"jim.isbell" wrote in message
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On Mar 1, 12:50 pm, "Bill Kearney" wrote:
Explain to me the difference between a "Blog" and a Website.

Nothing and everything. A website may be a collection of web pages about
anything. Database, catalog, directory, index, or whatever. A weblog is
usually a list of items tracked by a person over the course of time,
posted
onto a web server and thus seen as a website. A blog exists only as
(part
of) a website, but a website may have many pages and none of them a
weblog.

That doesnt make any sense at all.

To you, perhaps.

I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.

Gee, then you're a newbie. Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)

People make up new terms to replace old ones just to be
doing something because they lack a life outside of making up words.
Like "issues" to replace "problems." Its just a euphemism to make
problems seem like something else.

Sort of like pointless rants on usenet?

On Mar 2, 9:38 am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:

I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.

Gee, then you're a newbie. Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)

Not so. Most were Black and White CRT. If you had lots of money
maybe you had green or amber. I had amber.... Plasma was a rarity.
Though I still have an old Toshiba with Plasma (good for night vision
on my boat).

People make up new terms to replace old ones just to be
doing something because they lack a life outside of making up words.
Like "issues" to replace "problems." Its just a euphemism to make
problems seem like something else.

Sort of like pointless rants on usenet?

Sort of like a pointless response, right????

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:17:55 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote:

On Mar 2, 9:38 am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:

I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.

Gee, then you're a newbie. Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)

Not so. Most were Black and White CRT. If you had lots of money
maybe you had green or amber. I had amber..

I went with the first IBM PC, the 8088, 64k mem, single floppy deal.
Tricked it all out a bit later, so it was a hot rod. Heh.
Think I paid 2700 bucks for the barebones.
The IBM monitor was the green.
Clones were coming with amber monitors, and to my eyes they were
"tacky." Never told anybody that until now.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:17:55 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote:

On Mar 2, 9:38 am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:

I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.
Gee, then you're a newbie. Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)
Not so. Most were Black and White CRT. If you had lots of money
maybe you had green or amber. I had amber..

I went with the first IBM PC, the 8088, 64k mem, single floppy deal.
Tricked it all out a bit later, so it was a hot rod. Heh.
Think I paid 2700 bucks for the barebones.
The IBM monitor was the green.
Clones were coming with amber monitors, and to my eyes they were
"tacky." Never told anybody that until now.

--Vic


You got screwed, too, eh? Did you add a second floppy drive at the cost
of, what was it, about $350? I sold that machine off and got an Eagle
8086 based "rocket" with a graphics card and an amber monitor that would
do graphics.

On Mar 3, 3:13*pm, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:17:55 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote:

On Mar 2, 9:38 am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:

I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.
Gee, then you're a newbie. *Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)
Not so. *Most were Black and White CRT. *If you had lots of money
maybe you had green or amber. *I had amber..

I went with the first IBM PC, the 8088, 64k mem, single floppy deal.
Tricked it all out a bit later, so it was a hot rod. *Heh.
Think I paid 2700 bucks for the barebones.
The IBM monitor was the green.
Clones were coming with amber monitors, and to my eyes they were
"tacky." *Never told anybody that until now.

--Vic

You got screwed, too, eh? Did you add a second floppy drive at the cost
of, what was it, about $350? I sold that machine off and got an Eagle
8086 based "rocket" with a graphics card and an amber monitor that would
do graphics.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I remember my computer geek (back then Clayton Walnum wrote manuals
for Que and other companies) he was by no means an amateur. I think
the quote he gave me was something like "who the heck is going to fill
up 20 mb anyway"

wrote:
On Mar 3, 3:13 pm, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:17:55 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote:
On Mar 2, 9:38 am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:
I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.
Gee, then you're a newbie. Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)
Not so. Most were Black and White CRT. If you had lots of money
maybe you had green or amber. I had amber..
I went with the first IBM PC, the 8088, 64k mem, single floppy deal.
Tricked it all out a bit later, so it was a hot rod. Heh.
Think I paid 2700 bucks for the barebones.
The IBM monitor was the green.
Clones were coming with amber monitors, and to my eyes they were
"tacky." Never told anybody that until now.
--Vic
You got screwed, too, eh? Did you add a second floppy drive at the cost
of, what was it, about $350? I sold that machine off and got an Eagle
8086 based "rocket" with a graphics card and an amber monitor that would
do graphics.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I remember my computer geek (back then Clayton Walnum wrote manuals
for Que and other companies) he was by no means an amateur. I think
the quote he gave me was something like "who the heck is going to fill
up 20 mb anyway"


I lucked out with some computer mag writing contracts after getting the
Eagle, and always had "demos" around. One of my favorites was an S-100
bus machine that drove me batty, especially since Jerry Pournelle over
at BYTE magazine had all kinds of guys stopping by to fix his up. I
finally got it running right. It was a well-built tank.

On Mar 3, 3:26*pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 3, 3:13 pm, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:17:55 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote:
On Mar 2, 9:38 am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:
I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.
Gee, then you're a newbie. *Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)
Not so. *Most were Black and White CRT. *If you had lots of money
maybe you had green or amber. *I had amber..
I went with the first IBM PC, the 8088, 64k mem, single floppy deal.
Tricked it all out a bit later, so it was a hot rod. *Heh.
Think I paid 2700 bucks for the barebones.
The IBM monitor was the green.
Clones were coming with amber monitors, and to my eyes they were
"tacky." *Never told anybody that until now.
--Vic
You got screwed, too, eh? Did you add a second floppy drive at the cost
of, what was it, about $350? I sold that machine off and got an Eagle
8086 based "rocket" with a graphics card and an amber monitor that would
do graphics.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I remember my computer geek (back then Clayton Walnum wrote manuals
for Que and other companies) he was by no means an amateur. I think
the quote he gave me was something like "who the heck is going to fill
up 20 mb anyway"

I lucked out with some computer mag writing contracts after getting the
Eagle, and always had "demos" around. One of my favorites was an S-100
bus machine that drove me batty, especially since Jerry Pournelle over
at BYTE magazine had all kinds of guys stopping by to fix his up. I
finally got it running right. It was a well-built tank.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry, because of the many, many lies you've told here, no one is
going to believe that tale.

On Mar 3, 3:18*pm, wrote:
On Mar 3, 3:13*pm, HK wrote:





Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:17:55 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote:

On Mar 2, 9:38 am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:

I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.
Gee, then you're a newbie. *Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)
Not so. *Most were Black and White CRT. *If you had lots of money
maybe you had green or amber. *I had amber..

I went with the first IBM PC, the 8088, 64k mem, single floppy deal.
Tricked it all out a bit later, so it was a hot rod. *Heh.
Think I paid 2700 bucks for the barebones.
The IBM monitor was the green.
Clones were coming with amber monitors, and to my eyes they were
"tacky." *Never told anybody that until now.

--Vic

You got screwed, too, eh? Did you add a second floppy drive at the cost
of, what was it, about $350? I sold that machine off and got an Eagle
8086 based "rocket" with a graphics card and an amber monitor that would
do graphics.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I remember my computer geek (back then Clayton Walnum wrote manuals
for Que and other companies) he was by no means an amateur. I think
the quote he gave me was something like "who the heck is going to fill
up 20 mb anyway"- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, I did Autocad v1.3 on a 286 12Mhz with a 10 meg HD and I was hot
****, no one I knew in my field had THAT!

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:13:20 -0500, HK wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:17:55 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote:

On Mar 2, 9:38 am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:

I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.
Gee, then you're a newbie. Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)
Not so. Most were Black and White CRT. If you had lots of money
maybe you had green or amber. I had amber..

I went with the first IBM PC, the 8088, 64k mem, single floppy deal.
Tricked it all out a bit later, so it was a hot rod. Heh.
Think I paid 2700 bucks for the barebones.
The IBM monitor was the green.
Clones were coming with amber monitors, and to my eyes they were
"tacky." Never told anybody that until now.

--Vic


You got screwed, too, eh? Did you add a second floppy drive at the cost
of, what was it, about $350? I sold that machine off and got an Eagle
8086 based "rocket" with a graphics card and an amber monitor that would
do graphics.

I never looked at it as "screwed." That was the going price, they
weren't discounted, and I was an IT guy. But it didn't exactly help
my budget, for sure. Never went with another floppy, but a 20meg HD
and a loaded AST 6-pack soon set me back another 1200 bucks or so.
My view then ('83?) was to stay entirely IBM compatible, and it
worked. Wouldn't even think of using MS-Dos, had to be PC-Dos.
Stuck with pure IBM through the 486 chip, then started building my
own.

--Vic

On Mar 3, 4:16*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:13:20 -0500, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:17:55 -0800 (PST), "jim.isbell"
wrote:

On Mar 2, 9:38 am, "Bill Kearney" wrote:

I have been on the internet since the days when it was black and
white, text only.
Gee, then you're a newbie. *Most early screens weren't black and white
(plasma, amber, green, etc)
Not so. *Most were Black and White CRT. *If you had lots of money
maybe you had green or amber. *I had amber..

I went with the first IBM PC, the 8088, 64k mem, single floppy deal.
Tricked it all out a bit later, so it was a hot rod. *Heh.
Think I paid 2700 bucks for the barebones.
The IBM monitor was the green.
Clones were coming with amber monitors, and to my eyes they were
"tacky." *Never told anybody that until now.

--Vic

You got screwed, too, eh? Did you add a second floppy drive at the cost
of, what was it, about $350? I sold that machine off and got an Eagle
8086 based "rocket" with a graphics card and an amber monitor that would
do graphics.

I never looked at it as "screwed."

Ah, consider the source, Vic. Harry is just not happy with being
himself, he needs to be as nasty as possible that way people may think
he's actually got some talent other than telling lies constantly.