Re: Bill Gates Wins, AS/400 Users Loose

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

Oh ya, I know that AND appreciate it - that works as LONG as you have hit 
ENTER. I do a LOT of cutting and pasting and it seems like EVERY time something 
wants to screw up, it's at a time like that :-)

Chuck

Rob Berendt wrote:

> Chuck,
>
> Why switch back to a terminal?  Why fear losing stuff when coding?  SEU is 
>great everytime you hit enter or roll or just about anything it saves your 
>work into a temporary file.  When you get back into your code you'll get a 
>message that it was interrupted and would you like your work back.  Most PC 
>based programs only save on a time interval basis.
>
> CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET on 09/17/98 03:37:36 PM
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> Ira, I agree !
>
> Win doze (that is what spell check in Netscape changes Windoze to <BG>...) 95 
>is
> a JOKE in the workplace; it MIGHT be OK at home, I don't know.
> I'm running NT 4.0 on a Toshiba notebook and LOVE it - as LONG as you have 
>LOTS
> of memory (I'm running 144mb) !!!
>
> On my new job I have several PC's to play with and one has 95 on it and it is
> CONSTANTLY locking up...
>
> NO THANKS ! I LOVE C/A and being able to cut and paste AS/400 stuff, but I 
>find
> myself CONSTANTLY saving anything I do for fear that it will lock up and loose
> everything. I ACTUALLY (for now - until I get a new notebook and get it 
>connected
> to the AS/400) have reverted BACK to a TERMINAL for most of my coding work !
> Arghhh...
>
> Chuck
>
> Ira Chandler wrote:
>
> > We gave up on Win95.  We ONLY use NT 4.0 now
> > and the reboots are MUCH less frequent.
> >
> > For those of you OS/2 devotees, remeber that
> > Win95 was NEVER designed to compare to OS/2.
> > OS/2 was the precursor of NT and you can only
> > really compare OS/2 to NT.
> >
> > Anyone using Win95 for business should rethink
> > that and consider NT.  Even a laptop runs better,
> > as long as you shutdown gracefully.
> >
> > Ira Chandler, Technical Services, ROI Corporation
> > ira@roiconnect.com   800-396-7641 x512  www.roiconnect.com
> >
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