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Skriven 2015-04-30 16:06:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Re: Outpost
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 04-29-15  06:47 <=-

 NB>>> Oh, well..  At least the old setup is still working fine.  :)
 DD>> The problem is that he wants to move on past OS/2 which is as dead as
 DD>> my beloved AmigaDOS. I saw a 160 gig solid state drive on NewEgg for
 DD>> well under a hundred bucks ..... which is both inexpensive and has no
 DD>> moving parts. It does, however, depend on keeping the magick blue smoke
 DD>> contained internally.
 NB>> Not being upgraded isn't quite the same as being dead...

 DD> Perhaps I should have said "on life support". There is still an Amiga
 DD> community out there. But, like OS/2 there is very little (or maybe
 DD> bupkes) being developed for the platform. I'm not sure about OS/2 but
 DD> I can get a semi-useful Amiga emulator that will run on Intel based
 DD> confusers. 

Dunno about either one... being only and still just DOS (with a little
bit of *nix mixed in)... My point being that if it still works, and is
still usable, it isn't really dead.  I realize that that is a minority
opinion, and to some degree probably somewhat Luddite...  ;)

 DD>>> I mentioned that I really missed it to the owner and she told me that
 DD>>> is what she always had on her lunch break when she was a server.
 NB>>> So if she has any input that they'd listen to, it might come back...
 NB>>> maybe if enough people push for it...?
 DD>> She did mention that it's possible to assemble a British Burger using
 DD>> the burger menu and sides. But, that would put the cost of a sandwich
 DD>> into the price range of dinner and a tablecloth joint.
 NB>> I understand there's an AARP discount at Denny's... maybe that could
 NB>> knock down the cost a bit...  or sharing the assemblage with someone
 NB>> else...?

 DD> There are restrictions as to hours, etc. for the AARP thing. But,
 DD> there are also coupons available.

According to my latest AARP magazine, it's a show your card for 15% off,
all day every day... so they may have upgraded the membership benefit.
 
 NB>>> Looks interesting.  I had some sweet potato fries today at Golden
 NB>>> Corral that were a little different, too... I was surprised to find
 NB>>> that the sprinkle of stuff on them was sugar, not salt... I'd carefully
 NB>>> avoided the biggest dumps... and probably just as well in either
 NB>>> case... ;)  I'm pretty sure they didn't use flakes for a coating...  :)
 DD>> No cinnamon? My local GC does a cinnamon-sugar sprinkle. It's OK, but
 DD>> I druther have salt.
 NB>> I didn't notice any, and the sprinkle (dump, at some parts of the the
 NB>> tray) was pretty brightly white, so probably just sugar...

 DD> The cinnamon is nice and adds a "brightness" to then tatties. But,
 DD> they still need a bit of salt.

I may try to pay closer attention, should I be back there...  ;)

ttyl       neb

... Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

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