Paul, at 13:30 on May 13 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

PE> I'll see if I can do that, I don't know how much work is involved,

BG> Can't be too hard, as there are already numerous DOS TSRs which 
BG> overlay a portion of the screen with current date and time in 
BG> text apps like Msged.

PE> Ok, so it's not hard, so how about you doing it and sending me
PE> the code patches.  And don't come back with any lame excuse about
PE> not knowing C, you can learn that easy enough too. 

A lame excuse, I know, I don't even understand C, let alone write it (would
BASIC do, and you can port it?).  However, I hear from Bob Lawrence that it
is very easy to learn.  ROFL!

PE> You could even get Bob to do it, remembering to stress that it isn't hard. 

If you're talking about his dick, you'd probably be right.

PE> I'm after code, not some lame excuse, BTW.

Will you settle for both?

10 REM This code is dedicated to the Public Domain.
20 PRINT "This is a lame excuse"
30 GOTO 20

PE> but it pisses me off having to change screens to go and find the 
PE> date and time.

BG> Careful, you'll have Rod telling you that you should be running windowed, 
BG> and that you're not using your MTing OS the proper way!  |-)

PE> He could well be right.  I don't have that technology.

Would you like me to write a BASIC program which will teach you how to use
OS/2 properly then?  Change line 20 above to read "press Alt-Esc
sometimes".  Shit, this is easy!  My next project will be a 32-bit
protected mode GUI OS, which uses a 64Kb footprint, and runs on a 16-bit
8086...

Regards, Bill
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