Bit of a historical question: MS-DOS

[Gene E. Bloch]

Uh huh. I sure don't recall seeing your name before.

Be aware, too, that I've been quite-often forged by - you might guess
it - anti-Linux trolls.

Anyway, if your recollection of (the real) me is true, it's of someone
who treats people very much as they deserve to be treated.
Respectable people being treated with respect, and filthy lying
*assholes* like "GreyCloud" getting treated as they deserve.

I'm willing to rethink my position, but your last sentence kind of
interferes with that idea. And it also triggers that deja vu that I
spoke of...

 

[GreyCloud]

I'm willing to rethink my position, but your last sentence kind of
interferes with that idea. And it also triggers that deja vu that I
spoke of...

You should see him in other newsgroups. If you put a profanity filter
in, you wouldn't see much of a post. I'll put him in the filters.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

I noticed that there are a couple old .chips guys, (krw and Yousuf
Khan) participating in this thread. They might vouch that I'm not a
bad sort, and that the above is true. Or they might (wisely) choose
to stay out of this silliness. 8)

I'm not getting involved in any pissing match.

I started this thread originally, and my original question has long
since been answered. Not sure why this thread is still going.

Yousuf Khan

 

[krw]

I'm not getting involved in any pissing match.

I started this thread originally, and my original question has long
since been answered. Not sure why this thread is still going.

Because this is the Usenet?

 

[chrisv]

Never left .chips, just been lurking for five years, or so, though. x86 is so
last century. ;-)

It's certainly less interesting. "More cores." Yawn.

My almost 6-year-old Core 2 Duo E6400 (overclocked to 2.66 GHz! 8)
still performs close-enough to the latest-and-greatest to not matter,
for me.

In the good-old-days (or were they the bad-old days) I was building a
new machine every two years like clockwork.

There's still some interesting action in the video card area. I
recently spoiled my daughter with a $360 (yikes) AMD 7870 card.

 

[chrisv]

I started this thread originally, and my original question has long
since been answered. Not sure why this thread is still going.

No thread can end without flames. 8)

 

[chrisv]

I recently spoiled my daughter with a $360 (yikes) AMD 7870 card.

2GB of RAM, on the video card!

 

[krw]

It's certainly less interesting. "More cores." Yawn.

My almost 6-year-old Core 2 Duo E6400 (overclocked to 2.66 GHz! 8)
still performs close-enough to the latest-and-greatest to not matter,
for me.

I've completely switched to laptops. I have parts for two systems, one still
sitting in the closet. I never put them together. The intention was to run

In the good-old-days (or were they the bad-old days) I was building a
new machine every two years like clockwork.

I was building a lot more than that. But then again, I was getting paid to do
it. ;-)

There's still some interesting action in the video card area. I
recently spoiled my daughter with a $360 (yikes) AMD 7870 card.

Why? I'm not a gamer. The lamest modern graphics is good enough. I do like
big displays (note the plural), though.

 

[krw]

No thread can end without flames. 8)

With flames, it cannot end. ;-)

 

[Timothy Daniels]

"chrisv" added:

2GB of RAM, on the video card!

Hmmm... Check with Crucial. They might have an upgrade kit for that.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

"chrisv" added:

Hmmm... Check with Crucial. They might have an upgrade kit for that.

*TimDaniels*

Unlikely.

 

[chrisv]

Unlikely.

I believe that he was joking.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I believe that he was joking.

Could be.

I didn't recognize the poster's name, and sillier things have been said
in great earnestness.

But then, funnier things have fooled me in the past