Re: [Freedos-user] One use case for FreeDos

2024-01-27 Thread Louis Santillan via Freedos-user
That looks like Wordperfect for DOS. On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 9:29 PM Mart Zirnask via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: [SNIP] > As for writers with DOS, I recalled and managed to dig up a video with > Philip Roth using a standing desk and a Blue DOS Screen - is this also

Re: [Freedos-user] One use case for FreeDos

2024-01-27 Thread Mart Zirnask via Freedos-user
A "distraction free" writing environment was probably one of the reasons I tested out FreeDOS at one point. I think it must also be the fastest-booting distraction-free system of its kind these days? Even as compared to some bare-bones ram-booted Linux like my beloved Tiny Core [1]. It literally

Re: [Freedos-user] One use case for FreeDos

2024-01-27 Thread Jim Hall via Freedos-user
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM Dan Schmidt via Freedos-user wrote: > > Now, that's an interesting use for a Dos/FreeDOS retro computer: > > https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/14/5716232/george-r-r-martin-uses-dos-wordstar-to-write > > How many computers destined for the landfill still have

[Freedos-user] One use case for FreeDos

2024-01-27 Thread Dan Schmidt via Freedos-user
Now, that's an interesting use for a Dos/FreeDos retro computer: https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/14/5716232/george-r-r-martin-uses-dos-wordstar-to-write How many computers destined for the landfill still have perfectly good screens and keyboards? (Recalling those heavy, grey, indestructible PS2