Post by Klaus MeinhardHallo Richard Bonner,
Post by Richard Bonner*** Unfortunately, reading the manual for many today may be
difficult - at least here in Canada, and definitely in the U.S.
Education standards have fallen so far that new graduates can't
read and write well; they don't understand the meanings of even
That may be. But we talk here about the days when computers were handled
by people who knew their bytes and ascii table (DOS) ;-)
... and not much else! Reading a technical manual of an unfamiliar product
is no easy task even for experts. But the latest appearance of Mike Bessy in
my archives is from Nov. of 2004, Windows XP days - not the days of
microcomputer pioneers, and this definitely predates his departure. So Mr.
Bonner's comment is, indeed, applicable.
Post by Klaus MeinhardUntil Mike was "made redundant" (2004), the upheld the standards
beautifully (and he had done so for many years, before the Internet, back
to Compuserve's fora). He was a stout fighter for the command line, and
didn't like the way Rex was going with TC, a fact which may have played a
role in his sudden forced departure.
I, too, am a command line fanatic, and use only TCC. In fact, now that Rex
wants suggestions primarily (only?) via browser, I may no longer get much
implemented. Or did you mean the original "Take Command"? In the early
Windows days it had the advantage over 4NT that it accepted the X3.64 color
selection escape sequences, so 4DOS programs that depended on ANSI.SYS for
colors were again viable in TCMD16 and TCMD32. Once Rex incorporated them
into 4NT I stopped using TC. TCC is really 4NT, renamed.
As to Mike's dislike of TCMD32, it may have contributed to his forced
departure, but only slightly. I was one of the many customers, who
complained about him. Though I don't recall the specifics, I do remember
that I repeatedly stated an issue, phrasing it many different ways, and Mike
repeatedly misinterpreted it, always identically! He had his own mindset,
and if your post was in a different mindset, it was not considered worthy.
His thorough knowledge of the product was, in fact, a hindrance - he
expected the same from every user.
--
Steve