I'm not really interested in Girlfriend software but do you know where I
might find HotStud 1.0? Julie Z might like a copy too. :)
Rhonda
caryho at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Girlfriend 1.0
>
> I'm currently running the latest version of Girlfriend and I've
> been having some problems lately. I've been running the same version
> of DrinkingBuddies 1.0 forever as my primary application, and all the
> Girlfriend releases I've tried, have always conflicted with it. I
> hear that DrinkingBuddies runs fine, as long as Girlfriend is run in
> background mode, and the sound is turned off. Therefore, I have to
> run both of them separately. Girlfriend also seems to have a problem
> coexisting with my Golf program, often trying to abort Golf with some
> sort of timing incompatibilty. On a positive note, DrinkingBuddies
> and Golf seem to have no incompatibilities whatsoever.
> I probably should have stayed with GirlFriend 1.0, but I thought
> I might see better performance from GirlFriend 2.0. After months of
> conflicts and other problems, I consulted a friend who has had
> experience with GirlFriend 2.0. He said I probably didn't have enough
> cache to run GirlFriend 2.0, and eventually it would require a Token
> Ring to run properly. He was right......as soon as I purged my cache,
> and realized that no one in their right mind is installing new Token
> Rings, GirlFriend 2.0 uninstalled itself. Shortly after that, I
> installed GirlFriend 3.0 beta.
> Unfortunately, there was a bug in the program, and the first time
> I used it I got a virus. I had to clean out my whole system and shut
> down for a while. I very cautiously upgraded to GirlFriend 4.0. This
> time, I used a SCSI probe first and installed a virus protection
> program. It worked okay for a while, until I discovered that
> GirlFriend 1.0 was still in my system. I tried running GirlFriend 1.0
> again with GirlFriend 4.0 still installed, but GirlFriend 4.0 has a
> feature I didn't know about that automatically senses the presence of
> any other version of GirlFriend, and communicates with it in some way.
> This results in the immediate removal of both versions.
> The version I have now works pretty well, but there are still
> some problems. Like all versions of Girlfriend, it is written in some
> obscure language I can't understand, much less reprogram. Frankly, I
> think there is too much attention paid to the look and feel, rather
> than the desired functionality. Also, to get the best connections
> with your hardware, you usually have to use gold plated contacts.
> Also, I've never liked how GirlFriend is "object-oriented".
> A year ago, a friend of mine upgraded his version of GirlFriend,
> to GirlFriendPlus 1.0, which is a Terminate and Stay Resident version
> of GirlFriend. He discovered that GirlFriendPlus 1.0 expires within a
> year, if you don't upgrade to Fiancee 1.0. So he did, but soon after
> that, he had to upgrade to Wife 1.0, which he describes as a huge
> resource hog. It has taken up all his space....he can't load anything
> else. One of the primary reasons he decided to go with Wife 1.0, was
> because it supposedly came bundled with a feature called FreeSexPlus.
> Well, it turns out that the resource requirements of Wife 1.0,
> sometimes prohibits access to FreeSexPlus.....particularly, the new
> Plug-Ins he wanted to try. On top of that, Wife 1.0 must be running
> on a well warmed-up system, before he can do anything.
> Although he did not ask for it, Wife1.0 came with MotherInLaw,
> which has an automatic pop-up feature he can't turn off. I told him
> to try installing Mistress 1.0, but he said he heard that, if you try
> to run it without first uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete
> MSMoney files before uninstalling itself. Then, Mistress 1.0 won't
> install because of insufficient resources.
>
> Cary Hostrawser
>
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