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Hello Wayne - 

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RJT>> I have a 7.1 cdrom here but skipped right over it to run
8.0. 

WC> This won't be your typical 7.1, it'll be a microrelease
WC> incorporating it's own custom compiled image, that is if
WC> I'm reading things right. 

Yes, you are correct. 

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WC> I even looked at my old Slackware CD and found FTAPE.TGZ
WC> for my Colorado drive QIC tape backup should I run across a
WC> spare tape or two. 

If I can get my Colorado tape drive working and erase my tapes
I have at least four that are 'good' but they have some of my
source code and other personal stuff on them right now. The
tape drive is not installed in any machine right now but it
does/did work when the 80386 ps went belly up. 

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WC> now! _If_ I'm *really* careful with money I may in three
WC> months setup with a hardware 56K USR as they are on sale
WC> for 80 bucks hereabouts but lack voice capability :-(
WC> Actually the 14400 internal is still in the machine and
WC> hooked up to the line but only for the Win 3.1 SuperVoice
WC> answering machine support. 

I've used my USR 14.4k modem for text-only browsing and it's
really not that slow when using DOS and text-only. 

If you're tight on money keep in mind that many people can't
get better than a 40k connect to their ISP which means the
cheaper and less desirable 33.6 modems are very close in
efficiency. No one wants them but the 56k isn't _really_ doing
56k anyhow. 

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WC> I know, I know. You wouldn't believe the crap I had to go
WC> through to get them to swap the line pair I was on so it
WC> would support the *14400* modem!!! There were times I've
WC> certain the voice quality on the line was well below the
WC> first working telephone. 

As I said, the 56k modem may not pay back the price
differential? 

RJT>> Seems to me that it was right around the holidays when
RJT>> they laid off a whole mess of people, too. They said that
RJT>> it was because they couldn't figure out how to deal with
RJT>> competition. Heh... 

WC> Well since they've automated a lot of stuff that real
WC> people used to do and and since your average burger flipper
WC> is smarter than the vast majority of their tech support... 

My generation missed most of that 'burger-flipping' first job
thing. For me it was dirty nasty factories and trying to not
lose any fingers, hand, or arm. :-) 

I think burger flipping is a better option? 

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