Subj : Need a Chromebook Helper
To : August Abolins
From : Ed Vance
Date : Tue Mar 24 2020 09:10 pm
03-24-20 16:45 August Abolins wrote to Ed Vance about Need a Chromebook Helper
Howdy! August,
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AA> On 23/03/2020 10:02 p.m., Ed Vance : All wrote:
AA> G'day Ed!,
EV>A Friend of Mine who lives in the next County has a Acer
EV>Chromebook. He calls (or Email's) me and asks how to do things
EV>like:
EV>1. How do I find Windows Games I can Play Online? - Play not
EV>Download.
AA> I have seen some sites that offer games via Java. They work well. No
AA> download required.
My Friend may get confused if I mention Java to him.
He's heard me talk about WINE being a Windows Emulator for Linux and knows
WINE is a computer program.
Really, I am not knowledgeable about Java.
I use NoScript to allow some websites just so the Page I am wanting to look
at displays correctly.
On some web pages before I "Temp. Allow" any sites with NoScript I sometimes
see a notice at the top of the page about not having Java enabled
Someone here in a Windows echo told me about using CTRL-U in Firefox to
to open a Tab to see the Pages SOURCE CODE.
After I open the SOURCE Page I usually hit the F3 Key to open a Find window
on the botton left of Firefox so I can type some of the websites NoScript
shows in the list of Recently blocked sites that I'm not sure need to be
Allow, Temp. or Otherwise.
When I see the Name of a website in the SOURCE Page I Temp. Allow it then.
It doesn't hurt to be very careful.
EV>2. How do I find DOS Games I can Play Online?
AA> Many BBSes have fine DOOR GAMES. Would that fit the bill?
He isn't a BBS User.
Years ago when This BBS (CCO) could be Dial'd-Up I gave him the phone number
of the Prism BBS he could get on using Dial-Up.
He used it for a while and didn't continue calling it.
That may have been because Janis moved away from this area.
EV>3. How do I find Linux Games I can Play Online?
AA> The Java-based sites ought to be the same as for [1] above.
EV>He know I have been playing with computers, (and getting whipped
EV>by them) since 1984 when I bought a C=64, and considers me
EV>his 'Tech Person' but I don't know it all, I just act like I do.
AA> The technology often moves along a lot faster than it is possible to
AA> "know" everything.
I'm still using XP but I'll still try to keep on learning things as I become
interested in learning about it.
By my logging on to a BBS ran on a Windows (DOS probably) pc when I had a
Commodore 64 I learned enough about Windows 3.1 to try to help a man at
Church from what I read in the Windows (and later WIN95) echos.
And then where I work got rid of the Texas Instruments Terminal and got the
Boss'es old used XT with DOS 2.11 - WITH ALL THE BOOKS FOR IT! when a 286
was put in His Office.
I was in Hog Heaven on the Night Shift using BASIC, after all, BASIC was on
my C=64 and a lot of things I could do at Home I could write in DOS-BASIC
now.
And Then I learned to write simple .BAT Files...
I added Your Initials to the TAGLINE that You used in a message over in
the DOVE echo.
When I saw it mention Geneology I thought of Nancy Backus who writes in
another echo I read and JUST HAD TO write her a message using That TAGLINE.
I didn't know if You created the TAGLINE or Stole it as I did today, but
anyway I added it to my TAGLINE File with Your Initials.
See Below | | | |
v v v v
73 de Ed W9ODR . .
... Genelogy: chasing your own tale. - A. A.
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