Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:42:32 -0500 (EST)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Geeky humor...
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Mike B. wrote:

> At 1/19/2007 12:43 PM, dicconf wrote:
>
>> Smart man.  Actually, my WP5.11 is on an old DOS machine which is
>> incapable of being connected to the net.
>
> Ummm...does it have a serial port?  If so, it can be hooked up to the
> net...I've done it.  Don't know if I still have the software to do it
> here anymore...I'd have to look around.

It might, but it doesn't have a math coprocessor.  It's a 386 with a
half-gig drive.

> Of course, without a browser, you'd be limited to things like FTP,
> Gopher, and telnet, but there's more to the net than just the web.

Urk. We got burned by Telnet - it's totally insecure.  FTP I use
but not Gopher.  I do the net stuff on the other computer.  I try to
keep my WP computer essentially net-free, except that when I download
some ASCII text and want to convert it, too often something in it
doesn't translate and WP freezes. The last time it froze part of
the program and I haven't ever figured out how to fix it.  :-(  I can
still use it, but some of the features are blocked.

=Tamar