Re: Life without Yarn...? (or shell accounts?)

From: Henrik Roseno (hero@isa.dknet.dk)
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 14:38:57 +0000

> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 20:53:43 -0600 (CST)
> Reply-to: ahk@chinet.chinet.com
> From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.chinet.com>
> To: yarn-list@lists.colorado.edu
> Subject: Re: Life without Yarn...? (or shell accounts?)

> >From: Henrik Roseno <hero@isa.dknet.dk>
> >Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 01:13:14 +0000
>
> >2 . A had to buy 16MB ram, SIMM 30 pin modules, costing 100$.
>
> Memory's cheap. Why so much in Denmark?

Ordinary modern memory modules costs 50$ for 16 MB, but 30-pin SIMM
modules aren't used anymore. Actually, if I had bought them new I
would have paid the double!!

> >It's nostalgic to say farewell to Yarn and I even get a little
> >sentimental, but cheer up! There is a life after Yarn!
>
> I'm glad you're pleased with your new setup, and enjoy Windows 3.1. I guess you
> haven't yet experienced your first General Protection Fault. (Windows 3.1 is
> still DOS, you know, but with a prettier interface. Even Windows 95 and NT
> preserved a significant amount of DOS code.)

Yes, I experienced several General Protection Faults before upgrading
from 4 MB to 16 MB, just as web-browsing was 9 times slower, and yes,
I have never liked Windows or any other Microsoft product.

> But, you could have had the best of both worlds. Why not just telnet into your
> shell account during a PPP session? You're not going to read your mail while
> surfing the 'Net, anyway. But you could with DOS in another Window.

I don't get the point here?!

Venlig hilsen (Best regards)
Henrik

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