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    #id
    Originally posted by DaveB View Post
    Talking of floppy disks, as someone was earlier, anyone else remember using singlesided 5 1/4" disks and punching a hole in the cover to make them double sided?

    I had quite a collection of the things in the dim and distant past, housing my collection of knocked off games for the BBC micro
    Reminds me of a helpdesk call I took and sent out an engineer for a faulty disk drive. The GP Practice Manager had filled all of her disks in a ring folder and punched hoes in them with a double hole punch and placed them in the folder
    Just call me Matron - Too many handbags

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      #id
      I also have an old 286 laptop runnning windows 3.1 - still worked last time I booted it up - not sure why I keep it !

      Also a chip out of a PDP11 somewhere,
      Just call me Matron - Too many handbags

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        #id
        So where is everybody today?

        Very quiet in here.
        "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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          #id
          Originally posted by zara_backdog View Post
          I also have an old 286 laptop runnning windows 3.1 - still worked last time I booted it up - not sure why I keep it !

          Also a chip out of a PDP11 somewhere,
          I've got a Compaq Portable III with Windoze 3.0 on it...

          I found the Windoze 3.0 in the storeroom covered in dust.

          It's really interesting trying to play solitaire on a mono screen...

          And without a mouse.

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            #id
            Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
            I've got a Compaq Portable III with Windoze 3.0 on it...

            I found the Windoze 3.0 in the storeroom covered in dust.

            It's really interesting trying to play solitaire on a mono screen...

            And without a mouse.
            <TAB>
            <SHIFT> + <TAB>

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              #id
              Originally posted by Churchill View Post
              <TAB>
              <SHIFT> + <TAB>

              Er, yes, I knew that...

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                #id
                Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                <TAB>
                <SHIFT> + <TAB>

                Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
                Er, yes, I knew that...
                Just letting you know that you're not the only one.

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                  #id
                  Originally posted by DS23 View Post
                  the parents of my grandfather were stout hanoverians.
                  What? Fatties?
                  Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

                  Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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                    #id
                    Originally posted by DS23 View Post
                    why would anyone have a rats arse?
                    Because they were a rat?
                    Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

                    Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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                      #id
                      Originally posted by DS23 View Post
                      does anyone give a tulip?
                      The Dutch sell them.

                      HTH
                      Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

                      Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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