11-30-15 09:28 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Addiction
Howdy! Holger, GM

 HG> {at}MSGID: 
 HG> In a message on Monday 11-28-15 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

 HG> Hi Ed,

 EV> A couple of weeks ago I was talking about my Spelling and Grammer.

 EV> I finally remembered to look to see if Apache Open Office had a
 EV> Grammar Checker and found a extension add on I could download it to
 EV> their Writer.

 HG> Fine, tell me if it slows down the text entry noticeably.

I looked at the Grammar extension for Adobe Open Office and learned it
needs a JAVA JRE to use it.

I've removed JAVA and Adobe Flash from this XP box, so I didn't get the
Grammar option for AOO.

I took a look at Microsoft Works Word Processor and saw it also has a
Grammar Checker in it.
And I've used that program a few times when I wanted to get Extra Fancy
with what I write, aka if I need Columns in what I written.

Otherwise if I just need to change Fonts or Font Size or Color, Wordpad
works for me for what I do here.

 HG> Also, I would be interested in how it handles the following spelling
 HG> errors:

I just found out that the Works Word Processor can check Grammar, so checking
out what You've wrote below is on my ROUNDTUIT LIST.  .... ..

 HG>         wrong           correct
 HG>       - - - - -        - - - - -
 HG>        simular          similar
 HG>       powerfull         powerful
 HG>       seperate          separate
 HG>     independants      independents
 HG>      transiver         transceiver
 HG>       resiver           receiver

 HG> Those are just a few of the ones I have memorized.

 HG> And how about todays sample:

 HG> All 556 lines of the file hadn't changed a BIT, ........

 HG> Should have been:

 HG> None of the 556 lines of the file had changed a BIT, ........

I do the best I can with what I got.

 HG> Irrespective of the grammar error, it's a miracle that the file was
 HG> still readable. The only reason for that may be that you read it on
 HG> a 360 kb floppy drive, not a combo 360kb/1.2Mb drive.

The Floppy Disks for the Commodore 1541 Drive are formatted for 682 Blocks.
664 Blocks for Data and 18 Blocks for the Directory if I remember correctly.
The Blocks/Sectors are 256 Bytes which means to me the Disk holds 180 KB on
one side.

But You knew that already didn't You???? ??

Did You ever have anyone bring any Commodore gear in to Your Shop to be
repaired?

73


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