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  • BIOS Protection.

    From Jean Parrot@3:640/384 to Holger Granholm on Monday, March 21, 2016 23:38:37
    Good day, Holger.

    Why not go to the BIOS and enable write protection ?

    This I find in BIOS, third from the top-left menu, Adavnced BIOS Features as
    "CPU Virus warning" or words to that effect and I have Enabled it.

    OTOH, that machine is mostly used to transfer files (bulletins), from
    USB sticks to diskettes, because it has the plug-in diskette drive.

    Diskette ? What are those ? :-)

    I'm still fighting Thunderbird. I want it to get the new messages immeadetely to my HD, to be read/edited (bulletins), offline.


    I have not used this function at all, I can not even comment on it.

    > I certainly would want somebody reading this, to alert me how to connect
    to that company, or at least give me a hint of where I could get a more up-to-date version.


    I am reading it but no help here, Holger. Ask Alan, he knows it all.

    I think that's up to ourselves. The message activity is certainly low.
    I seem to be occupied for at least five years after my death ;o).

    I would be so lucky but let me wish it on you.

    --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)
  • From Holger Granholm@2:20/228 to Jean Parrot on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 09:28:00
    In a message on Tuesday 03-21-16 Jean Parrot said to Holger Granholm:

    GE Jean,

    Why not go to the BIOS and enable write protection ?

    This I find in BIOS, third from the top-left menu, Adavnced
    BIOS Features as "CPU Virus warning" or words to that effect and I
    have Enabled it.

    Yes, I can do that, and also protect the BIOS with a password.

    USB sticks to diskettes, because it has the plug-in diskette drive.

    Diskette ? What are those ? :-)

    You know <BG>, they are small round magnetic disks, housed in 3.5"square (almost), plastic covers.

    They are very useful for transferring OS/2 programs, from one machine to another. The BBS machine doesn't have USB support, the laptops do, and
    OS/2 programs and text files are as compact as they were in the DOS era.

    Just test it. Take a text file created in Windows and save it as a *.txt
    file. Then compare the size in kb's.

    I'm still fighting Thunderbird. I want it to get the new messages immeadetely to my HD, to be read/edited (bulletins), offline.

    I have not used this function at all, I can not even comment on it.

    I did find a setting "to save as file". I have set it on, and I'll check
    next time if it helps.

    I certainly would want somebody reading this, to alert me how to connect to that company, or at least give me a hint of where I could get a more up-to-date version.

    I am reading it but no help here, Holger. Ask Alan, he knows it
    all.

    He reads this, so we'll soon read about it if he has found out something
    I do know another ham that knows a lot .... I may soon hear from him.

    I seem to be occupied for at least five years after my death ;o).

    I would be so lucky but let me wish it on you.

    TNX, HI.

    Our friend Ed has disappeared behind the horizon.
    I hope he's still kicking.


    73 de Sam, OH0NC

    aka Holger

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    * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228)