Old Grampa Doug has a Mac computer. Easy to use. Don't get viruses! The interface between man and machine is elegant. It has been running my landscape company for years without a hitch. Handles all my cad drawing and graphic work real smooth. All the accounting, payroll and such is slick. Real cool for all my music work from notation to publishing CD's. My KN and Mac love each other. But dog gone it, those cantankerous, darn old EXE files from that old DOS system of doing things is giving me fits.

Let me explain. A very nice person from Germany, I think, posted this information -

20 famous styles from the KN3000 are available for downloading now at Taiyo's Homepage. They are optimized for the KN6500. You can load them into KN6500, KN6000, PR903 (also PR1000), PR703 and PR603. After extracting the EXE-File read the "readme.pdf" for more details.
Best regards, Crysyl

Just what I would like to have. I can open everything else but those crazy things. In the past I have had that problem under control. But the last few days have been a nightmare. I can thank my dear old departed dad for his fix for many of life's problems. The fix worked fine for many of the things I did not have or could not afford during the course of my life. His solution for the deficiencies one encounters down the path of life was really very simple. Son, he said to me when I was young, if there is anything you desire to have in life but cannot afford, or, if you encounter a situation your not smart enough to handle, make friends with somebody who has it or has more brains than you. Well, for years dad’s system worked slick as a whistle. But two days ago I ran into this snag I did not anticipate. I called up my old buddy George down the street. I said, old buddy I got another one of those blankety blank old EXE files again. I know, I know I owe you a few, well maybe a dozen or so blank disks but I’m going to the store in a couple of days and will take care of it. Meanwhile I’ll drop over in a few minutes, if you don’t mind, and we can download those EXE files. In fact George, I’m not pressed for time so if you got a couple of beers maybe we can sit a while and do a little hunting. Doug, you know I ain’t got no gun. Yeah George, what I was getting at was sitting and maybe shooting the bull. Doug, your so full of corn your getting flakey. Talk about corn? What was that last crack you made? Well Doug it don’t make any difference nohow. I got the Virus and got it bad. Gee George you don’t sound too bad, do you feel poorly, kind of achy or such. Na, its my computer. All tied up in knots. Give me a little time and I can get her up and percolating again. I think. The real problem is the old lady. Can’t shut her up. Come on George, Irma always seems very helpful and nice when I’m there. Doug, rub it in, rub it in, all day long rub it in. Every chance she gets, rub it in. Always the same line - See! See a month ago I told you to back it up. The least you could of done was update the Virus. All that money you wasted on that dumb Virus program and you don’t use it. George I don’t know what I’m going to do with you.

You see? I need a new friend. A new friend is what I need. In fact I need a couple of new friends. I need a new friend to EXE those crazy EXE files and Zip them to me. I also could use a friend with more brains than me to explain why they are such a hassle to me. I don’t guarantee I will understand but please be kind to me. If you tell me i’m just dumb it will depress me. I know you would not want an old man like me to be depressed. Just think! If an old man like me would croak being depressed, that would be very very depressing.

I can hear old dad whispering to me now. Why don’t you get a couple of extra good friends. That way you won’t get yourself into the same fix you find yourself now. A couple of extras won’t hurt a thing. Sort of like a good insurance policy. I can’t put my finger on it. Is that old dad talking to me or is that me starting to think like old dad? Not sure but let’s just blame it on the genes.

Well fellows, old friends, new friends, people smarter than me, owners of PC’s and fellow keyboard players, makers of beautiful music, receivers of great gifts from God, Doug needs HELP!!!

THANKS, THANKS AND THANKS AGAIN,

Grandpa Doug