Joe,

 JM>   Used that one for 30 years.  Had to replace with when it went screwy
 JM> and started spitting out sparks and all.

  That's usually a sign something is wrong. 

 JM>   The last few years its started acting up a bit and have to give it
 JM> extra time once in a while to do whatever.

  It's time to replace it, then.
  
 JM>   The only games I play are solitaire and checkers.

  I haven't played checkers or solitaire in a long time, although I
have doors with those on the BBS.

 JM>   We had a member here, Nancy Backus, she should rest in peace, who was
 JM> a confirmed DOS user up to the end.  I jokingly called her a Luddite.

  I miss her greatly...I'm sorry I never got to meet her.

 JM>   I have used that in the past at some point.

  I did, too...but now use LibreOffice. However, for the square dance
publication I'm the Editor for, I have to use Microsoft 365 (Word) for
it. Microsoft has discovered it's cheaper for them to no longer create
a CD/DVD with the program, nor a shipping container. Instead, just create
a card with a URL and an activation key for the same price. The user then
is directed to a URL to download the file, enter the activation key, then
their credit/debit card info to pay the yearly license fee. Many companies
have gone to that now, and soon, you won't be able to buy CD's/DVD's or
boxed software anymore. Right now, I pay $70 a year to use that...because
the fonts with the publication won't display right with LibreOffice.

 JM>   But to get a dial up number for what was my first one was like
 JM> getting secret government docs.  Had to know someone, be referred, go
 JM> though a "background check".  All but give them my first born.  Being a
 JM> bachelor I had no first born {that I know off ==wink

  Maybe it was your evil twin .

 JM>    Most of the problems I can figure out the problem on my own, but
 JM> there are times I need some professional help.  (Quiet Daryl).

  ROFLMBO!! You're no fun (that's what she said ). 

 JM>   In parking nothing is saved off line which really frustrates me. If
 JM> sometime happens all that is lost or highly corrupted.

  Technology, phooey.

 JM>   I heard too many bad things about it being buggy, so waited for 10.
 JM>   I don't plan to go to 11, from what I have read, waiting for the more
 JM> stable one after that one.  But I am perfectly happy with 10 and no
 JM> plans to change unless I have to.

  So far, Windows 11 has worked pretty well on the laptop. But, the BBS
computer's CPU is too slow for it, plus there's no 32-bit version of
Windows 11. At least Windows 10 will still be supported through early
October, 2025.

Daryl

... Deja Cuckoo: A feeling you've been this crazy before.
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