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Hi I've been using Intel PC for 9 years now (last 4 years under Windows) and SPARC workstations for 5 years. My area has been CAD/CAM/CAE (I'm the Polish distributor for Computervison and Moldflow) and - since last year - the Internet. Speaking of the latter - well, just overhelmed by the possible (or impossible) "standards" to jump on (various kinds of Java for one example).

Welcome Peter!

Started with a TRS80, then an Atari 8-bit, then AtariST, then that great hack by Dave Small that turned the Atari into a Mac, meanwhile getting a PC-XT clone, followed by 286, 386, 486, P6. I help people with their systems and networks. A specialty is empowering the computer phobic, especially women. I want to get a bunch of them to warch (drill) in the DooDah parade or maybe an eastern equivalent or the Corporate Cup parade in nearby Olean, NY. They'll be dressed in power clothes and be carrying (brandis ing) notebooks and palmtops. Oh, I also have another great hack, a Canon LBP4 series printer that thinks it's a LaserWriter, PostScript and all, dating back to when PS laser printers cost $2000. The QMS JetScript board is in the system box. I love my Hackintoshes, and enjoy hearing about all sorts of neat hacks. Using computers as learning/teaching aids is another topic that excites me. What can others share about this? Techniques, software, sources, disk-based interactive training?

I started with an Apple ][, then a ][+, then a //e, then a Mac Plus, a Mac IICX, and IBM PC, an XT, 286, 386, 486/33, 486/66, Pentium and then the three Unix Intel based boxes that make up the Spring. Soemwhere down that road I had an Amiga 1000, a few Toshiba Notebooks, and an Austin Notebook. I'm sure I'm forgetting some systems that I've had. I still have a working //e with a Profile hard drive that runs Appleworks. This system was great for its time. My next system will most likely be a dual Pentium Pro with 128mb ram, 4 2gb hard drives, a superfast video capture/svga card, a 21" SVGA monitor, and an Intel Pro100 ethercard.

Oh yes, there was a Momenta. And a no-name monstrosity a guy had started to build while taking some correspondence course. And for a while there was an Altos unix machine, which bent my head severely because I didn't know unix commands; and it seemed odd for a machine to have 6 serial ports but no mouse. It is fascinating to see the hardware people are still using. If these were cars, they's be wearing antique or classic plates. And they are doing useful work. One of my clients is upgrading from-- a PC-XT clone with dual 360k floppies, a giant keyboard that functions as a daisy-wheel printer, booting with a DOS 2.X floppy, running WP whatever on the other floppy. Handling the correspondence and other document prep for a busy attorney. Now, that machine was built to last!

I've always believed you can do just about everything you need to on an old boatanchor running dos and a program like Micrsoft Works.

I'm new to the internet, I have a packard bell with quat speed cd-rom and a pentium processor. I am having trouble with my downloaded version of Eudora Light. I can't figure out how to set it up in my Windows 95 Can anyone help?

I'm new to the internet, I have a packard bell with quat speed cd-rom and a pentium processor. I am having trouble with my downloaded version of Eudora Light. I can't figure out how to set it up in my Windows 95 Can anyone help?

Ask this question in the Eudora Light topic in the 'apps' conference ok?

Well , i am a new user for Yapp and it was interesting for me to know about the sprig.com but i do not know how to navigate through this very interisting web site ,from what i have read ,sharing ideas and consulting each other is a very good thing to do and it is important for me to share ideas over seas any how i would like from you to send me an e-mail explaining how can be productive in this web site . Thanks ; Husam

The best way is to access the built in help menus and to join the yapp conference iteself. Type help at the ok prompt and that will get you started. If you have any specific questions, I'll be glad to field them. And welcome aboard!

Hi I am from Norway, working in Finland for the time being. I have worked with Intel PC for 10 years, running Windows and Linux. My PC is a 'self'-made version. All the hardware is bought separetly and mounted by me. Strange thing.. It still works.. Nice to meet you all. Regards dag norland. dag.norland@confusius.com www.confusius.com is up and running in a few days now. I bought my own domain, doesn't everyone do now that now a days ?

Welcome dag, I'm NOrwegian descended on my dads side. Every run in to the name Walhus before in your travels around Norway. Is tthis name in your local phonebook. Wahat city are you in?

Anyone here using Java for enterprise application development?