APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Mon May 6 15:46:36 2002

Where the files go is a function of the applicaton, and less of the OS.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 2:18 PM
Subject: RE: APPLEVISION Monitor


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Erlacher [mailto:edick_at_idcomm.com]
>
> > It's not difficult to do, since everything ends up in
> > "MyDocuments" as a
> > default. Now, with very little effort at all, you CAN,
>
> I don't remember that working too well under windows 95 --
> possibly it's been fixed since then. I haven't paid much
> attention to that part.
>
> > indeed, lose a file.
> > However, if you use the Find command (assuming you know the
> > name of the file,
> > or at least an extension), there's some help there. That's
>
> But if you've never seen a computer, how are you supposed to
> know what an extension is? Or how do you tell where to "find"
> the find command? :)
>
> > better than I did
> > with the Apple "finder," whatever that is...
>
> Yep, "finder" is a pretty stupid name, and so is "chooser," but
> no more stupid than "explorer" (any of the three ;) "Excel" --
> what does it do again? "Access..." Yep, that's great too. "Power
> Point..." It must be a software implementation of a hunting dog.
>
> To be clear, "finder" does actually provide the "find" command
> to find a file. Chooser actually does provide a list of "stuff"
> and let you "choose" something off of the list (for all that it's
> worth :) The names aren't sufficient at all, though.
>
> > Excel. It worked
> > fine, though, at least within the limits of himem.sys and
> > smartdrv.sys, both
> > of which were flawed in that incarnation.
>
> Well, you've just hit on my main complaint with windows again...
> but we've covered that.
>
> Chris
>
>
> Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
> Amdocs - Champaign, IL
>
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> '
>


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