slightly O/T. Computer question

I've tried a couple of these programs, freeware/demos, that can search your hard drive for programs/files etc. that should match the registry entries, then comes back with a list of dangling registry entries for you to OK so it can delete them. They worked fine, and kept finding things; lots of temp files and stuff seem to end up listed in the registry. Weird. Anyway, the other side is that they didn't fix/improve anything either. I hate the registry. It's the symbol of everything that's wrong with Windows/microsoft.

Webroot's Windows Washer actually works. I tried them all including Norton, VCom, Etc.

and you can get it from fosi.

My apologies for the brain cramp. When you mentioned "086 architecture" I jumped to the conclusion that you were referring to the Motorola

Charles Metz

Harro de Jong wrote: : Greg Heilers wrote: : : :> In all honesty...take the plunge and learn TeX/LaTeX. :> A steep learning curve, at first...but once you get the hang of :> it, you will ask "Why would *anyone* ever want to use a :> word processor program?!". : : (shudder) Steep learning curve is an understatement. Those are entirely : unsuitable for many users' needs. : I have heard TeX/LaTeX is a derivative of ROFF/TROFF? That being the case, I'll take a good word processor anytime. I used roff/troff way too many times to enjoy the "wet, lather, rinse, repeat" method of determing where to place page breaks. : : If you want something easier to use/less frustrating than Word, go for : AppleWorks or Pages. FrameMaker would do as well, but that's quite : expensive and has a bit of a learning curve (but it's far less arcane : than TeX). : I really, really like FrameMaker. Yeah, its a bitch to learn, but it _DOES_ things. Like, break tables to fit page breaks, automatically put table headings at the top of any table that breaks over a page, changing a paragraph type actually changes ALL of the paragraphs already existing in the document. And, all this plus no "auto foul-up", err, _format_ "feature".

Bruce

yeah, well, sometimes my brain isn't so great...

snipped-for-privacy@some.domain (e) wrote in :

It started with the 8086, an 8-bit processor running at 4.77 MHz.

Next week, Holerith Cards, and documation air riff readers made here in Scenic Melbourne Florida. BA

i read that intel started with a 44 mhz cpu. it was used on that home built pc and others. it is still around on servos and such. the 88mhz was in the first ibm xt. it had 256 k ram, 2 360 k floppys and a b&w video card. it cost $5000. the first ibm hd was 10 megs and cost $2500. i still have a pair of that set. when i started doing repairs, i offered an upgrade without a card from 256 to

i had a 286 daughter board on my xt and everyone was green with envy.

snipped-for-privacy@some.domain (e) wrote in :

Sorry, but those numbers are off.

The first Intel microprocessor was the 4004, introduced in 1971.

cool. does not surprise me. thaty 4004 must have been a screamer!

If it's not Z-80 it's CRAP!!!

string and beads, baby

No 4.77MHz.

No, still 4.77MHz. But an 8086, not an 8088.

Hmmm, My memory says 5Megabytes, but I'll not swear to it. .

Cheers, Gary B-)

the 8088 ran at 4.7 mhz

please do your homework.

look at the site in an earlier post. you've mixed things up.

Yes.

But not as badly as you did - 44mhz indeed! :-)

My excuse is that I didn't leave the 32-bit world of Motorola and DEC (well, 16- and 32-bits, PDP-11s and VAXen), and others, for the twilight zone of the peecee until the PC-AT, which used an 80286 running at 6MHz. (Just to cover myself - they were HP Vectras and various others, not necessarily true IBM PC-ATs, but I'm sure that the 80296 CPU clocked at

Cheers, Gary B-)

good catch. read once, misquote twice.

btw, ibm made a 186 cpu in the old xt style case. they are rare so i've saved the only one i could find. still on the 8 bit bus but it screams compared to the 8088. i also still have the 286 daughter board and a nec v-30. and a 20 mhz 286....no wonder my house is sinking.