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On 27 Jan 2006 11:25:12 -0800, wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On 27 Jan 2006 08:45:32 -0800, wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On 27 Jan 2006 05:16:49 -0800, wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
I've been using the "handle" "Eisboch" since my early days on the net back
in 1989 or '90. I had a super modern 286 computer, 13mhz clock speed and a
huge hard drive with 20 mbytes of storage space. It ran on DOS with a
pre-MSWindows software suite called "GeoWorks". GeoWorks actually had a
windows type format and even included a word processing program called
"GeoWrite". I signed onto an internet access through Prodigy and was
heavily involved in some of the midi sequencing groups and "chat" rooms.
You had to have a screen name, so I became "Eisboch" because I happened to
be drinking a Coors Eisboch blend that night.

Anyway, it's time to retire the handle. Mrs.E thinks it's stupid, and I am
getting kind of tired of it anyway.

From now on I shall be known as ......

"Sam Adams"

Just kidding.

RCE

Man...GeoWorks.....THAT brings back memories! It was the first
graphical interface I used. I was anti-windows, because anything
graphical like that slowed my computer down too much. Besides that,
most programs at that time were still DOS based. Oh, I had prodigy,
also! I remember a guy I was going to school with bought a 386 that ran
at 20Mhz. I thought he was the cat's ass with that thing... I was SO
jealous! Oh, and remember, to get any real speed out of them, you had
to add a math coprocesser!!

BTW, bassie, did I tell you I loved NASA's World Wind? Great program.
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'Til next time,

John H
Oh, and I can't wait till someone's birthday comes up.... thanks!

You're welcome! Hell, I sent one to you and to Chuck, but hadn't heard
anything. I figured I'd get a lot of complaints about the caterwauling',
but then I figured y'all didn't get the emails.
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It's hard to reply when you've been humbled by a star!!!!!!

Yeah, right...
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'Til next time,

John H

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