Re: Re: The good old days.

["Jennifer C. Bennett" <fritillary -at- gmail -dot- com>]

oh, wow, I remember PINE!  I used it on a BBS (the infamous Ripco, which 
became an ISP).  And NN newsreader....

I really resisted Windows, for as long as I could.  I loved DOS, and I 
preferred keeping my hands on the keyboard, rather than alternating between 
keyboard and mouse.  It's very sad how mouse-dependent I've become!

I've heard some people today call the DOS prompt "the dark place".  :)

Jennifer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nancy Allison" <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
To: "Simon North" <sintac -at- home -dot- nl>; <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: Re: The good old days.


> Simon says:
>
> Put your hands on your hips! Put your hands on your head!
> Put your --
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist.  Well, anyway, friend S says:
>
>>There are a few packages (a very few) that have *really* survived the test 
>>of time:
>>Vim (mentioned before), . . . and Pegasus Mail.
>
> Until fairly recently, I would open a command window to get to my webmail 
> and read it with PINE. Partly for the retro thrill, partly for the speed 
> made possible by the complete absence of graphics, and partly because it 
> gave me an entirely unmerited reputation as a *real* bithead.
>
> I really should do it once in a while just to keep my hand in.
>
> --Nancy
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