Hello Holger.

found Explorer there. So far I haven't found it in Win 10.

Neither have I found the "Run" command in the startup.

It is all there in W-10, one has to find it. Open the C:\ drive and find
Windows.old, click it open and look for IE.exe, run it and voilà. Maybe your GS
has deleted it ??? One is expected to use Edge, the latest IE. Find it in the Start menu and when running, use the URL line to get IE. IE 11 is the latest. On my machines here, when first running Edge, there was this option to go to IE.

The run command also is there, do the hotkey Windows and R, it will open a
dialogue where you can type anything to suit your little heart. But run is not one of them. What do you wish to RUN ?

Ask Alan if we should not rename this echo to W-10 ?

On any folder, clicking the right ear on your mouse will offer a lot of
options. I would not go back to any other version but 10, this said, I am not a
purist, CLI are fine but let them remain in history.

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Neither have I found the "Run" command in the startup.

It is all there in W-10, one has to find it. Open the C:\ drive and find
Windows.old, click it open and look for IE.exe, run it and voilà. Maybe your JP>has deleted it ??? One is expected to use Edge, the latest IE. Find it in th JP>Start menu and when running, use the URL line to get IE. IE 11 is the latest JP>On my machines here, when first running Edge, there was this option to go to JP>IE.

I dumped the Win 10 Start menu, also did the same with Win 7.
The program Classic Shel lis very nice and the Run is there where it
belongs.
I suspect MS thought too many Win 10 users were dumb as a box of rocks
and would get themselves in trouble by using it

Ask Alan if we should not rename this echo to W-10 ?

NO NO, bite yuor tongue.
I am living in the past and feel comfortable here under it's present
name.

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TOM WALKER -> JEAN PARROT wrote:

I dumped the Win 10 Start menu, also did the same with Win 7.
The program Classic Shel lis very nice and the Run is there where it belongs.
I suspect MS thought too many Win 10 users were dumb as a box of rocks
and would get themselves in trouble by using it

I never use any Start menu at all. All the apps that I use are on the taskbar
and easy to start. There are 28 icons on it so far.

NO NO, bite your tongue. I am living in the past and feel comfortable here

under it's present name.

OK, Tom, I will not mention it any more. You know, you are not that much ahead
of me in years. I am quite comfortable in W-10.

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In a message on Tuesday 01-04-16 Jean Parrot said to Holger Granholm:

GD Jean,

Neither have I found the "Run" command in the startup.

It is all there in W-10, one has to find it. Open the C:\ drive and find Windows.old,

I haven't been able to open the C:\ or any partition without a file
manager.

click it open and look for IE.exe, run it and voilà. Maybe your GS
has deleted it ??? One is expected to use Edge, the latest IE.

Yes, I think it has been deleted, but when I get my file manager,
ZTreeWin installed, it will be much easier for me to maneuver around to
find out what actually is there.

I haven't used Explorer even in the XPp, but just recently had a look at
it. I didn't find it very useful, as compared to the ZTW (ZTreeWin).

Find it in the Start menu and when running, use the URL line to get
IE. IE 11 is the latest. On my machines here, when first running
Edge, there was this option to go to IE.

I have found Edge in the task bar, but I have much to learn about it.

The run command also is there, do the hotkey Windows and R, it will open a dialogue where you can type anything to suit your little
heart. But run is not one of them. What do you wish to RUN ?

Yes, I got that hint in the SysOp echo, along with other suggestions.

Ask Alan if we should not rename this echo to W-10 ?

The name doesn't matter as long as the users know it, but I think it's difficult to propagate a new echo this day.

On any folder, clicking the right ear on your mouse will offer a
lot of options. I would not go back to any other version but 10,
this said, I am not a purist, CLI are fine but let them remain in
history.

Thanks for all the advice, I'll save this as a file as well as try to
keep it in my head, <BG>.


73 de Sam, OH0NC,

aka Holger

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In a message on Tuesday 01-04-16 Tom Walker said to Jean Parrot:

Hi Tom,

Neither have I found the "Run" command in the startup.

I haven't had time to try it, but according to advice I have received,
it's hidden behind a "Win+R" keypress, and "Win+X" gives the cmd prompt, according to another hint.

It is all there in W-10, one has to find it. Open the C:\ drive and
find Windows.old, click it open and look for IE.exe, run it and voilà.

On my machines here, when first running Edge, there was this option
to go to IE.

I dumped the Win 10 Start menu, also did the same with Win 7.
The program Classic Shel lis very nice and the Run is there where it
it belongs.

I have asked you B4, for the address from where I can get that
Classic Shell. Didn't get a reply at that time.

Ask Alan if we should not rename this echo to W-10 ?

NO NO, bite yuor tongue.
I am living in the past and feel comfortable here under it's present
name.

I agree!


Have a nice year,

Holger

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Hi! Holger,

On 05 Jan 16 21:44, you wrote to Tom Walker:

I have asked you B4, for the address from where I can get that
Classic Shell. Didn't get a reply at that time.

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

It was the third program/utility that I installed on -this- Windows 8.1 PC that
I'm posting from. It's done its duty well, Holger. The whole caboodle(sp?) will be overwritten by a Linux distribution later in June (I think); I'm sick of Windows... again.

Cheers,
Paul.

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I dumped the Win 10 Start menu, also did the same with Win 7.
The program Classic Shellis very nice and the Run is there where it HG>TW> it belongs.

I have asked you B4, for the address from where I can get that
Classic Shell. Didn't get a reply at that time.

Woops, teh old guy did it again!!
Here is the link:

http://www.classicshell.net/

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TOM WALKER -> JEAN PARROT wrote:

I dumped the Win 10 Start menu, also did the same with Win 7.
The program Classic Shel lis very nice and the Run is there where it belongs.
I suspect MS thought too many Win 10 users were dumb as a box of rocks and would get themselves in trouble by using it

I never use any Start menu at all. All the apps that I use are on the taskb
and easy to start. There are 28 icons on it so far.

You know, you are not that much ahead of me in years.
I am quite comfortable in W-10.

I am starting to warm up to it. My biggest complaint now is that my
machine is so grundged up from adding and deleating programs that it
takes several minutes to start up. I also recently have had multipule
blue screen auto re-boots becasue of screen freezes
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Hi! Holger,

On 05 Jan 16 21:44, you wrote to Tom Walker:

I have asked you B4, for the address from where I can get that
Classic Shell. Didn't get a reply at that time.

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

It was the third program/utility that I installed on -this- Windows 8.1 PC t PQ>I'm posting from. It's done its duty well, Holger. The whole caboodle(sp?) PQ>will be overwritten by a Linux distribution later in June (I think); I'm sic PQ>of Windows... again.

I played with Linux Mint for a while but I have their Command line for
almost every thing you want to do.
I have it on a spare laptop SSD and I got it working great as a Internet
and word processing machine.
And amazingly I have put the SSD in both in my Desktop and another
laptop and they both booted up just fine
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Hi! Tom,

On 01/07/2016 12:33 AM, you wrote:

I played with Linux Mint for a while but I have their Command line for almost every thing you want to do.

Neat! I've kept a copy of your note, Tom. Thank you.

Cheers,
Paul.

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Hi! Tom,

On 01/07/2016 12:33 AM, you wrote:

I played with Linux Mint for a while but I have their Command line for almost every thing you want to do.

Neat! I've kept a copy of your note, Tom. Thank you.

Cheers,
Paul.

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Hi! Tom,

On 01/07/2016 12:33 AM, you wrote:

I played with Linux Mint for a while but I have their Command line for almost every thing you want to do.

Neat! I've kept a copy of your note, Tom. Thank you.

Cheers,
Paul.

Despite my last post here is a keyboard/command lne reference for Linux
mint

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/244
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TOM WALKER wrote to JEAN PARROT <=-

I am starting to warm up to it. My biggest complaint now is that my machine is so grundged up from adding and deleating programs that it
takes several minutes to start up. I also recently have had multipule
blue screen auto re-boots becasue of screen freezes

If you hold down F8 and select "advanced options", there's a feature
to do a fresh install, move your Windows folder, and remove any
programs that weren't part of the original install. All data stays
intact.

It provides a list of the programs removed.

After upgrading from Windows 7 to 10, I had all sorts of problems --
Explorer wouldn't always start, permissions issues on files in my
profile, and random hangs.

All went away when I did the refresh, or whatever they called it.

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Hi! Tom,

On 07 Jan 16 10:13, you wrote to me:

Neat! I've kept a copy of your note, Tom. Thank you.

Despite my last post here is a keyboard/command lne reference for
Linux mint

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/244

Nice! Thank you. Despite your misgivings on the distribution, I appreciate your recommendation of it. I have read of other reviews of the OS, but I can't
recall when or where I saw them. :)

I'm kinda pre-disposed to using a recent Puppy Linux, 6.0.2-something. I already have a copy and have run it once or twice on two of my machines, just from a USB boot. It has 'promise', particularly as it supposedly can use Ubuntu packages.

OTOH, I have a hankering to run Xubuntu but that really depends on what they'll
do with the next LTS version due in April. I've been running their 14.04 LTS on & off in a VirtualBox and found it to be "useable". :) I intend to hang on
to Windows 8 till the X'u '.1' update that might sprout in June, or maybe October.

I'm happy to give Mint a whirl in a VirtualBox, based on your say-so. I'm not averse to command line voodoo mumbo-jumbo but your insider knowledge has already given me an 'edge'. :) Thank you.

Cheers,
Paul.

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In a message on Thursday 01-06-16 Tom Walker said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Tom,

I have asked you B4, for the address from where I can get that
Classic Shell. Didn't get a reply at that time.

Woops, teh old guy did it again!!
Here is the link:

http://www.classicshell.net/

Thanks a million for the address!


CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger

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In a message on Thursday 01-06-16 Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:

Good evening Paul,

On 05 Jan 16 21:44, you wrote to Tom Walker:

I have asked you B4, for the address from where I can get that
Classic Shell. Didn't get a reply at that time.

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

It was the third program/utility that I installed on -this- Windows
8.1 PC that I'm posting from. It's done its duty well, Holger. The
whole caboodle(sp?) will be overwritten by a Linux distribution
later in June (I think); I'm sick of Windows... again.

Thanks for the address, now I've got two of them.

It may be the second (after ZTree file mgr.) to be installed on that
laptop.

Neither am I a friend of Windows, but this time I must get this laptop
to work, if only to satisfy the Christmas gift donor, my GS.


Have a good night,

Holger

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Hi! Holger,

On 07 Jan 16 09:25, you wrote to me:

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

It was the third program/utility that I installed on -this-

Thanks for the address, now I've got two of them.

They both end up at the same... as Tom gave you. :)

It may be the second (after ZTree file mgr.) to be installed on that laptop.

Well... GMTA. My second was Total Commander! [giggle]

Neither am I a friend of Windows, but this time I must get this laptop
to work, if only to satisfy the Christmas gift donor, my GS.

:)

Have a good night,

Thank you. Close but a bit early. Won't be dark for another two & a bit hours...

Cheers,
Paul.

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Hi! Holger,

On 09 Jan 16 11:45, you wrote to me:

Well... GMTA. My second was Total Commander! [giggle]

Another file manager, I understand.

Yes. Hence the GMTA. Very early on around 1987, I started using Norton Commander for DOS and that lasted about 5 years; I still have a copy of a European variant with a BBS terminal option. At some time, I did have a look at XTree but I didn't really like it since it didn't follow the same multi-directory panel layout that I was used to. Since the early 90s I've been
using Total Commander for Windows (TC for short). That's over 25 years! :)

These days I use Tux Commander on all of my Linux systems: One Dell desktop; and about eight alternate USB boot & VirtualBox PC incarnations. It's the closest approximation to TC in Windows, though with a couple of rough edges. I
also have a copy of the Gnome Commander on the Dell but it's not used often, as
it's a recent discovery courtesy of Bjoern Felton. Now I'm straying... like an
old bloke. Oops. For a squiz at some happy snaps of some of my machines and other things, take a trip when you get a chance to: http://members.dodo.com.au/~colgilly/

Winter has finally arrived here. The last week we have had -11° to
-15°C and the white stuff falling down is making the days longer, and
the days are also getting longer now after the winter solstice. -9°
right now and more snow falling vertically.

Ah, weather... well, we're technically into the second month of summer but it hasn't startd to really heat up yet. We're having 30-34°C days with variable 60-85% humidity but the Earth is still warming. It will get hotter through to April/May, as we get deeper into the cyclone season. Oh, and I've just this weekend installed my second UPS. So I'm ready for the storm season. :)

Have a nice evening,

Thank you kindly. Have fun! Be good. (I don't think they're mutually exclusive.)

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 1/10/2016 7:07 PM, Paul Quinn wrote to Holger Granholm:

Well... GMTA. My second was Total Commander! [giggle]

Another file manager, I understand.

Yes. Hence the GMTA. Very early on around 1987, I started using Norton Commander for DOS and that lasted about 5 years; I still have a copy of a European variant with a BBS terminal option. At some time, I did have a

look

at XTree but I didn't really like it since it didn't follow the same multi-directory panel layout that I was used to. Since the early 90s

I've been

using Total Commander for Windows (TC for short). That's over 25 years! :)

I tend to use File Commander/W on my Windows systems and File Commander/2
(both the same program, just two different platforms) on my eComStation
system. There is also a version of it available for Linux as well.

These days I use Tux Commander on all of my Linux systems: One Dell desktop;

I tend to use Midnight Commander on my Linux machines as well as on my
Macbook Pro laptop.
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In a message on Saturday 01-08-16 Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:

Howdy Paul,

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

They both end up at the same... as Tom gave you. :)

Yes I understood that, sourceforge.net is known for having most of the
stuff You may need, as is Hobbes, one of my favourite OS/2 sources.

Well... GMTA. My second was Total Commander! [giggle]

Another file manager, I understand.

Winter has finally arrived here. The last week we have had -11° to -15°C
and the white stuff falling down is making the days longer, and the days
are also getting longer now after the winter solstice. -9° right now and
more snow falling vertically.

Have a good night,

Thank you. Close but a bit early. Won't be dark for another two &
a bit hours...

I'll change that to:


Have a nice evening,

Holger

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Hi! Robert,

On 10 Jan 16 14:10, you wrote to me:

Well... GMTA. My second was Total Commander! [giggle]

I tend to use File Commander/W on my Windows systems and File
Commander/2 (both the same program, just two different platforms) on
my eComStation system. There is also a version of it available for
Linux as well.

Ah, I just gave it a quick eyeball from a Google search. It was familiar-looking. :) Besides the 'look & feel' I recall looking it over many moons ago, and discounted using it.

These days I use Tux Commander on all of my Linux systems: One Dell

desktop;

I tend to use Midnight Commander on my Linux machines as well as on my Macbook Pro laptop.

Yes. The 'old faithful' of the *nix world. I did use it for a couple of years but in a GUI environment it cannot interact with other tools. It's like getting stuck in a DOS app and... well, you're stuck.

'If the job gets done then it must have been the right tool.' Hey. :)

Cheers,
Paul.

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In a message on Monday 01-10-16 Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:

Good evening Paul,

Another file manager, I understand.

Yes. Hence the GMTA. Very early on around 1987, I started using
Norton Commander for DOS and that lasted about 5 years; I still have
a copy of a European variant with a BBS terminal option. At some
time, I did have a look at XTree but I didn't really like it since
it didn't follow the same multi-directory panel layout that I was
used to. Since the early 90s I've been using Total Commander for
Windows (TC for short). That's over 25 years! :)

Thanks for the list of various Windows File Managers. I have also in the beginning run Norton Commander, Central Points which began as PCTools,
and maybe some others, but I'm glad that I stayed with Xtree and now its descendants ZTree for OS/2 and Windows.

of my machines and other things, take a trip when you get a chance
to:
http://members.dodo.com.au/~colgilly/

I've deferred this message of yours. It will stay there until I delete
it, ie. not automagically disappear as the reply directory will, after a
set time in days.

Ah, weather... well, we're technically into the second month of
summer but it hasn't startd to really heat up yet. We're having
30-34°C days with variable 60-85% humidity but the Earth is still
warming.

I just read in todays newspaper that there have wild bush fires, IIRC
south of Perth, with temperatures about 39°C and strong winds.

A local inhabitant here is visiting her sisters over there, over the
XMAS season.

Have a nice evening,

Thank you kindly. Have fun! Be good. (I don't think they're
mutually exclusive.)

Cheers from here too,

Holger

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In a message on Monday 01-10-16 Robert Wolfe said to Paul Quinn:

Hello Robert,

I tend to use File Commander/W on my Windows systems and File
Commander/2 (both the same program, just two different platforms) on
my eComStation system. There is also a version of it available for
Linux as well.

Thanks for the hint.

I think I have FC/2 on a CD, but I'm not sure. It may be FM/2.

Have a nice day,

Holger

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Hi! Holger,

On 01/11/2016 01:17 PM, you wrote:

Thanks for the list of various Windows File Managers. I have also in the beginning run Norton Commander, Central Points which began as PCTools,
and maybe some others, but I'm glad that I stayed with Xtree and now its descendants ZTree for OS/2 and Windows.

Now you're jogging some old memories. I recall toying with PCTools as well, and a bunch of other utils, say, to low-level format HDDs and adjust sector-skipping rates, etc. :)

of my machines and other things, take a trip when you get a chance
to:
http://members.dodo.com.au/~colgilly/

I've deferred this message of yours. It will stay there until I delete
it, ie. not automagically disappear as the reply directory will, after a set time in days.

On second thoughts: it's h-e-a-v-y on photo file sizes, so, save it till you find a fast internet connection. I really must do one or two piccies of the current Win 8.1 before I blow it away, too. ;)

I just read in todays newspaper that there have wild bush fires, IIRC south of Perth, with temperatures about 39°C and strong winds.

Yep, they're copping it tough over there. They share pretty much the same environment as us on the east coast, but it's much much drier. Hence a lot of bushfires.

A local inhabitant here is visiting her sisters over there, over the
XMAS season.

Ooh, this reminds me. My youngest daughter works as a nurse in a remote hospital in Mount Isa (usually spelled Mt Isa). She was staying with me on the
weekend and happened to, just casually mind you, mention that she works with a girl from Aland! I'm sure she said Aland. (I'll double-double check.) I should ask for a name, as well.

Cheers,
Paul.

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In a message on Wednesday 01-12-16 Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:

Good evening Paul,

beginning run Norton Commander, Central Points which began as PCTools,

Now you're jogging some old memories. I recall toying with PCTools
as well, and a bunch of other utils, say, to low-level format HDDs
and adjust sector-skipping rates, etc. :)

Oh yes they are still in fresh memory. I have used Norton Utilities very recently, namely the WIPEDISK program to wipe out a whole HD, before
putting in a new OS/2 installation.

I've deferred this message of yours. It will stay there until I delete

On second thoughts: it's h-e-a-v-y on photo file sizes, so, save it
till you find a fast internet connection. I really must do one or
two piccies of the current Win 8.1 before I blow it away, too. ;)

Yes, I even received a Mobile Broadband subscription as XMAS gift, so
Santa was very kind to me. I'll use it as soon as I've got that Win10 configured to my liking, and got the needed programs installed.

Yesterday, I even got the ZTreeWin installed. Don't ask me how, it just
worked. I may have hit the right command prompt, and suddenly it worked.

the same environment as us on the east coast, but it's much much
drier. Hence a lot of bushfires.

Well, you've got your share of them too.

A local inhabitant here is visiting her sisters over there, ....

staying with me on the weekend and happened to, just casually mind
you, mention that she works with a girl from Aland! I'm sure she
said Aland. (I'll double-double check.) I should ask for a name,
as well.

The lady I mentioned in the previous post, is a retired physiotherapist,
a very good one, named Sheila Sundblom.

Actually, there are many persons from Åland, that either have emigrated
to Australia, or are working there, or studying there.

Also, many a sailor have left their ship in Australia, and made a living
there, especially from the Eriksson sailing ships that brought wheat to
Europe.

It's quite ecpensive to go there just for a holiday, but some do it.


Have a nice evening,

Holger

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Hi! Holger,

On 01/13/2016 12:55 PM, you wrote:

Yes, I even received a Mobile Broadband subscription as XMAS gift, so Santa was very kind to me. I'll use it as soon as I've got that Win10 configured to my liking, and got the needed programs installed.

Ooh, nice.

Yesterday, I even got the ZTreeWin installed. Don't ask me how, it just worked. I may have hit the right command prompt, and suddenly it worked.

Ah, yes. I've had days like that too. It means that the winds were favourable
and the phase of the moon was opportune.[grin]

said Aland. (I'll double-double check.) I should ask for a name,
as well.

I received a SMS note from my little girl: that lady was from Finland and has returned home now. :(

The lady I mentioned in the previous post, is a retired physiotherapist,
a very good one, named Sheila Sundblom.

Good name! (Sheila) It's Australian slang for a lady/woman, though not much used these days by the young folk.

Actually, there are many persons from Åland, that either have emigrated to Australia, or are working there, or studying there.

:)

Also, many a sailor have left their ship in Australia, and made a living there, especially from the Eriksson sailing ships that brought wheat to Europe.

Yikes! I thought you were about to say descendants of Erik the Red! :)

It's quite ecpensive to go there just for a holiday, but some do it.

Maybe a couple of years ago, when the Aussie dollar was on par with the US greenback. Not now. The Aussie buck is roughly equal to 0.65 Euro. (Long-winded layman's ill-informed explanation deleted.)

Cheers,
Paul.

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In a message on Friday 01-14-16 Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:

Good afternoon, Paul,

Yes, I even received a Mobile Broadband subscription as XMAS gift,

Ooh, nice.

Yeah, maybe the tag line tells the truth ;o)

Ah, yes. I've had days like that too. It means that the winds were favourable and the phase of the moon was opportune.[grin]

I still have to configure size and font to my liking, on the LCD screen.

I received a SMS note from my little girl: that lady was from
Finland and has returned home now. :(

Many people here say they come from Finland, because Aland is pretty
unknown in the world, while Finland rings a bell with some.

Also, many a sailor have left their ship in Australia, and made a living there, especially from the Eriksson sailing ships that brought wheat to Europe.

Yikes! I thought you were about to say descendants of Erik the Red!
:)

I don't recall that one ;o)

Maybe a couple of years ago, when the Aussie dollar was on par with
the US greenback. Not now. The Aussie buck is roughly equal to
0.65 Euro. (Long-winded layman's ill-informed explanation deleted.)

I haven't actually followed the exchange rate for the AU$. The most
important exchange rates are the swedish crown, because we usually
travel there, and the US$.


Have a nice evening,

Holger

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On 2016-01-04 7:46 AM, Jean Parrot -> Holger Granholm wrote:

Ask Alan if we should not rename this echo to W-10 ?

'Alan' has no connection to the WINDOWS Fido echo other than a sometime reader/poster.

A long time ago, when Windows 98 was released, the question was raised about re-naming WIN95. It was pointed out by folks who were more involved with the FIDO network than I was (or am) that re-naming an echo area was problematic, as
it would be applied inconsistently by the various hosts and would cause problems and confusion routing the messages.

The result has been that WIN95 kept that name - though it seems wildly out of place 21 years later.

At one time, there was a WINDOWS2000 echo and a WIN32 echo among others....

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