[AccessD] Lost error handling

Hi Daryl

No, hard to believe these days, but 8" true floppy disks:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk 

/gustav

>>> Darryl.Collins at coles.com.au 03-11-2008 00:35 >>>

heh, and they are probably the floppies that were really floppy (5 1/4 inches) :)

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Don Bozarth
Sent: Sunday, 2 November 2008 6:42 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Lost error handling


Arthur,

My some old memories.... somewhere around here I still have a copy of
wordstar on 8" floppies...

Don B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
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Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Lost error handling


>>>You'd think by now that development would be getting easier, but it
> just seems like there are more and more hurdles in the path.
>
> When I started programming in 1983, learning dBASE II and SuperCalc and
> WordStar, I thought "this is too easy, programming is gone as a career".
> One
> of my many failures to comprehend the nature of economics. It's in
> everyone's interest (other than the clients') that things grow vastly more
> complex. It creates opportunities to sell training, certifications, etc.
> etc. etc. To paraphrase Michael Douglas in "Wall Street", hurdles are
> good.
>
> :)