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Re: OT Thunderbird

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On 11/4/2016 7:11 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> In aus.computers keithr0 <user@account.invalid> wrote:
>> On 10/31/2016 7:53 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>>
>>> Nice. I've had a 33MHz 486 laptop with 8MB RAM browsing the web over WiFi
>>> (text only though). The determination of sites to force HTTPS meant that
>>> it wasn't completely usable last time I tried it. One of these days I
>>> want to program a newsreader for the Commodore 64. :)
>>>
>> I think that it has been done before,
>
> Closest I know about is some Email software that sort-of supported
> Usenet. There's the option of simply connecting to a PC as a terminal,
> but that doesn't count in my book.
>
>> God knows why though.
>
> The challenge! Besides some of us like disappearing down a rabbit
> hole to live in the past. The present keeps annoying me too much
> anyway.
>
> Plus if I put the software on a cartridge I'll get near instant
> booting, so that's better than any PC and its associated OS. The
> complex use of a floppy disk to temporarily store the groups
> header files will probably slow it down terribly after that,
> but my power-on to groups list time will be the best on the
> block. That I can guarantee.
>
There are plenty of challenges to be had with modern systems that 
actually advance things rather than just raking over the past. I've seen 
the huge advances over the 47 years that I've been involved with 
computers, I've had fun with them all but its always time to move on to 
the next one.

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Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-30 07:31 +0800
  Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-30 00:01 +0000
    Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-30 09:07 +0800
      Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-30 21:53 +0000
        Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-31 08:51 +0800
        Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-10-31 16:27 +1000
          Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-11-03 21:11 +0000
            Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-04 13:31 +1000
              Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-04 13:56 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-04 19:28 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird D Walford <dwalford@internode.on.net> - 2016-11-04 21:25 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-06 21:54 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird D Walford <dwalford@internode.on.net> - 2016-11-07 09:36 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Noddy <me@wardengineering.com> - 2016-11-07 09:59 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird D Walford <dwalford@internode.on.net> - 2016-11-07 11:41 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Noddy <me@wardengineering.com> - 2016-11-07 12:35 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird D Walford <dwalford@internode.on.net> - 2016-11-07 13:24 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Noddy <me@wardengineering.com> - 2016-11-07 21:03 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird "jonz@ nothere.com" <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 18:40 -0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-10 22:30 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Noddy <me@wardengineering.com> - 2016-11-11 00:29 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-10 22:29 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird "Blue Peeler" <woof@barque.org> - 2016-11-10 15:33 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-10 22:22 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Noddy <me@wardengineering.com> - 2016-11-11 00:29 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-11-04 22:59 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-06 20:24 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-11-06 21:51 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-07 19:33 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-11-07 21:28 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-06 22:27 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-07 19:29 +1000

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