> George,
>> I went 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 98SE, that horribly slow Windows, Vista(Ugh,
>> don't ask!), XP, 8.1, 10, & recently 11, even though I turned off
>> updates!
> Was a Windows Vista a lousy hotspot to visit??

hotspot? Yeah, it was hell using that POS! 

>> In between, I tried Windows 2.0 on DOS 3, just to try it, & ran
>> Netscape  0.9beta  on it, on a 300 baud "high speed sysop's external
>> modem"! (for real!)
> Yeah, I started with Netscape, then Internut Exploder. I've also used
> Opera (I was using it when it was still shareware), Firefox, and Edge. I'm
> back to Opera now.

I useds Netscape 0.9 after Netscape had been fully supplanted by Firefox. &  Win2.0 when everyone else was long donw with 98. . .
& 300 baud when the standard was 28.8 with maybe 15-20% on 56.6. . .

My main modem was a 12,000 Turbo (the sysops had to edit their connect code to  recognize mine, or I was stuck on the board at 1200, including downloading my  QWKs (sizeable, normally)

>> Went onto AltaVista search engine & a couple BBSes just so they could
>> screencap "that idiot user who called in at 300," & brag about it in
>> sysop echoes!
> I remember when one got a 2400 or 9600 or 14.4 modem, you thought you
> were really smokin'. 

I was nmever cutting ede technololgy -- was oping to turm my long lost original PC into a BBS called "Trailing Edge Technology" with the 300baud modem & write  my own BBS OS for just messaging, using IBM ROMBASIC, all on an original 160Kb  floppy (IBM standard was 160K SSSD)

I could create one on a 5.25" using DOS  6.11 on my 486 & the FORMAT" command's parameters designed to be backwards compatible with all "PC" standards.

I get a kick out of these new ghames that require 5 CDs to be loaded at the  same time, marked as "PC compatible"

I say, "Unless you've tested it AND PLAYED it on an ACTUAL PC (8086), stop  lying."

>> Ouch. . same. . . my spine is crushing hard one one of my discs.
> The bones in my neck are pressing on the nerves, and I can hear the
> bones grinding when I turn my head.

Owwww. . .have you tried Gabapentin?

They have, I've seen on tv, a neck pillow (similar to airplane ones) that can  be frozen or microwaved hot. . . have two, one hot, one cold, & you can  alternate the two as needed, when you want to be at the computer longer?

>> My doctor told me to watch my weight, sol I've put it all up front here
>> so it's easier.
> You've got to have a shed for your tool. 
>> Or, "When you've got a plow this good, you build a roof over it to
>> protect it from the elements" *LOL*
> See above comment. 

Great minds think alike (feedback from the peanut gallery, "Or small ones  seldom differ.")

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