At 12:02 pm +0200 4/22/02, julian besset inquired: >Dennis W. Manasco imprudently ventured : > >" (...) I have hundreds of applications and tens of thousands of >documents spread over seven hard disks and more than a hundred >gigabytes of storage (...) > >Goodness Gracious, how can you afford all those applications, I can't. >
Shareware, Freeware and commercial applications (including a software-junkie's collection of games) going back to 1984; documents going back to the late 70s. You'd be surprised how often a utility application originally written in the late 80s or early 90s happens to be just the right tool for the job (and how often an occasionally-updated shareware game originally written in the mid 80s is more fun than the overblown epics that most of modern gaming has turned to). The 1996 version of the American Heritage Dictionary that I got as a free promotion is still used daily, and is still the best computer dictionary I've ever used. Fractal Design Sketcher (published in 1990, last updated in 1992) is still the best application I have for quickly and easily getting black-and-white free-form drawings into the computer; much simpler and easier to use than Painter or Photoshop for capturing ideas quickly. My monthly newsletter (148th issue this month) still uses CalendarMaker 3 (written in 1985, last updated 1993) because it is more flexible than CalendarMaker 4 (written and last updated in 1993). That requires translation with IDD Dreams (written 1988, last updated 1990) before the calendar can be imported into PageMaker (written and purchased 1985, last updated 2001). Sometimes being a software pack-rat can be useful. And then there is Finale with its 1987 copyright date -- my first version was 3.0.x, but I don't remember when that came out... Best wishes, -=-Dennis -- _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
