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From: shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
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Subject: Re: Old Software was Re: So ORIGINS is no longer in continuity with YANKEE WHITE.
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:47:03 -0500
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:52:19 -0500, Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>
wrote:

>shawn wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:45:46 -0500, Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>BTR1701 wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Nov 18, 2024 at 1:40:02 PM PST, "Nyssa" <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>  On Nov 18, 2024 at 1:07:02 PM PST, "Nyssa" <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>  
>> 
>>>>>>  Welcome back! Haven't heard from you in a long while. I had despaired
>>>>>>  that you were among the many who have given up on Usenet lately.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the re-welcome!
>> 
>> Indeed, welcome back
>> 
>>>>> Multiple computer hardware and a couple of software problems have
>>>>> caused cascading headaches since mid-August. Even now, I'm stuck using
>>>>> a laptop with a wonky "e" key just to check email and Usenet while
>>>>> I attempt to trace down the hardware problems on TWO desktops that
>>>>> decided to turn ornery one after another. :/
>>>
>>>As for older software, I've got a full tower desktop I built
>>>back in the mid-1990s (with an MMX processor) that I keep
>>>running with MS-DOS and Win3.1 in order to access my financial
>>>software, the word processor AmiPro, and PatternMaker design
>>>software. Plus an older version of CorelDraw I did a lot of work
>>>on.
>>>
>>>I used to have a side gig for well over a decade doing counted
>>>thread embroidery designs that I published and/or sold for
>>>publication in hobby magazines. All of my work archives for
>>>those are in AmiPro, PatternMaker, and CorelDraw5. Two of the
>>>three are no longer published (AmiPro was first purchased by
>>>Lotus who did a good job maintaining it, but later sold it
>>>along with Lotus123 to IBM who rewrote them (WordPro) then
>>>abandoned it all; PatternMaker was published by a one-programmer
>>>shop and was abandoned after version 4). I still use AmiPro for
>>>my knitting pattern translations (from German and charts)
>>>for my personal use. Best danged word processor EVAH!
>>>
>>>I'll get back to trying to revive at least one of the newer
>>>desktops and getting the data transfered once I can catch up
>>>on a list of other to-dos that need doing before winter weather
>>>gets here.
>>>
>>>Meanwhile I can at least still post to Usenet and deal with
>>>email with this stoopid HP laptop with its wonky "e" key and
>>>a capslock key that's too close to the "a" key that I keep hitting
>>>my mistake. :/
>>>
>>>Look on the bright side with your engraving software; if your
>>>older Mac hadn't bit the dust, you wouldn't have grabbed a newer
>>>version of the software before they took it off the market. At
>>>least you've stil got *something* that will get the job done for
>>>now.
>>>
>>>Nyssa, who has gobs of old software that works just fine provided
>>>you can find a working copy of the right OS to run it AND a floppy
>>>drive to load it onto the hard drive
>> 
>> 
>> That's why I love sites like these that keep old versions of software
>> available for anyone to download.
>> 
>> https://archive.org/details/vintagesoftware
>> 
>> http://www.oldversion.com/
>
>Oooooooo! Thanks for the pointer!
>
>I;ve been finding a lot of my old media (both flavors of floppy
>and data CDs) are suffering from bit rot. It's good to know
>there's a place that might have something that I "own" but
>is no longer readable.


Yeah, that happens and likely before you even notice it happening.
So having other copies available is great. Especially since many
companies won't keep those older versions available (assuming the
company is still in business years after the original purchase.)

>Nyssa, who likes lots of old software but *really* dislikes this
>laptop's "new style" keyboard