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Default OT : Save Windows XP

HK wrote:
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:58:14 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

How much of what you use today with respect to computer software or
hardware is backwards compatible to your first computer?
When was the last time you used a 5-1/4" floppy?


I still use dBase that ran on my first 5150. It has functionality you
still don't have with Access



Well, I don't use "rBase" anymore! :)
MS Access is a real pain in the ass, though. As with all MS applicaiton
software, it wants you to do things its way, not your way.


I used RBase 4000, previously MicroRIM from MicroCom,
http://www.corptechusa.com/rbase.asp?n=2&d=5