DOS nostalgia
- From: "Kari Eveli" <lexitec@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "XyList" <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:38:45 +0300
Michael Edwards wrote: I'm so sorry about it - I really miss all that old
DOS software,
which has the status of nostalgia for me now - the best of it has an
economical elegance approaching aesthetic beauty, in place of the
inefficient, unreliable, snail-slow bloatware you get instead now -
but it seems too much of a headache to keep the older programs going
now, especially since I'm only slightly adept with the technicalities
of computers.
This strikes a chord. Nowadays you can have a complete DOS machine within your
Windows machine. One needs an up-to-date browser and an email program, but for
many computing chores a virtual DOS machine is very usable. Setting a virtual
machine can be a bit tedious, but once complete you have access to your
favorite applications. I still use XyWrite, DOS MS-Word, Xtree, Clipper, Brief,
DOS batch files and utilities. Windows 3.1 applications like Quark, Ventura,
Corel produce portable PostScript files you can distill using a modern version
of Adobe Acrobat. You can have the best of both worlds under one hood. If you
knew how to run DOS and Win 3.1, you can do it still today.
Best regards,
Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxxxx
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