[Ham-Computers] RE: windows stuff

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FORTRAN and COBAL.  I never used the latter as it was a bean counter thing.  
But I had to take courses in FORTRAN II before I went to Vietnam and then 
repeat except in FORTRAN IV after I came home and finished my degree.  Don't 
recall what COBAL was an acronym for but FORTRAN was FORmula TRANslator or 
something close.

My first machine was a C64 overlapped with the color portable SX64.  Followed 
by several CPM-II and CPM-III machines, first a C128 and then a couple of 
Bondwell portables.

Incidentally, Aaron, was there ever a W2K non-Professional?  I know there was 
an XP Home version as I cut its CD up and used if for shim stock (didn't work 
worth a damn there either) but never saw any mention of anything other than 
W2K Pro after the dummies in Redmond decided not to continue calling it NT5.

In a message dated 8/30/2005 7:28:04 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dfischer at usol.com writes: 
> Four Tran (sp?), Cobal

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