Greetings and Salutations,

     -=> Jack Stein wrote to John Angelico <=-

 JS> That wouldn't be a bad idea.  I think she should start off installing
 JS> things the way most in here advised.  Once she gets everything running,
 JS> she should grab a copy of:

 JS>  CFGINFO7.ZIP   OS/2 Config.sys Optimizer! Sysop Recommended! (188K)

And what if my board doen't have it?

 JS> I'd guess she would come up with enough questions for the users in here
 JS> to keep her and us busy for a good while.

Oh I will.

 JS> old BIOS, then she's out of luck for now, but she can get 486 mother
 JS> boards for next to nothing today.  A guy around here was selling 486's
 JS> for $60 with 16 megs ram and VGA monitors.  Thats not much for a

This must be in US dollars.  And one must have it.  Good used monitors
here start at @ $125.

 JS> complete system.  Not much reason to be running a 386 with a 1990 BIOS,
 JS> thats for sure.  Thats like 2 cartons of smokes...

1989 bios.  And lack of $ is a good reason.  Years of solid computing
ain't nothing to be sneezed at.  Unfortunately technology has left it
behind.

Anon,

Linda

... Was Dracula batty?
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