I would be happy to just get a true 1 mb/s.
I live in a rural area, and other than dial-up, the only option I have is WiFi to an access point that is overloaded. Everybody in the area uses it, and on a Saturday afternoon and evening, it is not much better than 56k dial-up.
I am still running some DOS based programs.
If they work for what you need, why upgrade.
MYM9 still keeps track of my checking accounts without any problems.
I recently retired from a company after doing industrial programming on their machinery for almost 30 years. The company had a laptop for the department I was in, to use out on the production floor, for programming and trouble shooting. I could not take that laptop home because the other work shifts might need it for troubleshooting.
So, I bought my own a few years ago, and used it at work.
Just prior to my retirement, they called me into the office, and ask if I would be a consultant to them. It would save them from having to hire a replacement. I told them yes, but I would not have the software needed to do the programming as it was licensed to them. They in turn bought me the programming suite needed, and licensed it to me. In return, I am their "off site" storage of the programs that run their machinery, and I make good money when they call me in to help.
This is the problem with software. They try and try to add more functionality to it, that 90% of the users do not use. This creates more and more chances for security flaws, and makes the software very bloated.
How many users actually want to run their version of a browser, as a server. Leave those things as add-ons, and the person that wants them can "add" them.
I have been using a WiFi ISP for about 5 years now. And I am over 5 miles from the AP. A flat panel antenna with the tranceiver at the antenna. Cat 5e from the antenna to a router in the house. The antenna is transparent to me. They offer me T-1 if I want to pay for it.
I needed to upgrade the ram in a Dell SC420. DDR2 ECC. I bought some from an online store, and it wouldnt work. They replaced it. Wouldn't work again.
Went through this 3 times.
I finally called Dell to see what the problem was, and they sold me the ram I needed cheaper than the online store. But at least the online store refunded my money + shipping.
I later found that the "online store's" phone was a cell phone. Now that is a gypsy.
check and see if there is a WiFi provider within a few miles. I am 6 miles out, but I can see the WiFi provider's AP with Binoculars. I get 786K down, and 256K up, Not bad for being out in the boonies.
H&R Block is not much better that Intuit. I am a Managing Your Money user from way back at Version 4.0.
H&R Block bought it at about version 9.0 and then completely dropped it at version 12. Now, I have all my records in their format, clear back into the early '90's, and can't do a thing with them, except print them out to hard copy.
We have off the shelf PC's at work, running in an industrial environment. They run 24/7 and have been running since 2000. I blow the dust out of them about every 3 months and reboot the computer. Once in a while I replace a cooling fan.
The cooling fan will let you know by the noise.
I am still using Managing Your Money from Andrew Tobias. It is DOS based, and I am planning on moving it over to DOSEMU.
He sold the program to H & R Block, and then they dropped it.
"Also that year, Grace Hopper, an admiral in the U.S. Navy, recorded the first computer "bug" -- a moth stuck between the relays of a pre-digital computer.)"
Ahh, but relays are digital.... They are either on or off. That was binary the last I looked.
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I would be happy to just get a true 1 mb/s. I live in a rural area, and other than dial-up, the only option I have is WiFi to an access point that is overloaded. Everybody in the area uses it, and on a Saturday afternoon and evening, it is not much better than 56k dial-up.
I am still running some DOS based programs. If they work for what you need, why upgrade. MYM9 still keeps track of my checking accounts without any problems.
How many programmers today have ever programmed Cobol, and used punch cards. That is how I started out.
I recently retired from a company after doing industrial programming on their machinery for almost 30 years. The company had a laptop for the department I was in, to use out on the production floor, for programming and trouble shooting. I could not take that laptop home because the other work shifts might need it for troubleshooting. So, I bought my own a few years ago, and used it at work. Just prior to my retirement, they called me into the office, and ask if I would be a consultant to them. It would save them from having to hire a replacement. I told them yes, but I would not have the software needed to do the programming as it was licensed to them. They in turn bought me the programming suite needed, and licensed it to me. In return, I am their "off site" storage of the programs that run their machinery, and I make good money when they call me in to help.
This is the problem with software. They try and try to add more functionality to it, that 90% of the users do not use. This creates more and more chances for security flaws, and makes the software very bloated. How many users actually want to run their version of a browser, as a server. Leave those things as add-ons, and the person that wants them can "add" them.
I have been using a WiFi ISP for about 5 years now. And I am over 5 miles from the AP. A flat panel antenna with the tranceiver at the antenna. Cat 5e from the antenna to a router in the house. The antenna is transparent to me. They offer me T-1 if I want to pay for it.
I needed to upgrade the ram in a Dell SC420. DDR2 ECC. I bought some from an online store, and it wouldnt work. They replaced it. Wouldn't work again. Went through this 3 times. I finally called Dell to see what the problem was, and they sold me the ram I needed cheaper than the online store. But at least the online store refunded my money + shipping. I later found that the "online store's" phone was a cell phone. Now that is a gypsy.
check and see if there is a WiFi provider within a few miles. I am 6 miles out, but I can see the WiFi provider's AP with Binoculars. I get 786K down, and 256K up, Not bad for being out in the boonies.
Now they need somebody from upper midwest, or upper New York to show them how to get out. I have been in worse than that, and they are 6 wheel drive.
H&R Block is not much better that Intuit. I am a Managing Your Money user from way back at Version 4.0. H&R Block bought it at about version 9.0 and then completely dropped it at version 12. Now, I have all my records in their format, clear back into the early '90's, and can't do a thing with them, except print them out to hard copy.
Besides, the CRT will help heat the shop in the winter.
We have off the shelf PC's at work, running in an industrial environment. They run 24/7 and have been running since 2000. I blow the dust out of them about every 3 months and reboot the computer. Once in a while I replace a cooling fan. The cooling fan will let you know by the noise.
And Flourescents don't work in the cold. Most flood lights are used for outdoor security lights.
We have been using RFID at work for parts tracking in production since 1994. Would this be "Prior art"???
Edison wanted DC generators. Telsa invented AC generators. Edison's power grid wasn't good for more than a few blocks at the most.
I am still using Managing Your Money from Andrew Tobias. It is DOS based, and I am planning on moving it over to DOSEMU. He sold the program to H & R Block, and then they dropped it.
"Also that year, Grace Hopper, an admiral in the U.S. Navy, recorded the first computer "bug" -- a moth stuck between the relays of a pre-digital computer.)"
Ahh, but relays are digital.... They are either on or off. That was binary the last I looked.