HELP!About download FC4 images. 7334

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:24:35 -0500, Jean-David Beyer staggered into the Black Sun and said:

What, did they remove GWBASIC from 'DozeXP? :-)

Today's typical user doesn't know *how* to program. Sad but true. When I started using computers (Apple-c, w00t!) a lot of simple utilities were written in BASIC. That sucked as a language, but it was relatively easy to understand and could always be LISTed. One of the first things my father did on that machine was write a simple text editor, because the-c didn't *have* one. It was a bitty box with 64K address space and no mulbreastasking, but hey, you had complete control over its hardware, and the manuals had a wealth of actual tech specs.

Now, there are tons of commercial and Free utilities out there to satisfy almost every application need. So doing simple "normal user" tasks doesn't require any programming, so few people learn it. It's like cars--very few people are interested in fuel injection profiles or how to replace spark plugs; they just want to get groceries and drive the kids to school.

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