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|    Bobbie Sellers to Doug Laidlaw    |
|    Re: Forking around with PCLinux OS previ    |
|    28 Sep 16 12:03:59    |
   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.pclinuxos   
   From: bliss@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On 09/26/2016 11:07 PM, Doug Laidlaw wrote:   
   > Bobbie Sellers Wrote in message:   
   >>>   
   >>> I read that the very first Mac was a PC as we understand it,   
   >>> shipped as a kit in a crate.   
   >>   
   >> Not as far as I know but the original Apple computer   
   >> was sold in just that way as were many other home computers   
   >> of the day. These were quite different and used switches   
   >> to enter programs and binary lights to give results, I   
   >> never used one but I used binary to read radiation counter   
   >> in the lab. The Apple kit was more advanced with an actual   
   >> keyboard as far as I know.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> SNIP   
   >>   
   >> bliss   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com   
   >>   
   >   
   > I have just reinstalled PCL   
   > 2016.06 using the same UEFI   
   > partition as Mageia. Installation was straightforward. My   
   > download is of the MATE desktop. I can't recall why I took   
   > it off before -- probably to make space for something else.   
   >   
      
    Don't forget to do the frequent updates.   
    Two versions of Firefox in two days.   
    A new Thunderbird if you use those tools.   
      
    bliss   
      
   --   
   bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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