* RE: How to read thumb drive volume label
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@ 2011-03-16 1:46 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2011-03-16 4:08 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] @ 2011-03-16 1:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk; +Cc: 'carolus'
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.
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* Re: How to read thumb drive volume label
2011-03-16 1:46 ` How to read thumb drive volume label Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
@ 2011-03-16 4:08 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-03-16 4:24 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2011-03-16 4:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 09:45:59PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
>You may have misunderstand. I *liked* DESQview.
I loved DESQview too, warts and all.
I steadfastedly used it while everyone around me was switching to Windows.
cgf
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* Re: How to read thumb drive volume label
2011-03-16 4:08 ` Christopher Faylor
@ 2011-03-16 4:24 ` Christopher Faylor
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From: Christopher Faylor @ 2011-03-16 4:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:08:17AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 09:45:59PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
>>You may have misunderstand. I *liked* DESQview.
>
>I loved DESQview too, warts and all.
>
>I steadfastedly used it while everyone around me was switching to Windows.
Make that "steadfastly".
cgf
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