I know this should be easy for an ex-IBM'er, but I don't have a clue on how to write a program on my PC. While employed with IBM, I learned a number of...
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Barry Bryan
thebodytx
Apr 1, 2011 3:21 pm
Friday, April 1, 2011, 9:38:38 AM, makeyourignorancework4u wrote: makeyourignorancework4u> If there is someone out there who has makeyourignorancework4u>...
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ol_pops
Apr 1, 2011 4:08 pm
What do you want to do? Maybe the simple .bat commands would work....
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madinpok
Apr 1, 2011 5:10 pm
If you prefer Perl, you can download it from here: http://www.perl.org/get.html Some people like to use Python, although I think it is an awful language...
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orsonbear
Apr 1, 2011 5:24 pm
If you do some quick searches on the web, you can find many, many references on application development and programming languages for the PC (i.e. Windows...
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Thomas Hickey
tombettyhickey
Apr 1, 2011 10:03 pm
Hum, other than one response, this post has received lots of info. on modifying / fixing / etc., but none on any experiences on actually purchasing a...
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gfretwell@...
gfretwell2000
Apr 2, 2011 2:01 pm
I got quite a bit done with the programming language in dBase III and IV The inventory program we ran the parts room with was dBase. (using a bar code reader) ...
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gfretwell@...
gfretwell2000
Apr 2, 2011 2:33 pm
There is also the regular old BASIC that seems to run OK on XP. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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makeyourignorancework4u
makeyourigno...
Apr 2, 2011 9:33 pm
Thanks to all who responded! I managed to download and install and actually run a program to write "Hello World". Chose Perl because it was most recent in my...
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gfretwell@...
gfretwell2000
Apr 3, 2011 1:30 am
If you do think you want to use a blast from the past there is some freeware out there called DOSBOX that will let you set up a DOS environment in XP that will...
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mr_quarkwrench
Apr 3, 2011 2:48 am
Add another $0.04 and buy a cheap iTune. -- Don...
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mr_quarkwrench
Apr 3, 2011 2:49 am
Doesn't bother me, either. And LD1 won't mind because his Life is Good. -- Don...
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divaberyl
Apr 3, 2011 2:49 am
Calm thyself, mathguy (as someone with a masters in math, I expect a lot from other math people) and read the law. Unless you are super wealthy and don't need...
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ac5aa1@...
austindac
Apr 3, 2011 2:51 am
Just a quick word to the wise - after you decide which model you wish to buy, price it at Best Buy and a couple other retailers. More often than not you will...
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dm47
Apr 3, 2011 2:51 am
I have had mixed experience with the IBM (now Lenovo) Employee Purchase Program. The Thinkpad T42 I'm using now is 5 or 6 years old and has had replacements...
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Gene McDonough
genemcdonough
Apr 3, 2011 2:52 am
Years ago there was a BASIC compiler included with DOS. My Windows 7 machine doesn't seem to have it. I doubt if there is an included programming language ...
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dm47
Apr 3, 2011 2:52 am
Some years back I bought a refurbished T22 Thinkpad - less than 1 year from original build date. At the time, a T22 was a pretty high-end laptop - titanium...
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OldUncleJosh@...
runjosh
Apr 3, 2011 2:52 am
I first used UNIX in the mid 1970's so I find Cygwin http://www.cygwin.com/ a quite comfortable C programming environment. Reasonably "UNIX like" but with...
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justa_bean_counter
justa_bean_c...
Apr 3, 2011 12:57 pm
As a side note, please be careful of internet slop. Favorite sites that will keep you being slopped are: Snopes.com Factcheck.org hoax-slayer.com Just key in...
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Joseph
josephfeng
Apr 3, 2011 4:48 pm
... I had a similarly unpleasant experience when I purchased a Color Graphics Moniitor (yes, it was a long time ago) that turned out to be DOA. IBM refused to...
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Atraveler Mchsi
atraveler00
Apr 3, 2011 5:26 pm
I like Lenovo PCs, and fortunately they’ve retained much of the original IBM commercial duty qualities in many of their offerings. Some of the...
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stevejm1935
Apr 3, 2011 7:33 pm
And with respect to your house, the 250k/500k profit exemption still applies....
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orsonbear
Apr 4, 2011 3:19 pm
Also consider JavaScript; every modern browser has its own implementation (Firefox, IE, Opera, Safari, Chrome). Free. Very useful, since it is easy to...
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makeyourignorancework4u
makeyourigno...
Apr 4, 2011 4:27 pm
Although I am now bringing myself back up to speed with Perl, I would like to use a little better editor than Notepad which simply does not have anywhere the...
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Portsmith
portsm1th
Apr 4, 2011 5:10 pm
You might want to consider "notepad++". It's popular, and the price is right - free! Just google "cnet notepad++"....
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gfretwell@...
gfretwell2000
Apr 4, 2011 5:22 pm
If you just want a text editor any of the old DOS based editors still work in XP. CE3 (the FE version of the E editor) has a good tool box (sort, block move ...
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older_bassman
Apr 4, 2011 5:44 pm
I'm not sure if you want to spend any money but I have always liked and use Visual SlickEdit. I still use it on my PC at home....
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orsonbear
Apr 4, 2011 6:04 pm
Visual SlickEdit is indeed a nice programming editor. Used that at work back when IBM paid for it. If you want to buy your own copy, it goes for $299 for a...
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madinpok
Apr 4, 2011 6:31 pm
You could try the emacs editor, which is free, but if you didn't like vi, you probably won't like emacs, either. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Or, you can...
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creepingstone
Apr 5, 2011 2:48 am
Depends on what you are looking for... Why has no one mentioned WORDPAD? Start / Run / Wordpad Carl...
