Subj : Re: BIOS Protection. To : Jean Parrot From : Holger Granholm Date : Tue Mar 22 2016 09:28 am In a message on Tuesday 03-21-16 Jean Parrot said to Holger Granholm: GE Jean, JP>> Why not go to the BIOS and enable write protection ? JP> This I find in BIOS, third from the top-left menu, Adavnced JP> BIOS Features as "CPU Virus warning" or words to that effect and I JP> have Enabled it. Yes, I can do that, and also protect the BIOS with a password. HG> USB sticks to diskettes, because it has the plug-in diskette drive. JP> Diskette ? What are those ? :-) You know , they are small round magnetic disks, housed in 3.5"square (almost), plastic covers. They are very useful for transferring OS/2 programs, from one machine to another. The BBS machine doesn't have USB support, the laptops do, and OS/2 programs and text files are as compact as they were in the DOS era. Just test it. Take a text file created in Windows and save it as a *.txt file. Then compare the size in kb's. HG> I'm still fighting Thunderbird. I want it to get the new messages HG> immeadetely to my HD, to be read/edited (bulletins), offline. JP> I have not used this function at all, I can not even comment on it. I did find a setting "to save as file". I have set it on, and I'll check next time if it helps. HG> I certainly would want somebody reading this, to alert me how to connect HG> to that company, or at least give me a hint of where I could get a more HG> up-to-date version. JP> I am reading it but no help here, Holger. Ask Alan, he knows it JP> all. He reads this, so we'll soon read about it if he has found out something I do know another ham that knows a lot .... I may soon hear from him. HG> I seem to be occupied for at least five years after my death ;o). JP> I would be so lucky but let me wish it on you. TNX, HI. Our friend Ed has disappeared behind the horizon. I hope he's still kicking. 73 de Sam, OH0NC aka Holger --- þ MR/2 2.30 þ Hydrogen bombs are great party gags. * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228) .