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ChrisM
 
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Default Nostalgia for the old UI


http://www.xs4all.nl/~pot/infocom/

:-D

ChrisM.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I was addicted to the old InfoCom text adventure games. I lost interest
when
games acquired graphics and required speed and eye-hand coordination to
play.

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So did I

"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message
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Then you don't upgrade. :-)

And I liked DOS programs. Life was simpler then. sigh

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"David" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:35:57 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MVP]"
wrote:

I agree with your co-worker up to a point. When technology advances to
the
point where the program no longer functions properly, it's time to
upgrade.
For example, DOS-based programs.

The best advice I ever had was, "If it ai't broke...don't fix it!" DOS
based? Well that did need to be fixed. I have copies of 2000 & 2003,
never use them., Even 97 will do much more than I'll ever need to do.

David