Date:         Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:30:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Thompson <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM>
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From:         Jim Thompson <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM>
Subject:      Re: NO VW Van Screensaver MAC Testers needed,
              not for Windows XP or Me either
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Well, I could use the Screensaver.

I for one, am still using Windoz 98SE on my P4 and regular 98 on the P2
laptop because I still use DOS (ugh!) for a couple of programs requiring
files & buffers statements along with an obsolete (but a bit sophisticated)
memory statement in the config.sys.  They lock up and cannot be accessed
when in XP (after 3 days of trying to modify for DOS useage in XP, I gave
up).  These programs, one of them being a high-end warehouse-level
Inventory/Accounting Package I used for over 10 years with my now inactive
business is essentially used for my cross-referencing database I use daily.
It's so old (circa 1989 thru 1993, written in COBOL, compiled for DOS) that
it can't be translated into something a bit more modern, such as Access or
Excel (I tried - big frown) and the company that originally wrote it got
swallowed up by Microsoft 6 years ago and died an unmerciful death.  As
so-called obsolete as the programs are, they work beautifully for what I
need them for.  Someday I'll find something to translate and upgrade.

I may get around to just building another box to use XP to use everything
but those programs and retire my current box to the Win98 world for just
those programs.

Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
oldvolkshome@earthlink.net
jim@karmannghia.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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