Hello my friend,

You were right, and you knew it! I would'nt need the ClassicShell, hi.

Thanks to you, and other friends here, I got to grips with Win10.
Especially the Win key shorthands helped me tremendously to find
my way around, as did the lessons on how to use the lower left icon.

My file manager par pr‚ference still is the ZTree Windows version.

Now, using Win10 is as "easy" as using XP on my Lenovo laptop.
Speaking of Lenovo, I must also tell that the Dell Laptop I got as
a XMAS gift, also has the joy stick in the middle of the keyboard.

I got so used to the joy stick with the ThinkPads, that I prefer to
use it, even though the Dell also has the touch plate, or whatever
that is called.

In the meantime, if I didn't tell you, I also bought a second hand
Dell stationary machine with Windows 7, and upgraded it to Win10.

That in turn resulted in buying a new 23" LCD monitor, because all
monitors i had previously were VGA (SVGA) monitors.

I'm also slowly getting on terms with Thunderbird.

Both machines now have a recovery USB stick. The Dell laptop has been
backed up to two separate free standing backup harddisks, and the Dell
Optiplex 760 has been secured to an image on a loose HD, driven by a
Plexgear USB to SATA/IDE adapter. I didn't have cabinet for that HD, hi.

So far that's the news from here. But I still run OS/2 on this machine.

Any news of our common friend Ed? He hasn't poked Fidonet for a long
time.


73 de Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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05-03-16 21:56 Holger Granholm wrote to Jean Parrot about Classic Shell
Howdy! Holger, Jean and All,

Any news of our common friend Ed? He hasn't poked Fidonet for a long
time.

I am still around, just haven't been active in FIDO echoes.

I've written a few messages in echoes on some other BBS Networks and have
been using the computer for other things.

Thanks for thinking about the big LID.

73

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05-03-16 21:56 Holger Granholm wrote to Jean Parrot about Classic Shell Howdy! Holger, Jean and All,

Any news of our common friend Ed? He hasn't poked Fidonet for a long time.

I am still around, just haven't been active in FIDO echoes.

I've written a few messages in echoes on some other BBS Networks and have been using the computer for other things.

I have been inactive fro a while also then the Mother Board in my win 10 machine died
Not feeling up to building another machine i am now using my Win 7 64Bit HP laptop.
Doing this on the beb because I cannot get my old DOS SLMR working.

Can Anyone still alive here recomment a win 7 offline mail reader??

typo to
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Hi! Tom,

On 06 May 16 18:03, you wrote to ED VANCE:

Can Anyone still alive here recomment a win 7 offline mail reader??

For a number of reasons I think this is the wrong question, Tom. Considering that 'change' in the IT universe is a constant on-ward & up-ward trend, you will always be on the back foot by running older software.

I got around that by going to VirtualBox. I'm currently running a HP super-dooper box with Windows 8.1, with VirtualBox installed. (Actually it's a
piece of junk but it was cheap and it works.) It runs one of either two XP virtual machines at various times, sometimes both for short periods. One XP used to run on my wife's old Ubuntu machine until I made the mistake of switching it off one day (all she ever saw was XP); like you, I didn't want to try to fix it. The other XP used to run on my Ubuntu PC, downstairs in the doghouse/man cave.

Think of VirtualBox machines as USB devices. Just plug them into a new PC with
VirtualBox installed, make a few configuration settings, and, you're back in business with your favourite whoosymahjigger software again. The trick is to know what needs backing up. ;)

Either that, or bite the bullet and start doing Fidonet with an email client over news (NNTP) servers like Jean & Allan, etc.

Cheers,
Paul.

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Hi! Tom,

On 06 May 16 18:03, you wrote to ED VANCE:

Can Anyone still alive here recomment a win 7 offline mail reader??

For a number of reasons I think this is the wrong question, Tom. Considering that 'change' in the IT universe is a constant on-ward & up-ward trend, you will always be on the back foot by running older software.

I got around that by going to VirtualBox. I'm currently running a HP super-dooper box with Windows 8.1, with VirtualBox installed. (Actually

it's a

piece of junk but it was cheap and it works.) It runs one of either two XP virtual machines at various times, sometimes both for short periods. One XP used to run on my wife's old Ubuntu machine until I made the mistake of switching it off one day (all she ever saw was XP); like you, I didn't want

to

try to fix it. The other XP used to run on my Ubuntu PC, downstairs in the doghouse/man cave.

Think of VirtualBox machines as USB devices. Just plug them into a new PC

with

VirtualBox installed, make a few configuration settings, and, you're back in business with your favourite whoosymahjigger software again. The trick is to know what needs backing up. ;)

Either that, or bite the bullet and start doing Fidonet with an email client over news (NNTP) servers like Jean & Allan, etc.

Cheers,
Paul.

Thanks, I will look into that. Although for the number of messages I find
in
my favorite echos just reading online on Doc's HTML entrance may be the way
to go for me.

Typo Tom
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In a message on Saturday 05-05-16 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

GM Ed,

Any news of our common friend Ed? He hasn't poked Fidonet for a long
time.

I am still around, just haven't been active in FIDO echoes.

I'm glad to read that you are still with us. I began to worry.


73 de Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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In a message on Saturday 05-06-16 Tom Walker said to Ed Vance:

GE Tom,

Nice to have you around too.

Can Anyone still alive here recomment a win 7 offline mail reader??

Yes sure, MultiMail for Windows, (MMAILWIN) is a good one. Ed uses it,
and I use it in both OS/2, DOS and have it available for Windows 32 bit.

I'm not in the 64 bit fold, but I think there's also a version for that.

CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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05-06-16 18:03 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Classic Shell
Howdy! Tom,

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05-03-16 21:56 Holger Granholm wrote to Jean Parrot about Classic Shell Howdy! Holger, Jean and All,

Any news of our common friend Ed? He hasn't poked Fidonet for a long time.

I am still around, just haven't been active in FIDO echoes.

I've written a few messages in echoes on some other BBS Networks and have been using the computer for other things.

I have been inactive fro a while also then the Mother Board in my win
10 machine died
Not feeling up to building another machine i am now using my Win 7
64Bit HP laptop.
Doing this on the beb because I cannot get my old DOS SLMR working.

Can Anyone still alive here recomment a win 7 offline mail reader??

SLMR works on Vista.


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Holger Granholm wrote to Tom Walker <=-

I'm not in the 64 bit fold, but I think there's also a version for
that.

There is and I have it available on my board. You can also find it on the
Web.

--Sean

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