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242194 2004-06-06 07:14:00 A bit of history-lest we forgot ;)-inventors.about.com mark.p (383)
242195 2004-06-06 09:02:00 > One is non-US commonwealth english and the other is
> common US usage. I was taught disc, anyway so it must
> be right. Markp was having a bit of fun with the
> pedants, thought I'd join in :) and have a wee dig at
> the continuation of our inevitable loss of identity.
>
> Cheers Murray ;P

Bah, take no notice of me Murray, I have had a bit of a devil on my back today. Carry on with your fun. :-)
Susan B (19)
242196 2004-06-06 09:15:00 I'm going to be even more pedantic :)

Don't forget the compact disc was invented by Philips, hence the European influence on the spelling from the Latin discus.

Disk is an Americanism, and remember I mentioned once the strong influence of German migrants on American English? Well, I think I did :)

The Germans love to use the letter 'k', hence diskus in German, and hence disk in American english.
Terry Porritt (14)
242197 2004-06-06 09:22:00 > Bah, take no notice of me Murray, I have had a bit of
> a devil on my back today. Carry on with your fun. :-)

Nah SB. Sometimes I forget to add the inflection of what I'm thinking into the post I'm writing. Completely destroys any meaning and falls flat if I'm trying to be a S A. I realised it as soon as I posted. Moral = don't be a S A Murray P. ;)

So carry on as you wish, it can help lighten the load sometimes, better than getting at those that are closer anyway.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
242198 2004-06-06 13:52:00 Just to get off the subject, and back to the original query, would a dual boot system with DOS 7.1 (newdos.yginfo.net) be too cumbersome?

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R2x1 (4628)
242199 2004-06-06 21:59:00 No more so than dual booting any other OS. What do you want to accomplish with "real" dos? I beleive the Dos 7.1 site maintainer hangs out over at -computing.net and should be able to give a few tips. mark.p (383)
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