Posted by Cliff Haynes on 10/23/05 14:40

"Triffid" <sodoff@btspamworld.com> wrote in message
news:435a9c60@212.67.96.135...
> S.French made an ill-arranged sandwich with:
>> From: "Bren" <bren20050@hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: WinMx off the air?
>> Date: Friday, October 21, 2005 9:52 AM
>>
>>
>> Triffid wrote:
>>>
>>> Still working my end. Running V1.8 on WfWg 3.11.
>>>
>>
>> Your punchline in reply is falling on deaf ears, I'm afraid!
>>
>> Most users on this echo have never heard of WFW!!
>> Oh, give us 30-something's an ounce of credit. I thought the reference
>> was
>> hysterical; for all the right reasons, too.
>>
>>
>> I remember WFW (311 and 312) and I'm sure many of us also know what
>> someone is referring to when the numbers "eighty-eighty-six" are
>> carelessly tossed into a post, ostensibly attempting the same joke.
>>
>> Personally, when I refer to someone who "doesn't get it," though, I
>> allude
>> to the "Windows95 users in the back row" or (those fishes-in-barrells)
>> the
>> MacIntosh users.
>>
>> WFW, a Toshiba Satellite, WP5.1, PrintShop [Broderbund's] and a 9,600
>> baud
>> modem got me through college, back in the days when you could actually
>> stick it out on the same hw/sw config for your upper-classman years
>> without feeling like an Amish dude on the Comdex tradeshow floor.
>>
>> Keep up the valid references and don't pander to an audience that can't
>> figure out how to "Google" terms they don't immediately recognize.
>>
>>
>
> :) Glad to fuel the flames of nostalgia - happier times when CPU speed
> could
> be assessed by typing DIR or waiting for the cards to come out in
> Solitaire.
> The summers were warmer, the winters were colder, and Bill Gates was the
> good guy for taking on those brutes at IBM. 640K of RAM was as much as
> anyone could possibly need, and the 5Mb HD on an XT was 'ample'. Oh, and
> you
> were thinner then, and better in bed, remember?
>
>
>
>
I miss my Sinclair ZX-81 Waaaaaaaaaaahhh :o``((
Actually needed to know how to use a soldering iron, read colour codes, a
schematic & have a pencil/pen to check off the steps as you followed them.
Surprising thing is: IT WORKED!
Oh yes, did I forget? The monitor was the commandeered family TV set.
Tune in to channel
3 or 4 to get going. Sure beat the hell out of the soaps and other drivel!
Total cost, including shipping: $84.95 US.

Cheers. :o ))

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