Re: Apple and the Holy War

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Paul Schlyter wrote:
> 
> > Of course. But I remember in the mid 80s when I was in grad school how
> > one Prof. refused to take papers that were printed out on the thermal
> > printer that a lot of my classmates got with the PCjrs.
> 
> That I fully understand: the report shouldn't fade as quickly as a
> printout on a thermal printer does.  Ink on normal paper is of course
> a prerequisite -- the report must survive the grading process.

LOL - too true  :)
 

> > But DOS software doesn't use the Greek or Hebrew alphabets on the screen
> > at the same time as the Latin alphabet. Which is why I moved to Windows.
> 
> Why do you need several alphabets at once?  Why not use one at a time,
> and then switch when you need to?

Because I'm a minister, and I *need*, at times, to quote from original
texts, and transliterated Greek or Hebrew is "ichy" at best, and, to me,
is somewhat confusing. So, I'm merrily going along in WordPerfect typing
in English, I cut and paste from my Greek New Testament or my Hebrew Old
Testament, and proceed. When I was in grad school one of the profs
switched to Macs from a PC for just this ability. When I finally
upgraded from my turbo XT to a 486 I bought new theological software
that could do this neat trick. It saves alot of time, and allows me to
use that time in a more productive way.

Roy