Re: "Trendy" Greeting

From	"John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.ecomstation, alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: "Trendy" Greeting
Date	2019-01-01 15:56 +0000
Message-ID	<51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-y64Qx0MtJW8U@localhost> (permalink)
References	(6 earlier) <knmf1e1a50tg0pqhru5on0n7fvtg1hl85d@4ax.com> <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> <slrnq1g5sb.14qj.g.kreme@jaka.local> <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-nIXgedMQNB5r@localhost> <zavrhjmncnay.pknxe20.pminews@news.aioe.org>

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On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:18:02 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven" 
<mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:

> On 17 Dec 2018 22:57:32 GMT, John Varela wrote:
> 
> :>Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.
> :>
> :>On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis 
> :><g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> :>
> :>> In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> :>> > On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> 
> :>> > wrote:
> :>> 
> :>> >> -------Begin Encoded File-------
> :>> >> Encoded filename: 
> :>> >> Decoded path: file:///C:\pronews\DECODED\~93
> :>> >> Encoding type: Base 64
> :>> >> File size: 1KB
> :>> >> --------End Encoded File--------
> :>> >  
> :>> > This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.
> :>> 
> :>> Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade.
> :> 
> :>You have something against OS/2?
> :>
> :>
> :>If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for 
> :>my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it.  I've checked 
> :>a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good
> :>*for the way I work* as ProNews/2.
> :>
> :>I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels 
> :>VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the
> :>Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of 
> :>Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the 
> :>trouble.
> 
> I second your though that some OS/2 applications are for my purposes
> better than anything I found so far (mostly Linux).
> For the shared clipboard problem, have you tried VirtualBox for OSx?

No.  That one is new to me.  I'll have to try it.  I still have my 
ECS 2.0 install CDs and backups of my old ECS native installation 
including apps.  I even have a CD reader, which is kind of key since
my new Mac didn't come with one.

-- 
John Varela

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Re: "Trendy" Greeting "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-12-17 22:57 +0000
  Re: "Trendy" Greeting "Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> - 2019-01-01 12:18 +0100
    Re: "Trendy" Greeting "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2019-01-01 15:56 +0000
      Re: "Trendy" Greeting "Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> - 2019-01-02 10:23 +0100
        Re: "Trendy" Greeting "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2019-01-02 21:09 +0000
          Re: "Trendy" Greeting "Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> - 2019-01-05 23:21 +0100

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