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  • C Clickok

    I was thinking what the the tool what I use in my PC. And the conclusion is http://www.getright.com/[^] I have changed Windows versions, tools, needs, internet connection but I have always used GetRight. What is the oldest tool what you still use?


    Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:

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    brianwelsch
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    I sometimes write code for an emulation of a 30 year old IBM Mainframe. The debugger I run for that is about 25 years old.

    BW


    Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
    Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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    • C Clickok

      I was thinking what the the tool what I use in my PC. And the conclusion is http://www.getright.com/[^] I have changed Windows versions, tools, needs, internet connection but I have always used GetRight. What is the oldest tool what you still use?


      Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
      For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:

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      Ed Poore
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      Rock[^], oh sorry, you mean PC tool :-O? :rolleyes:

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      • C Chris Losinger

        my copy of Cakewalk 9 is pretty old (for software)

        image processing toolkits | batch image processing | blogging

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        Ed Poore
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        I think I've got an even older copy (?) from when it was still called WinCake (I think it was anyway, probably mistaken), but can't see what version it is because I havn't got my floppy reader available for the laptop.

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        • C Clickok

          I was thinking what the the tool what I use in my PC. And the conclusion is http://www.getright.com/[^] I have changed Windows versions, tools, needs, internet connection but I have always used GetRight. What is the oldest tool what you still use?


          Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
          For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:

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          Chris Kaiser
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          cmd.exe

          This statement was never false.

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          • P PJ Arends

            One I wrote myself back in 96 using Borland's Turbo C++ v2.0. It is not used a whole lot so I have not bothered to update it. It was written for Windows 3.1 so I had to write my own date edit and spin controls.


            You may be right
            I may be crazy
            -- Billy Joel --

            Within you lies the power for good, use it!!!

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            Ricky Dean
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            A screwdriver that my grandad made out of a WW2 bullet. Oops, I've deviated into the physical realm of hardware.:-D

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            • S Shog9 0

              Clickok wrote:

              What is the oldest tool what you still use?

              My hands.

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              Bassam Abdul Baki
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              You mean your right hand. :laugh:


              "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." - George Bernard Shaw Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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              • R Ravi Bhavnani

                WinZip and SearchReplace98[^]. :cool: /ravi

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                Bassam Abdul Baki
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                Thought you were an Agent Ransack fan?


                "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." - George Bernard Shaw Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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                • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                  Thought you were an Agent Ransack fan?


                  "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." - George Bernard Shaw Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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                  Ravi Bhavnani
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                  Yes, I'm a huge AR fan (thanks to you!) but I use SR98 for replacing text. /ravi

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                  • C Clickok

                    I was thinking what the the tool what I use in my PC. And the conclusion is http://www.getright.com/[^] I have changed Windows versions, tools, needs, internet connection but I have always used GetRight. What is the oldest tool what you still use?


                    Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
                    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:

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                    MrBic
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                    Rock when I can't find a Hammer. Hamme when I can't find my Sword Sword when I can't find my Bow Bow when I can't find my gun. (And this is true. Deer hit me the other day and I didn't have my gun in my trunk so I lookd for my hunting bow, that wasn't there, and my sword/boui knife wasn't in my car either... so I took my hammer out, but the handle was broken so I used a rock to kill the deer so it wouldn't suffer... pretty funny when you think of it haha). oh.. For computers? notepad.

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                    • C Clickok

                      I was thinking what the the tool what I use in my PC. And the conclusion is http://www.getright.com/[^] I have changed Windows versions, tools, needs, internet connection but I have always used GetRight. What is the oldest tool what you still use?


                      Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
                      For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:

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                      Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                      I prefer them to pens. I don't chew pencils but for some reason I chew pens. Leaving the office at 5 with ink all over your face and hands isn't very professional.


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                      • M Marc Clifton

                        My brain. A pen. Paper. ;P Marc

                        Thyme In The Country

                        People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                        There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                        People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                        El Corazon
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                        Marc Clifton wrote:

                        My brain. A pen. Paper.

                        I thought about saying that, but figured I had teased too much today. :) glad you took the job. :laugh:

                        _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                        • R Ravi Bhavnani

                          Yes, I'm a huge AR fan (thanks to you!) but I use SR98 for replacing text. /ravi

                          This is your brain on Celcius Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                          Bassam Abdul Baki
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                          Oops, forgot the free one doesn't do replace. Not sure about the pro version though. I use RelaceEm[^] for replace.


                          "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." - George Bernard Shaw Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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                          • S Steve Mayfield

                            a MS DOS implementation of EDT (a screen editor originally part of DEC mini computer applications) from 1991. Steve

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                            Ravi Bhavnani
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                            Wo! EDT! Memories of SOS, TECO and LSE and LK201 keyboards... :) (My first code submission was a series of DCL command procedures in the DEC Professional, circa 1982). /ravi

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                            • C Clickok

                              I was thinking what the the tool what I use in my PC. And the conclusion is http://www.getright.com/[^] I have changed Windows versions, tools, needs, internet connection but I have always used GetRight. What is the oldest tool what you still use?


                              Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
                              For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:

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                              Bradml
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                              Windows


                              Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                              • M Marc Clifton

                                My brain. A pen. Paper. ;P Marc

                                Thyme In The Country

                                People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                                People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                                Bradml
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                                Marc Clifton wrote:

                                My brain.

                                No it has to be a tool you still use ;P. Sorry.


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                                • M Marc Clifton

                                  My brain. A pen. Paper. ;P Marc

                                  Thyme In The Country

                                  People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                  There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                                  People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                                  Roger Wright
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                                  Luddite!;)

                                  "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9

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                                  • C Clickok

                                    I was thinking what the the tool what I use in my PC. And the conclusion is http://www.getright.com/[^] I have changed Windows versions, tools, needs, internet connection but I have always used GetRight. What is the oldest tool what you still use?


                                    Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
                                    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:

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                                    starcraft4ever
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                                    NC (Norton Commander) After you get use to it, it is 50 times faster to work with files than the explorer mouse crap.

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                                    • C Clickok

                                      I was thinking what the the tool what I use in my PC. And the conclusion is http://www.getright.com/[^] I have changed Windows versions, tools, needs, internet connection but I have always used GetRight. What is the oldest tool what you still use?


                                      Engaged in learning of English grammar ;)
                                      For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:

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                                      PICguy
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                                      My Zeos keyboard. (The 386 that came with it is LONG gone.) I have a heavy hand and like the sound the keys make when I hunt and peck.

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                                      • R Ravi Bhavnani

                                        Wo! EDT! Memories of SOS, TECO and LSE and LK201 keyboards... :) (My first code submission was a series of DCL command procedures in the DEC Professional, circa 1982). /ravi

                                        This is your brain on Celcius Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                                        Steve Mayfield
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                                        I like EDTs keystoke journaling (easy to recover edits in case of a system crash) and it has a very good MACRO capability. I implemented a version of TECO that ran on a Motorola 6809 (Smoke Signal Broadcasting - updated version of this[^]) system back in the 1970s. Application took 12Kb which left about 20Kb for text. I also wrote a version of RUNOFF (grandfather of Word Processors) for the unit. Ah, the good old days when an extra BYTE was worth its weight in gold... Steve

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                                          I like EDTs keystoke journaling (easy to recover edits in case of a system crash) and it has a very good MACRO capability. I implemented a version of TECO that ran on a Motorola 6809 (Smoke Signal Broadcasting - updated version of this[^]) system back in the 1970s. Application took 12Kb which left about 20Kb for text. I also wrote a version of RUNOFF (grandfather of Word Processors) for the unit. Ah, the good old days when an extra BYTE was worth its weight in gold... Steve

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                                          Ravi Bhavnani
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                                          Steve Mayfield wrote:

                                          Ah, the good old days when an extra BYTE was worth its weight in gold...

                                          And when file versioning was available out of the box... (sigh)

                                          $ dir

                                          Directory DUA1$:[USER.SMAYFIELD.HACKS]

                                          MYPROG.C;39 2/4 12-JAN-1986 09:05:12
                                          MYPROG.H;23 1/2 12-JAN-1986 09:02:26

                                          Total of 2 file(s), 4/6 blocks
                                          $

                                          :) /ravi

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