Every now and again you come across odd little web sites that have a lot on them that turn out to be little gems. I tend to avoid commercial sites. Somehow, the word 'free' seems oddly attractive.
This one, PC Tips, really does have some useful stuff hidden in it's depths, despite it's boring title. Have a dig around.
Stuff like this appeals to me because it reminds me of my early days, y'now, when there were no VDU's (visual display units) commonly available, just punch cards, paper tape, and IBM golf-ball tellytypes and reams of paper. Valves and germanium transistors lived in uneasy harmony. Community, total free-for-all, were in vough and all commercial interests were absolutely banned. Ah, me.
Those were the days. (I was 12 years old) :) Btw, did you know that a lot of the tools, and ways of communicating, are still there, (or available on the net) and the same technology still underlines the modern, flashy, in-your face internet.
I have a number of operating systems, from Windows 7, Linux, and early DOS, through to Amiga, Atari, BBC and Spectrum, way down to my pride and joy, a component by component built configure by 4 switches beastie. She doesn't have a name. She. Heh :)
If you don't mind twiddling with the command prompt, (Windows Key, 'R', type cmd) you can investigate the underbelly of the operating system and the internet. For free.
Try doing a search for Ftp, Telnet, IIRC. Linx, Newsgroups. Yup there available using Windows and Mac, but using the command line can be challenging, but much more fun. Stretch yourself.
Pictures downloaded as text and manually converting to Jpeg, anyone :)
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