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Subject:RE: blue background, white text From:Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- pixelink -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:16:49 -0400
Samuel Choy wrote:
> Yup. At my very first TW job, I used WP 5.1 exclusively.
> White text on blue
> screen and everything. Ah memories. I especially used to enjoy the
> pterodactyl-wing tacos they sold at lunchtime. You just can't
> find those
> anymore!
Luxury! I used a markup language on a mainframe, with no screen preview.
Did I mention that it snowed 11 months of the year back then?