Re: Interpreter for old basic programs from the line number era

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:10:08 +0000 (UTC), "Auric__"
<not.my.real@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:22:49 GMT,  wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:35:00 +0000 (UTC), "Auric__"
>> <not.my.real@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>Usenet still uses them, although you don't have to specify it any
>>>more (in fact, Xnews provides no way to do so that I can see).
>> You mean the "Path:" line?  I think that that also is a holdover
>> from the old system, pre-modern internet.  When news was propagated
>> from modem to modem.
>
>It is, but it's still useful.
>
>>>It's fun. I originally got it so I could make sure that my programs
>>>worked in BeOS, and I've kept it and dinked around it since then.
>>>One of these days, when my finances aren't so tight, I'll probably
>>>get around to buying whatever modern BeOS-alike is popular.
>>>(Probably somewhere around 2013.)
>> If MS has their way, you will need a 1024 processor cluster with a
>> terabyte of memory, and a multi terabyte disk drive system, just to
>> write a email.  :-)
>
>What a pleasant thought. (My best computer is a Pentium III. Oh boy.)
I still use older computers.  This one (the email & web system) is a
P2-400, the development system is a P2-450, the data server is a
K6-2-500, and the games system is Athlon 900.  

There is a P3-733 sitting on the floor waiting to be setup to replace
the P2-400, and I will change the processor on the dev system to a
P3-600E, as soon as I figure out the cooling problems.  

I will eventually need to upgrade the server, as I am running low on
disk space, and its MB will only take 128gig drives.  I could add
extra controller cards, but that gets into driver & PS problems.

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