Re: FN-FORUM New iMac

date posted 10th January 2002 15:55

How many people can remember their DOS commands (current company excepted)?

> > why you couldn't share files. (This is a ten year old machine. By
>> comparison, how much use could you make of a 10 year old PC?)
>
>...a ten year old 286 PC - still perfectly usable as a word processor and
>some wicked DOS games, and no worries about sharing floppies with current PC
>;-)
>
>Paul
>
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>From: "James Newman" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 2:34 PM
>Subject: RE: FN-FORUM New iMac
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>> I doubt they would be worth that much. I have a Mac Classic that is
>> probably still working. They are still perfectly usable as a word
>> processor (Word 5.1 works fine on them - which was the best version
>> of that particular product). But it is getting increasingly difficult
>> to interconnect them with current networks, printers and suchlike. If
>> you have a floppy drive on your current Mac, then there is no reason
>> why you couldn't share files. (This is a ten year old machine. By
> > comparison, how much use could you make of a 10 year old PC?)
>

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