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Old 09-24-2005, 01:10 AM
RJT RJT is offline
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Default Re: soliciting potential science or math topics

I bought my first PC probably within the first year or so ('79, '80?) that they really started being practical to use (at least for me.) It was a Compaq portable with 2 floppy drives - no hard drive. I basically taught myself how to use it - it ran on DOS of course. I got accustomed to using DOS and the logical way to navigate it. When Windows came out (I never made the leap over to Apple) it took me a while to convert to Windows. I resisted. Then when I did, It took me a while to get the hang of it - again, pretty much self-taught.

Well, to make an already long story as short as I can - the technology developed so fast that I never had time to catch up to all the workings of PC’s of today. I miss not having the comfort level that I had when I understood DOS. I navigate around fine with Windows, etc. and all. And I understand you are talking more of the mechanics.

To answer your question - I would be very interested in learning “how my computer works” and things of that nature.
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