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    As I was saying...re-launching for a "new" old computer

    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...
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    Wikipedia’s Moment of Truth

    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...
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    What forum should I post in about old WordPerfect?

    I don't see anything exactly right, but I thought I'd try here. When I got my current (dying) computer, ages ago, I had to look around for the antiquated WP5.1 DOS for it. I was thinking, when I get my new computer, instead of simply transferring everything from the old into the new -...
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    Trying to replace a dying computer

    I'm very low-tech and have no interest in upgrading for its own sake. But now it's necessary as my elderly computer is dying. First, I'm looking for something difficult: A computer with BOTH an A-drive for 3.5 floppies and USB ports. So far, I've found that Dell had a few lines - Optiplex...
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    Interested to run across this forum

    I was very surprised to accidentally run across this site online. I was hoping to ask questions about antiquated items without being mocked here - specifically, I wanted to ask about computers for an old WP5.1 DOS word processing - trying to figure out the right forum(s) for that. But now that...