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Re: Canuck57, Learn how to post

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From: Richard Bonner
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:30
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Al Smith (invalid@address.com) wrote:
: > Al Smith (invalid@address.com) wrote:
: > 
: > : > Often the posting police use TIN, straight out of the computer Dark Age.
: > 
: > : Sounds like someone I know.
: > 
: > : -Al-
: > 
: > ***   Do you mean me, Al?  (-:
: > 
: >    Notice the "dark ages" comment; it's amazing how brainwashed people are
: > even in the face of a host of advantages given, and how they don't
: > consider the software they are using as having been developed decades
: > ago, as well.
: > 
: > Richard

: If software works, I say keep using it. I'm not a software snob. I 
: hate losing a piece of software because of a Windows upgrade. 

***   I agree. I have software as old as 1987 that works wonderfully and
is completely usable in the 21st century. Too many have been brainwashed
into: "if it's a year old, it's obsolete - time to buy a new version."


: For 
: example, when I switched from Windows98 SE to Windows XP, my 
: CoolEdit96 no longer worked. I was very distressed. That was a 
: great audio editor. I'm trying to use Audacity now, and I find it 
: much harder to use.

: -Al-

***   Is your CoolEdit the DOS or Windows version? If its the former, XP
should be able to run it in a DOS window. if not, try a DOS emulator
such as DOS Box.

   DOS emulator links can be found in my "DOS Websites" Directory
at:
	http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/Websites.html

Richard
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From: ak621@chebucto.ns.ca (Richard Bonner)
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Subject: Re: Canuck57, Learn how to post
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