD could be upgraded (for only $450) to a 20 MB.

>>>>> The salesman told me I would 'never' need a full 20 MB of HDD...after

>>>>> all I had two 5.25" floppy drives and the board supported the new

>>>>> 'high capacity' 3.5" floppy drive if I wanted to add one later (they

>>>>> were only $250).

>>>>> I sure miss that zippy 4 Mhz speedster...and those blazing 300 baud

>>>>> connections...

>>>>> The funny thing is, that machine still runs! LOL

>>>> I'll bet it never crashed either. And if it did, it didn't need a

>>>> "restore point" to get it up again.

>>> No, they didn't crash that often. But had the same issues as today, the

>>> mechanics of the hard drive. Today's drives are better in this regard.

>>> Often you had to tap a ST506 10mb HD on it's side to get it to spin, you

>>> then knew you had to replace it soon.

>> Did you need to park the drive before powering off?

>>

>> C:\>PARK

>>

>> - GorkusPuss

>

> Man, that brings back memories.

>

Lots of memories at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DOS_commands

I used to have all the Switches that went with the commands

Memorized.. But Now my Memory PILLS are no working so good

May 14, 2008

Re: Holy BLOAT!

"dadiOH" <dadiOH@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> Kurt Herman wrote:

>> Oh you are SOOO wrong!

>>

>> All computers those days (toaster Macs, Amiga's, Apples, TRS80s,

>> Commodores) crashed ALL the time.

>

> Not my TRS-80s. I'd never even *heard* of a computer crash until I got a

> PC about 9 years ago. And that one - with Win98B - crashed lots less than

> it did with Win98. So much for progress...

>

<snip>

Considering you could only run one program at a time, what's to crash?

It would depend on what you were doing and with what program as to crashing.

Still it was fun times waiting 20 minutes for a program to load from a

cassette...

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