On Jan 18, 7:18*pm, D K wrote:
hk wrote:
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On Jan 18, 8:28 am, HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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I remember Geoworks...at least the name. Not much else.
Geoworks came out around the same time as Windows 3.0 and was a similar
GUI interface.
I think the original Apple computers had the first mouse driven "click"
to navigate type GUI OS and Geoworks was an attempt at a PC version
Last I knew, Geoworks was still around but not doing this type of
program software development.
Eisboch
When I was about to buy my first pc, IBM and Apple had just come out
with competing models...the Apple Macintosh I think it was called.
Anyway, I looked at both, and decided against the Apple because the
company was charging extra for add-on numeric keyboard and the numerics
were part of the standard IBM keyboard.

My first pc came with WordStar. I hated it. Fortunately, a few days
later, I stopped by the computer store to whine, and the sales guy gave
me something called Volkswriter. It was *the* word processor for
computer newbies like me. Great little word processor. Had a
clackety-clack daisywheel printer and a real slow Hayes modem.

Now, as my crepitude approaches, I have pulled my PC desktop out of
service to set it up as a server and for the moment I am using my Apple
Mac as both a Mac and a PC. I need the PC mode because for a couple of
the software packages I use, there are no Mac counterparts. One of these
happens to be the software for my Garmin chart plotter. Most of the
software suites, though, work about the same on Macs and PCs. Some of
the Mac software is a bit more ergonomic than the PC software.

As soon as I get around to it, I'll be setting up an Apple desktop
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You keep talking about your "server". Don't you mean back up computer?
What software are you running on this so called server?

I don't need a "back up computer." I have an HP MediaSmart Server, which
runs MS's Windows Home Server software, does automatic backups, and runs
a distribution system for movies, music, et cetera.

I'm not running any software on my future server. I haven't set it up
yet. I'm in the process of cleaning it up, doing a couple of hardware
upgrades, et cetera. It still has a copy of VISTA on it. Why are you so
interested in this?

Why do you insist on posting about it? *This is at least the third time,
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Back to Circuit City's scam....

So, we went there to see just how good the "liquidation" prices were,
man, we should liquidate everything we have, it would be quite
profitable... We did a printout of the sale prices at Best Buy and
went hunting for a big external drive for backups (server in Harry
speak. All of their prices were 10% off on most items, but the items
were jacked up 30-40% from regular retail!!! A typical Western
Digital 1 terrabyte external at Best buy was $129, at CC it was 10%
off the low, low price of only $179, yikes! We saw the same pattern on
cameras, shavers, etc... What a rip. We did get a couple of music CD's
at 20% off, what seemed to be the going price..
Aerosmith, Heart, Steve Miller, and Foreigner were among the lucky
albums that came home with us