[OT]Re: Windows XP Sucks!

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 10:54 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Steve Lindemann wrote:
> > <way off topic>
> > Wild!  I still run WordStar7 under XP so I can access old files from my
> > Kaypro days.  Haven't cared much for the old WS diamond since the
> > control key moved into the damn corner of the keyboard.  For years I
> > swapped the capslock and control key (in both DOS and windoze) but
> > finally gave up (too many different machines that I couldn't control)
> > and just got used to it.
> > 
> > The control key belongs next to the A but I've been out-voted by /them/
> > 8^)   If it was good enough for teletypes and Sun it should be good
> > enough for everyone (Big Smile) ...and these days I have trouble with
> > Sun keyboards because they kept the control key where it belongs.  oh
> > well... on the old Kaypro I wired a foot switch in parallel with the
> > control key so it was alot more convenient.
> > 
> > ...have I gotten *sufficiently* off topic?  I'm sorry, I couldn't
> > resist, I'm one of those old farts that actually got to empty the bit
> > bucket (remember card and paper tape punches?).  Sometimes the old ways
> > are still valid otherwise we wouldn't be so hard over about an OS that
> > mimics UNIX.  I like the xscreensaver and the ability to manipulate
> > images, but I still use a command line for doing anything that matters.
> > </way off topic>
> > 
> > And now back to our regularly scheduled Fedora User List!
> > 
> <more off topic>
> All this talk about Word Star tempts me to dig out my CP/M machine
> out of storage, and connect it to a serial port on my Linux machine.
> I have Word Star installed on the hard drive. (Along with a bunch of
> other stuff.) I could transfer it over the the Linux box and play
> with the CP/M emulator. (Yes, I do have a 20M MFM hard drive
> connected to a Z-80 based CP/M system.)
> </more off topic>
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leave it all in the closet...

yum install joe

for those who miss ^K^W

Craig