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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:42:22 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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It is probably a few years before I buy a new computer, but the way it
looks now, I will buy an Apple.

Mrs. Wave has a G something or other latest Mac - I have to say that
it is a nice machine.

I won't buy one if only because I hate GUI and Apple brought it to the
world.
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:42:22 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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It is probably a few years before I buy a new computer, but the way it
looks now, I will buy an Apple.

Mrs. Wave has a G something or other latest Mac - I have to say that
it is a nice machine.

I won't buy one if only because I hate GUI and Apple brought it to the
world.
lol

do they still make a version of DOS you can revert to?

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:16:52 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:42:22 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

It is probably a few years before I buy a new computer, but the way it
looks now, I will buy an Apple.

Mrs. Wave has a G something or other latest Mac - I have to say that
it is a nice machine.

I won't buy one if only because I hate GUI and Apple brought it to the
world.
lol

do they still make a version of DOS you can revert to?

No.
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:16:52 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:42:22 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

It is probably a few years before I buy a new computer, but the way it
looks now, I will buy an Apple.
Mrs. Wave has a G something or other latest Mac - I have to say that
it is a nice machine.

I won't buy one if only because I hate GUI and Apple brought it to the
world.
lol

do they still make a version of DOS you can revert to?

No.



You can run freeDOS under an emulator. Dr. Luddite.


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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:42:35 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


do they still make a version of DOS you can revert to?

No.

Well, you could still you Dr Dos or FreeDos. Or, learn the Linux
shell. ;-)

http://www.drdos.net/

http://www.freedos.org/

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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:42:35 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


do they still make a version of DOS you can revert to?
No.

Well, you could still you Dr Dos or FreeDos. Or, learn the Linux
shell. ;-)

http://www.drdos.net/

http://www.freedos.org/


I did think Dr. Dos was still around, and it does have a nice simple GUI
Tom would like.
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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:42:35 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


do they still make a version of DOS you can revert to?

No.

Well, you could still you Dr Dos or FreeDos. Or, learn the Linux
shell. ;-)

http://www.drdos.net/

http://www.freedos.org/

I thought about Linux - eh...

I'm stuck in the guyi world unfortunately - that doesn't mean I have
to like it.

I blame Apple.

And Canada. :)
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:36:18 -0000, wrote:

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:42:35 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


do they still make a version of DOS you can revert to?
No.
Well, you could still you Dr Dos or FreeDos. Or, learn the Linux
shell. ;-)

http://www.drdos.net/

http://www.freedos.org/

I thought about Linux - eh...

I'm stuck in the guyi world unfortunately - that doesn't mean I have
to like it.

I blame Apple.

And Canada. :)





You can run linux via a GUI. And if you want to blame anyone, blame Xerox.
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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:59:46 -0500, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:36:18 -0000, wrote:

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:42:35 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


do they still make a version of DOS you can revert to?
No.
Well, you could still you Dr Dos or FreeDos. Or, learn the Linux
shell. ;-)

http://www.drdos.net/

http://www.freedos.org/

I thought about Linux - eh...

I'm stuck in the guyi world unfortunately - that doesn't mean I have
to like it.

I blame Apple.

And Canada. :)

You can run linux via a GUI. And if you want to blame anyone, blame Xerox.

I'll blame anybody I want to blame.

I blame Apple.

And Canada.
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