Re: Who still uses floppies these days?

[ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner)]

Bible John wrote:
> "Richard Bonner" <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
> > Bible John wrote:
> Newer computers are overkill for what some use them for. But then again 
> today many are using them for music,video,etc..

***  Sure, but music & video ran on computers in the 1990s. So much of the
power of new computers is sucked up by bloated operating systems and
anti-virus software.


> Richard I know of a network PCMCIA card that is on clearance in a retail 
> store around my area that has DOS and Windows 3.x drivers. You want it?  It 
> costs $29.00 + tax. I can provide you the phone number of the store.  I 
> thought about you and the HP200LX DOS group when I saw the card.

***   Thanks, but my laptop has a network card.


> > (*) A friend of mine has a 486 laptop he bought for $5. $7 got him a
> > witeless card. He runs MS-DOS 6.2 and in areas with good conections,
> > he goes from bootup to "Google" screen in 16 seconds!
> >
> > R.

> Richard would you mind posting screenshots of screen video clips of this?  I 
> want to see this.
>
> John

***   I can't do that here because this is not a binary group. The only
screen shot available would be that of Arachne depicting the opening
Google screen, anyway.

   That aside, when I get the instructions, I will be posting them here. 

         Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/