In a message on Tuesday 03-21-16 Jean Parrot said to Holger Granholm:

GE Jean,

 JP>>     Why not go to the BIOS and enable write protection ?

JP>        This I find in BIOS, third from the top-left menu, Adavnced
JP> BIOS Features as "CPU Virus warning" or words to that effect and I
JP> have Enabled it.

Yes, I can do that, and also protect the BIOS with a password.

 HG> USB sticks to diskettes, because it has the plug-in diskette drive.

JP> 	Diskette ? What are those ?  :-)

You know , they are small round magnetic disks, housed in 3.5"square
(almost), plastic covers.

They are very useful for transferring OS/2 programs, from one machine to
another. The BBS machine doesn't have USB support, the laptops do, and
OS/2 programs and text files are as compact as they were in the DOS era.

Just test it. Take a text file created in Windows and save it as a *.txt
file. Then compare the size in kb's.

 HG> I'm still fighting Thunderbird. I want it to get the new messages
 HG> immeadetely to my HD, to be read/edited (bulletins), offline.

JP>    I have not used this function at all, I can not even comment on it.

I did find a setting "to save as file". I have set it on, and I'll check
next time if it helps.

 HG> I certainly would want somebody reading this, to alert me how to connect
 HG> to that company, or at least give me a hint of where I could get a more
 HG> up-to-date version.

JP>     I am reading it but no help here, Holger. Ask Alan, he knows it
JP> all.

He reads this, so we'll soon read about it if he has found out something
I do know another ham that knows a lot .... I may soon hear from him.

 HG> I seem to be occupied for at least five years after my death ;o).

JP> 	I would be so lucky but let me wish it on you.

TNX, HI.

Our friend Ed has disappeared behind the horizon.
I hope he's still kicking.


73 de Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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