Re: Classic computing is out of the closet

[John E Townsend <utownje@lexis-nexis.com>]

Never trust a technology reporter who doesn't know the difference between
"tera" and "tetra". :-)

Supertimer wrote:

> By the way, in the full article, what and how much about the
> Apple II did she mention?  I didn't like the way the web based
> version classified the IIGS as an 8-bit computer.
>
> First "the Apple II, introduced in 1977" then some user "still
> uses an Apple IIGS" finally "these 8-bit computers can still
> do a lot."  But then they start saying what a Commodore 64
> can do.  The IIGS can do so much more and it runs 16-bit
> software!
>
> And the part about it taking 1000 C64s to run Microsoft
> Word!  Give me a break!  Even the C64 can run GeoWrite
> and Apple IIGS can run AppleWorks GS which goes beyond
> that.  I'm not saying these have all the features of MS Word,
> but they seem to be implying that the classic computers
> are incapable of running a GUI word processor or a feature
> rich one.  Nothing can be further from the case.  AWGS
> is a nice GUI word processor and WordPerfect for the GS
> is an example of what a powerful text based word processor
> with lots of features running on a IIGS.  Similar to DOS
> WordPerfect 4 to DOS WordPerfect 5.
>
> Still, it was nice to see the IIGS get mention.  ;-)

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John E. Townsend
Sr. Software Engineer          "Machines should work;
LEXIS-NEXIS                     people should think."
Dayton, OH, USA                        -- IBM Polyanna Principle
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