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Vic Smith

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:22:29 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:05:09 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:57:53 -0500, wrote:

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

How did you get it past Y2K issues?

I closed my books on 12/31/99 and opened them on 1/1/00 with a carry
forward balance. (my business was on a Jan 1 to Dec 31 FY anyway) I
am good until 2042 (or whenever it is when everyone's clock stops
working)
I am also using a very functional FAX client that is not Y2K. Again, I
simply archived the 99 and older faxes in a different directory so
they still sorted right and moved forward.
I am one of the people who predicted Y2K was simply a scam to sell
hardware and software. Anyone with a basic understnding of the problem
should be able to deal with it. For most systems it was really a one
minute event.

I was one who predicted in 1980 that Y2K would be a big problem, but I
would be out of that business by then.
It was, and I wasn't.

--Vic