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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:48:49 MST
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- From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Short Note (brag/?)
- Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>,
- Gail Lester <gaill@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com>
- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon,
- 28 Dec 1992 09:07:01 EST from
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- On Mon, 28 Dec 1992 09:07:01 EST Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078 said:
- >Don, here at work, having read no mail at all, as got ID suspended trying to
- >get too fancy too quick with new stuff at home. Santa was good to me. As
-
- you naughty boy, you.....
-
- >neighbor said I went from Model T to spaceship. At home now, Gateway 2000
- >486DX33V, already 64M of software on 255M drive, both size floppy drives,
- >8 MG ram, 1 MG ATI Ultra Pro 32-bit local bus driver running 15 inch, SVGA
- >non-interlaced .28 monitor, input via mouse or 124 key keyboard, 14.4
- >32 bis modem, 9600 fax, HP colorjet printer, reams of manuals. Thoroughly
-
- sounds almost identical to mine, though i only have 210 mb disk, but have
- 66mhz 486.....rest sounds essentially the same....though i have laserjet IIIp
- instead of the colorjet....we did get my daughter a deskjet to go with
- her 386/20 that she inherited from us....well, actually her mother paid for
- it and gail bought it with her HP employee price, which these days is only
- about 80 bucks lower than cheapest price at OfficeWarehouse and such.
-
- >lost having never used Windows (3.1) and not familiar with mice and DOS 5.0.
- >But rather impressed with the potential of all....but no multi-media, CD ROM
- >......yet. Hope all is well with everyone and you all survive the holidays
-
- i'm used to dos 5.0, but the windows is interesting....and challenging....
- i've barely gotten my feet wet, and not sure if i really wanna convert my
- dos software....instead of just running it as dos stuff within windows....
- maybe at next upgrade time, i suppose....
-
- >with no bad effects (realize I have not yet read mail, so hoping no bad
- >news anywhere). Bye....really got to get to work.
-
- all is going well here....and eye continues to imjprove....slowly...
- which continues to be frustrating to one who wants instant gratification....
- o-)
-
- best
-
- dan
-