I have MS Word 6 for dos. Its junk. Only does a fraction of the same windows version. Wordperfect 6.2 is great. I bought some extras for it. I added stamp and an update disk.
cheers DS On Sun, 3 May 2020 17:05:11 -0500 Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> writes: > If you want a distraction-free word processor, you might also try > Microsoft > Word for DOS 5.5. Microsoft released this as a free (gratis) > download from > their website. I covered it in this week's FreeDOS video, on our > YouTube > channel: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXZtThIkF0 > > Direct download is here: > http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/W d55_ben.exe > > > Pretty nice features! I liked the graphics mode, so you can actually > see > text in *bold*, *italics* and *underline* (instead of seeing them as > colors). And LibreOffice and even Google Docs can import the old > Word for > DOS 5.5 files - at least for a simple document, I didn't test all > the > styles. (But Microsoft Office 365 can't read the old format, which > is too > bad.) > > Word is now my favorite word processor for DOS. > > Jim > > On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 3:28 PM Vincent Asaro <carrotfi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Eric, > > > > Thank you for the detailed response! I never played video games, > actually, > > I'm just nostalgic for the text interface experience and I really > want to > > use WordPerfect again but without installing a VM. As long as I > can enter > > code and also load DOS programs via USB, I'll get tons of mileage > out of FD > > - there are several legacy word processors I also want to try, > like > > Electric Pencil. A weird obsession, I know, but I'm a writer ;) > Thanks > > again! > > > > ~ Vincent > > > > On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 4:14 PM Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> > wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi Vincent! I would say as long as it has at least a > >> few megabytes of RAM and at least a 386 CPU, FreeDOS > >> should run on any PC ;-) Which specific parts are you > >> worried about? The BIOS will usually support "legacy" > >> OS such as DOS in helping with USB keyboard and mouse > >> access and access to any built-in harddisk or SSD. > >> > >> Even the newest graphics cards should still support > >> classic text mode and common VGA modes, but there > >> is a thread in the BTTR forum complaining that some > >> new graphics cards became too exotic for DOS games. > >> > >> Note that almost no game for DOS will support current > >> sound infrastructure such as AC97 or HDA. If you are > >> looking for sound beyond the PC speaker or beeper, it > >> is better to run DOS in a virtual environment such as > >> dosemu2 or a complete generic virtual PC. Using dosemu > >> has the advantage that you get guest drivers which let > >> you access a Linux directory as if it was a DOS disk. > >> > >> Regarding disk sizes: FreeDOS supports only MBR style > >> partitions yet, no GPT, so you are limited to using > >> the first 2 TB of your disks. If your BIOS does not > >> support LBA48, it could even be the first 128 GB. > >> > >> Regards, Eric > >> > >> PS: There are some DOS media players which support some > >> newer sound chips, but I do not know any games which do. > >> > >> > I have a little HP11 streaming laptop I'm not using - I used it > to try > >> out > >> > Linux Mint, now it's redundant - is it a good candidate for > FreeDOS? > >> I'd be > >> > dependant on the USB ports for I/O. Thank you! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Freedos-user mailing list > >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more Ireland Reaches Out to Help Navajo Nation http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5eb2da56653445a5646c6st03duc1 Salon Owner's Choice: Jail or Apology. She Chose Jail http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5eb2da5689c335a5646c6st03duc2 In This Nation, 'Murder Hornets' Used in Snacks, Drinks, Decor http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5eb2da56adff45a5646c6st03duc3 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
