[OFB Cafe] Old Computers for Old Guys

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said Rick Bowers:

| Interesting idea. I've probably got a version or two of OS/2 around
| here somewhere. Probably v3.0 or 3.1??

could well be -- i've got every version from 2.0 onward, including one 
version of the ecomstation thing, which in my estimation was awful though 
maybe they've fixed it. i even have it bootable here on a thinkpad.

| I got rid of my concurrent UNIX and (original) SCO UNIX when a moved
| a while back. I've still got lots of antique software around if
| anyone misses things from their past too much.

i have everything also, including aforementioned microsoft bob in original 
box (5.25" floppy, though). a friend who refused to listen to instructions 
and who therefore really screwed up his machine had me come to town to fix 
it a few years ago, when he was still on 3.1; so after i got the machine 
working i installed bob on it. about a week later he bought a mac.

i have corel draw for OS/2, and word/dos 3.0 onward. procomm 2.42 and 2.43, 
the shareware, and procomm plus, of course. what a great app that was. 
back when going online was special. oh, and prodigy 1.0, along with the 
set of utilities that made its cartoonish interface almost useful.

all that stuff, which i haul from place to place -- along with my darkroom 
equipment. when i moved here three years ago i brought teo omega and one 
big durst enlargers, and trays and tanks and dryers and everything, 
leaving valuable stuff behind to make room. i had been here for a week 
when i eastman kodak announced it was no longer making black-and-white 
chemistry. alas.

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