Re: [Freedos-user] Why DOS?

2024-03-17 Thread Alvah Whealton via Freedos-user
On 3/17/24 14:07, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote: On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 12:28 PM Alvah Whealton via Freedos-user wrote: This question has arisen several times. I choose DOS because going back to the Commodore 64 is so impractical for me. I used DOS when I was growing up. My first

[Freedos-user] Why DOS?

2024-03-17 Thread Alvah Whealton via Freedos-user
This question has arisen several times. I choose DOS because going back to the Commodore 64 is so impractical for me. Al Whealton ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

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

2024-02-01 Thread Alvah Whealton via Freedos-user
Thomas, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post. In it, you wrote: *I would want to focus more on the topic of the tool itself, i.e. the computer as a writing aid, or writing machine. Historically the computer has nothing got to do with writing texts, and in some way I do see this still today.

Re: [Freedos-user] What DOS programs represent the 1980s and early 90s?

2024-01-02 Thread Alvah Whealton via Freedos-user
On Mon, 2024-01-01 at 18:04 -0600, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote: > > Same for word processors. We used a few word processors at home, > probably copies of whatever my parents were using at work. So I > learned how to use WordPerfect. And I bought my own "student edition" > of WordPerfect when