Greetings

Yes, I still have my old pre-286 computer...

I was on packet radio using my then quite acceptable pre-286 computer...
however when I got my present pentium 100 I retired my pre-286....I also
retired from packet... a move a currently regret...

Anyways I retired about a year and a half ago and one of my retirement wants
was to get back onto packet....

Recently I have heard that packet is not what it used to be.... but be
that as it may...

Today I finally got my old pre-286 computer out of the closet and connected
up my old monitor... got found the old keyboard and connected the three
together...

I connected the keyboard in.... turned on the monitor and turned on the
computer....

As the computer went through it's various diagnostics I began to feel better
and better...

However... I have either forgotten something or something is wrong.. and
this is why I am sending this message...

The cursor appears on a line by itself...

I have either forgotten too much or something is wrong...

After pacing around trying to remember what I used to do next, I typed in
dir:

the computer came back syntax error....

more thinking and I typed in dir c: (enter)

again the computer came back syntax error....

am I doing something wrong or is there a problem that time has given me?....

Larry ve3fxq