WordStar used WAY less memory AND WAY less disk space. I had WordStar AND SpellStar AND my document(s) AND my CP/M-80 Operating System on my single 8" floppy machine with 16 KB of RAM. My 8" single-side single-density floppies held 246 KB!
Granted WordStar only had limited formatting options, but it was plenty for the printers we had on the '70s. Wes On Mar 4, 2012 12:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >to your question: Or get used to being an early adopter anyway? there is > a problem -- what will you do if the computing world goes against you... > or you could also join the side of the fence that demands that library > functions should be adaptable by all languages, yours to pick and choose > and that syntax should be up to the end user's choice as well... > certainly there are enough interpreters available to allow this. You > could code in your syntax of choice... {back tor reality}... Object > Oriented paradigm works best if you can keep it simple... complexity > grows exponentially which makes debugging damn near impossible: a-la Java > Frames..etc > > And yes I miss my WordStar :)) Except for search and spell checking, > WordStar did everything with one hell of amount less memory than my > OpenOffice :)) > > My Two cents, > an absentee member of HVLUG, > Nick > > > On Saturday, March 03, 2012 12:14:14 PM, Jack Chastain wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Joseph Apuzzo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > So it all boils down to thinking in the correct Programming > >> > paradigm<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_paradigm> > >> > > >> > ! > >> > >> Yes - Precisely. Which of course is the exact problem for a mind that no > >> longer is as flexible as it once was. > > > > At least some studies have shown that the mind can be flexible even up > > past > > age 70 and that some people can learn at that age just as fast as someone > > in > > their 20's. Un-learning is more difficult than learning, though. ;-) > > > >> I used to keep count of the number of word processors (remember when we > >> called them that?) I could use - fluently - without having to resort to > >> a > >> book too terribly often. I stopped keeping track around 20. As far as I > >> know, I could manipulate a daisywheel printer (oh man, am I dating > >> myself > >> here) with Scripsit (Gaaaa!) and draw things like boxes around stuff. I > >> even have (still) the HP PCL manual. Why in the name of all that's > >> ridiculous am I keeping THAT thing? > > > > Maybe in the back of your mind you still think it has a use, otherwise > you > > wouldn't keep it. On occasion I keep something old and outdated like > that > > because I think it might have a purpose. > > > > For instance I still have a 5-CD set from InfoMagic of "Linux" from Nov > > 1995. > > I also have a 6-CD set of the same from June 1998. I recently tried to > > install both to find out what window managers Slackware came with at the > > time. > > I wasn't able to get the Nov 1995 Slackware 3.0 working [trouble > switching > > boot floppy images], but I was able to install the June 1998 version of > > Slackware 3.5 and get it working. In mid-1998 Slackware 3.5 came with 4 > > choices: mwm, twm, fvwm2, and fvwm95. [Getting XFree86 working to be > > ablet to > > see them... that's a whole other matter.] > > > >> I either worked or dabbled in BASIC, forth, APL, pascal, C, fortran, > >> COBOL, > >> perl, shell and a few other silly things. It used to be easy (OK - not > >> APL). > > > > The first programming language I remember was HPL, which was mainly a > > combination of Lisp and Forth. A portion of it lives on today on HP > > calculators. Then several different styles of BASIC (Z80, TI 99 4/A, > C64, > > GWBasic, QBasic, etc), Pascal, C, 8086 Assembly, C++, and on from > there... > > > >> And now - if I think of getting out of ksh, I shudder and stare at my > >> screen for 15 minutes before thinking I can even start. Don't get old. > >> > >> :-) > > > > Or get used to being an early adopter anyway? ;-) > > > > -- Chris > > > > -- > > Chris Knadle > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > > Mar 7 - Desktop Shootout - 9th Anniversary of MHVLUG > > Apr 4 - An Intro to Chef > > May 2 - May 2012 Meeting > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Mar 7 - Desktop Shootout - 9th Anniversary of MHVLUG > Apr 4 - An Intro to Chef > May 2 - May 2012 Meeting >
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