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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> wrote:
>>Message-id: <35c...@news.southern.co.nz>

>>I can't understand these comments you have been making about not having
>>enough space or memory to run such small programs.  :-(

>Remember Colin--  I'm the technically challenged one in the group...
>I'm learning...


That's hard to believe considering that you managed to produce the 
following picture:

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-=[ Understanding the Technology ]=-  5/97
                          _
              .----------/ |<=== floppy disk
             /           | |
            /           /| |          _________
           /           / | |         | .-----. |
          /___________/ /| |         |=|     |-|
         [____________]/ | |         |~|_____|~|
         |       ___  |  | |         '-|     |-'
         |      /  _) |  | |           |.....|
function ======>|.'   |  | |           |     |<=== application
  key    |            |  | |    input  |.....|       software
         |            |  | |            `--._|
  main =>|            |  | |      |
 storage |            |  | ;______|_________________
         |            |  |.' ____\|/_______________ `.
         |            | /|  (______________________)  )<== user
         |____________|/ \___________________________/  interface
         '--||----: `'''''.__                      |
            || jgs `""";"""-.'-._ <== normal flow  |    central
            ||         |     `-. `'._of operation /<== processing
    ||      ||         |        `\   '-.         /       unit
  surge     ().-.      |         |      :      /`
control ==>(_((X))     |      .-.       : <======= output
 device       '-'      \     |   \      ;      |________
    ||                  `\  \|/   '-..-'       / /_\   /|
    ||                   /`-.____             |       / /
    ||                  /  _    /_____________|_     / /_
    ||    peripherals ==>/_\___________________/_\__/ /~ )__
    ||      (hardware) |____________________________|/  ~   )
    ||                                      (__~  ~     ~(~~`
    ||    overflow (input/output error) ===> (_~_  ~  ~_ `)
  .-''-.                                         `--~-' '`
 /______\                              _________
  [____] <=== de-bugging tool       _|`---------`|
                                   (C|           |
                        back-up ===> \           /
 |\\\ ///|                            `=========`
 | \\V// |
 |  |~|  |
 |  |=|  | <=== supplemental data
 |  | |  |
 |  | |  |                          (()____
  \ |=| /              mouse ===>  ('      `\_______,
   \|_|/                            `,,---,,'


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> I share the computer with my family-- they have a lot of programs 
> on it--  I can't just wipe out their stuff.   

Well, as I said in another posting, I met that situation myself when 
using a 256K RAM PC/XT and only 12Mb of hard disk space to play with 
because the other 8Mb of space belonged to someone else. 

My solution was...and still is...lotsa floppy disks and avoid using
Windoze like it was a deadly virus devouring memory and hard disk 
space. Some folks say it actually is a virus created by Bill Gates.

Windoze is really nothing more than a bloated DOS shell interface!  
My DOS shell, FileViewer, takes a mere 13,642 bytes of my hard disk 
space but Windoze takes a staggering 20.5 Megabytes!  

Furthermore my DOS shell uses up only 14,128 bytes of memory and DOS
itself takes 27,712 byte of memory leaving me 502,096 bytes of free 
memory. I don't know how much of that remainder Windoze gobbles up
but enough yo stop me using any sound on DOS-based games. :-(

I am forced to use Windoze to run Free Agent, and one or two games 
that will only run from Windoze...but that's all.  


Joan sharing her computer...

                  _   _
                 |*\_/*|________
                ||_/-\_|______  |
                | |           | |
                | |   0   0   | |
                | |     -     | |
                | |   \___/   | |
                | |___________| |
                |_______________|
                 ///// ______|_
              / ////// ******* \
             / (//////) *******  \
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          \                   \       /
           \              .    \___. (
            \            / \    |:| ) \
            |            | |`------'   |
            \____________/  \_________/
          
........................................................


> Thanks for the tips though...  

You're welcome.  Hope they work and that some of them prove useful.

Bye,

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