Prefacing with an open apology to the list for my "tangent" regarding OOo and the old 75Mhz/32Mb machine; it just took my by complete surprise when comparing the two side-by-side. And yes, I should actually have compared apples to apples...
On 06/23/2007 01:50 AM, Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:39:53 +1000 "Adrian Try" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I reckon my old DOS software running on an original XP with 512 KB >> or RAM would leave your Pentium in the dust! > > For a good time (as it were), take a look at http://www.dosemu.org I have dosmsu (and FreeDOS) installed; works great! > > I use that on a regular basis. Here is an article that I wrote > regarding this very topic, if anyone is interested. > > http://www.melvilletheatre.com/articles Excellent article. Thanks for the link! > >> The original GeoWorks was written in assembler. > > Unless my memory is faulty (which is always a possibility) I think > Geoworks was originally written on Sun computers and cross-compiled > to run on DOS machines. > > I just checked this on Wikipedia, though, and it says that GeoWorks > was written in assembler. Odd. I wonder where I got the idea that > it originated as a SunOS application or was written on a SunOS > machine. > > I actually used to sell GeoWorks. It was bundled with Vtech Laser > computer for a while, along with DOS 4.0. Cool stuff indeed, at the > time. I remember being in total awe of their word processor with all > of those fonts, and thinking that a laser printer would be a lovely > thing to use with that setup. Of course, at the time a cheap laser > printer was over $10,000 so there wasn't much chance of that > happening anywhere near me. > > WordPerfect/DOS is a pure assembler program, and is (still) viewed by > many as being the ultimate word processor program. Apparently a > large number of professional novelists write with WordPerfect/DOS. > I had originally thought of the HP Vectra as a boat anchor... but I think I'll keep it around for awhile. Now if I can just find a solid tiny linux to put on it I can use it as a print server and use to help heat the house this winter :-) Gary --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
