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Re: Canuck57, Learn how to post

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From: Al Smith
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:06
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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


You know, it was only recently that I discovered the "Windows98 
emulation" in XP, when I was having trouble with an older game. 
The emulation mode fixed the problem. I didn't try it when I 
installed CoolEdit. I will try it when I reinstall the program.

-Al-
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