From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5596 invoked by alias); 16 Mar 2011 01:46:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 5583 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Mar 2011 01:46:09 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nihxway4out.hub.nih.gov (HELO nihxway4out.hub.nih.gov) (128.231.90.112) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:46:04 +0000 X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiUBAK+zf02cKEdK/2dsb2JhbACYUI0+d6cjmhiFYgSQRg Received: from unknown (HELO NIHHTRC.nih.gov) ([156.40.71.74]) by nihxway4out.hub.nih.gov with ESMTP; 15 Mar 2011 21:46:01 -0400 Received: from NIHMLBX02.nih.gov ([156.40.71.32]) by NIHHTRC.nih.gov ([156.40.71.74]) with mapi; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:46:00 -0400 From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "cygwin-talk@cygwin.com" CC: 'carolus' Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:46:00 -0000 Subject: RE: How to read thumb drive volume label Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A209DAA100A6@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <4D7E200C.40707@bellsouth.net> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A209DAA1008C@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A209DAA10090@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-q1/txt/msg00039.txt.bz2 carolus sent the following at Monday, March 14, 2011 11:57 PM >On 3/14/2011 4:55 PM, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: >> (Personally, I think that running DESQview386 under DOS 3.3 was better >> than any version of Windows, just as some people on this list wax >> nostalgic for B20 and version 1.5.) :-) > >I never thought much of DESQview or of Windows either. At that time I >used to telnet from DOS 3.3 to a Unix box, and was happier in Unix. It >took less than a day to switch to Cygwin, with hardly any difference >from the real Unix. Before that I was using the MKS Toolkit on my DOS >or Windows desktop, which was nice software, but not as complete an >emulation as Cygwin. You may have misunderstand. I *liked* DESQview. At the time, I also liked the MKS Toolkit. Of course, that was years before cygwin existed. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.