This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
Search Results (9 messages)
Don, Did I read your message right concerning Windows file handling? I *thought* I had been told before that Windows left all file/disk handling to DOS. As I read your note, Windows plays some role here also. Apparently I missed something along the way. Where can I get more info…
Ted (and Jonathan/others) I strongly agree with you. In particular I'd like to see the ability to do DLL's with BASIC including the ability to pass *Basic* strings (dynamic) *and* arrays of them in the parameter list. I take a little stronger opinion on native code. I think its a…
Mitch, I've been thinking about this delimma. It occurs to me that maybe the *first* 50,000 went to folks like me who already have sources of info they need (or know where to get it). I'll bet the first ones out the door were to people who took MS up…
Dan, Yep, I'm just a kid. The double sided drives came out about 6 mos after the 1st IBM-PC. I splurged and got the extra RAM also (boosted myself up to a whoping 64k like yourself) Then again, that machine was my second. I avoided the Apples but I did…
Don, I left Dupont last year and a very high percentage of "written" communication was via Email in our department (probably around 95%). However, it didn't seem to reduce paper consumption at all … in fact it probably increased significantly. EMail improved communication by eliminating transit times and making it…
Dennis, John, >> > How soon we forget the "good old days". I remember working for hours on end waiting for my PC to reboot (and reboot and reboot) while developing my first TSR. Damn near wore out the little red switch. If you don't remember, the old machines took…
Mitch, I remember getting some sort of small catalog with VB, but I don't remember what I did with it. It's probably over there in that stack of other stuff I should be doing instead of playing with VB and keeping up with CIS. FWIW, I got VB directly from…
Wayne, I looked again in my official IBM Developer Assistance Program notebook and I found my copy of the offer. It was $50.00 but it only included the end user product (no development tools) (vs a v1.3 OS/2 RETAIL of $150.00) The letter was dated in June. In addition it…
Jim, Mark Novisoff puts it out. The BUG newsletter is just that … a newsletter, not a mag. I'm sure Mark could fill you in and perhaps send you something on it. It's not very big, but it contains the kind of info you don't find in regular mags. (tips,…