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Re: Wifi/Ethernet

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Lewis wrote:
> In message <drache-61DF25.17075203022014@news.eternal-september.org> 
>   erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
>> In article <lcmij8$e4k$1@dont-email.me>, Ted Lee <tmplee@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
> 
>>> On 2/2/14, 4:52 PM, erilar wrote:
>>> > I see an enormous amount of trouble and expense as a result of being
>>> > blocked from using almost every software program I currently use as
>>> > well
>>> > as every document and many graphics produced over the years since my
>>> > first computer, many of which still ARE usable and reachable.  That's
>>> > what I see, whether I want to or not.
>>> 
>>> Most of those went away when Classic and then Rosetta went away -- and 
>>> that was long before Mavericks.
> 
>> Once upon a time Apple programs were backward compatible, so it wasn't 
>> necessary to update all my data every time the OS climbed to a new 
>> number.
> 
> Oh yea, I rememebr how eeasy it was to open Appleworks files from my
> //c+ on the Mac. Oh wait.

It was pretty easy with Apple File Exchange. The IIc Plus had an 800 k DS
drive.

> 
> Wait, when was this mythical backwards compatibility period when prices
> were low and politicians were honest and the summers were long and it
> always snowed on Christmas Eve?

There is a game called Missile Command. It was written in 1984. It will run
on every model of Macintosh and every classic Mac OS System up to 9.2.

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Wifi/Ethernet Wilbur Eleven <wil@nowhere.at.all.ru.ca.fr.uk.us> - 2014-01-31 10:16 -0500
  Re: Wifi/Ethernet Sick of it <lah@de.da.ru.ru.ru> - 2014-01-31 15:20 +0000
    Re: Wifi/Ethernet Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-01-31 13:13 -0500
      Re: Wifi/Ethernet Wilbur Eleven <wil@nowhere.at.all.ru.ca.fr.uk.us> - 2014-02-01 08:35 -0500
        Re: Wifi/Ethernet Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-02-01 11:16 -0500
          Re: Wifi/Ethernet Wilbur Eleven <wil@nowhere.at.all.ru.ca.fr.uk.us> - 2014-02-01 11:25 -0500
          Re: Wifi/Ethernet erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-02-01 12:24 -0600
            Re: Wifi/Ethernet Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-01 20:42 +0000
            Re: Wifi/Ethernet Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-01 23:05 +0000
              Re: Wifi/Ethernet erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-02-02 16:52 -0600
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-02 22:57 +0000
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-02-03 17:10 -0600
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet Ted Lee <tmplee@gmail.com> - 2014-02-02 16:58 -0600
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-02-03 17:07 -0600
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-04 14:50 +0000
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2014-02-04 19:43 +0000
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-05 01:25 +0000
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-02-07 11:15 -0600
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-07 18:05 +0000
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-02-10 18:23 -0600
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-02-12 19:43 -0800
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-02-13 21:17 -0600
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2014-02-11 19:49 +0000
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-02-07 11:09 -0600
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-03 01:53 +0000
                Re: Wifi/Ethernet erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-02-03 17:05 -0600
    Re: Wifi/Ethernet Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-31 19:05 +0000
  Re: Wifi/Ethernet Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-01 10:23 -0500

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