Many things

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri Jan 28 18:56:13 2005

> > But in day-to-day
> > 'real life', I can't fathom using anything other than a modern system running
> > some equally modern version of Unix or Windows.
>
> The fact that you can't fathom it signifies nothing but a limitation of your
> imagination. It is possible and I am the living proof. I believe our Prof.
> Tony Duell is the same way.

Not a Prof, only a Dr :-)

And yes I do only have and use classic computers. I object to using
_anything_ I can't understand fully. Problems seem to start when you
don't know exactly what you are doing. That means having schematics, OS
source listings, pinouts, that sort of thing. Alas the user-level
documentation you get these days is even worse than the user-level
documetnation 10 years ago, and that was best used at the bottom of the
budgie cage :-)

'Anything' doesn't just mean computer stuff, either. I have the service
manuals for the TV, VCR, radios, etc, etc, etc. And I've read them all...

-tony
Received on Fri Jan 28 2005 - 18:56:13 GMT