Recent content by Webecedarian

I know it's there, but in my experience, it's not reasonable or polite to ask people to plow through a bunch of old posts to finally get to the new one.

Just the same "point" as having photographs on your office desk.

Is this the right sub-forum? I'm not quite sure. It was back last year when I'd been trying to figure out what I should ask for when getting a replacement vintage computer. I appreciated your replies here, and but I was overtaken by disasters in my life, with a succession of deaths of family...

Interesting article, with the conflict of old and new, even online. Wikipedia’s Moment of Truth Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process? By Jon Gartner The goal of Wikipedia, as its co-founder Jimmy Wales...

I can't get past the name. Why would anyone want to name a lively contemporary chat site after a lumbering extinct animal.

Wow, that just amazes me, that laptops would have been more reliable. Okay, here's a good example of my problem, ignoramus though I am: I just had someone tell me that I should use Windows XP, which I believe is later than ME, right? I have all these guys who are all cock-sure they're right...

Let's see if I have enough information to answer. Although I've been told I can use the newest Windows, I could use at 32-bit Windows 10, for instance. I actually don't like laptops. I find them difficult to use, and I'm convinced I'd always be knocking it off the desk. I called Dell, but...

You are so kind to go on at such length. Let me see if I can answer a few things. No internet at home, and no plans at present to have internet at home. I'm using the computer basically like a souped-up typewriter, for text only. Yes, I'd like to have Word, but I have to say that the old...

I haven't bought the computer yet.

I'm sorry that this ends up being so piecemeal. It's not that I "don't want to learn new things." I learn new things all the time. But I'm not in a position to suddenly become a techie. I'm not going to become a gourmet chef just because I want to get a great haute-cuisine dinner, either...

Okay. Thanks. I see it. But - excuse my ignorance - what is that? Does it mean I can get it for free? And I'd need an internet connection, then, right? I'm trying to get it into a computer that wouldn't be hooked up to the internet.

As far as I know, my only "issue" is that I have a failing IDE disk. It's at least 20 years old, and I think it only needed "maintenance" once. I could just replace it, but I'd rather take the opportunity to edge into the 21st century by having a desktop that also has USB ports. Sorry if I...

Okay, but I'm not seeing anything for WordPerfect WP5.1 DOS.

To try to be precise, the things that are plugged in are a keyboard, mouse, and monitor - but I don't believe they are USB connections. I'm sorry, but I don't know what you mean by "productivity applications." I currently have WP5.1 DOS and Corel Word 11. I think it's with Windows 98. I...