Re: II Funny

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)]

On 12 Dec 1996 21:06:00 GMT, pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:

>Ten ways to tell if a II user has turned PC :)
>
>
>1) Refers to BRAM as CMOS RAM

When ya don't change the battery for a long time, it corrodes, making
it look like moss, hence the name.  "See, moss!"

>2) Says BIOS instead of ROM
>4) Rattles on about COM ports when meaning printer and modem ports

No way.  MY printer port is LPT1.

#3 is skipped, like in my DMA list ;D

>5) Talks about DMA like its something you need to set

EVERYTHING needs to be set!  I am a hopeless tinkerer, and am
constantly fixing/breaking things that are {already} fixed/broken.

>6) Tries to get you to believe that there are 3 kinds of RAM in a
>        computer.

Nope:
Conventional
Expanded
Extended
Virtual
Upper
High
Flash
Shadow
Static
EDO (Extended Data Out?)
Read-Only
Random-Access
Dynamic Flat-Pak
Reserved
Sample

These are the kinds in mine.  (Some memory goes in several categories)

In others, you may have:
Fast-Page
Static Dynamic
Video
EDO Dynamic(?)

>7) Suddenly can't get rid of all the files of a program after it
>        is installed.

This way, you know an installation really "took", and won't fall out.
Much.

>8) Memory use has suddenly tripled when productivity has gone down

I resent that!  With 16MB, I can play so many games of Solitare at
once, I can't even remember what it was I was forgetting in my
startegies in all of 'em.

>9) Thinks the file delimiter is "\" rather than "/"
>10) Changes all filenames to acronyms

IDONOTDO.THT!

:D
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