[ale] OT: who's bought/seen Caprica?

[Jeff Lightner]

I'm sure I still have a copy of DOS 3 and Lotus 123 v2 on floppy (maybe
even DOS 2 and Lotus 123 v1A but I won't swear to those).

DSDD floppies - what was really fun about those was you had to format
them first until someone got the idea of selling preformatted floppies.
I'd back up a 10 MB hard drive (we had the money for it at that job) to
DSDDs and spent almost as much time formatting floppies as I did backing
up to them afterwards.

My Egyptian headdress helmet was indeed a reference to the original
Larson production of BG (BSG).  It must have had some redeeming
qualities if they took the name for the current series.  

BG 1980 truly sucked - basically just two dudes on motorcycles riding
around America - sort of like star wars meets easy rider without any of
the joy of either of those.  On the plus side they still used the
Egyptian headdress helmets - I always imagined them showing up in a
biker bar with those on...

I can't believe someone prefers the new Starbuck to Face from the
A-Team. :)

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Geoffrey
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:43 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: who's bought/seen Caprica?

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sun May 3 2009, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> No. They make you format floppies, configure obscure modem hardware,
>> and replace google with archie and veronica. Somewhere along they way
>> your internet access speed gets throttled back to 1200 baud...
> 
> speaking of floppies, I was just looking around some boxes ( looking
for those 
> MICE for Brian.. that I couldn't find:( when I did find:
> 1. win95 boot floppy
> 2. my original Slackware 3.4 jewel box from 1997..
> 3. Win Me CD
> 
> well, at least 1 out of 3 is linux related:)


I've still got my original netscape windows floppy.  Yes, netscape 
browser used to fit on a floppy.


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin
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