From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:40:14 +0100   
   MikeS  wrote:   
      
   > On 12/10/2023 06:47, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > > Tom,   
   > >   
   > >> No activity in 5 months?   
   > >   
   > > The last-before-yours post in my newsgroup reader is dated 27 Juli, so less   
   > > than three months.   
   > >   
   > > But yes, for some reason its been silent here for quite while.  Your guess   
   > > to the why of it is as good as mine.   
   > >   
   > > Regards,   
   > > Rudy Wieser   
   > >   
   > >   
   > Probably because writing simple batch programs is easy and still useful   
   > in Windows but the elaborate "clever" stuff we used to love is now   
   > pointless. Windows provides easier and better alternatives. Attempting   
   > to use real MSDOS as an everyday OS is only for the serious masochist.   
      
   Probably. But I live in the past. See my asm programs in   
      
   comp.lang.asm.x6/comp.os.msdos.programmer   
      
   if you wish.   
   --   
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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