Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Wed Oct 10 10:24:56 CDT 2007
Hi Drew Never heard of SPFPC, only pfs:Write and a more pro app (PC4 or Write 4??). But it reminds me of Borland Sprint. Anyone remembers that? Probably the last DOS word processor with the unique feature that it recorded each and every keystroke you made. Thus, while typing or editing, you could pull the plug. Then, when you had rebooted and launched Sprint a black screen appeared with the text like this (cannot recall the exact wording): Work in progress Resuming .. and in half a minute or so you were back where you left! Also, the macro language was much better; I remember one describing Sprint as "one big macro". It arrived too late. I moved on to Amì Pro from Samna, a true Windows application later bought by Lotus and now renamed Lotus WordPro. Still the best word processor around. /gustav >>> DWUTKA at marlow.com 10-10-2007 16:13 >>> Ah, I see. Just curious. I have older programs (mostly games) that I find play better in Virtual PC, then in a 'dos window'. My favorite word processor was SPFPC. It is DOS edit on steroids. Used to be an internal IBM only application, but in it's final versions someone decided to release it. (my dad worked for IBM when I was growing up) Drew -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jennifer Gross Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 8:08 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Tuesday? FW: The Most Collectible PCs All my clients use Word, so anything I want to send to them needs to be in Word. Neither Word nor WordPerfect has a good translator from one to the other. The only profession I know of that has a strong WordPerfect following is the legal profession, but that too has dwindled. I think there are recent versions of WordPerfect out there. The latest is one I have is 2000 and came with a computer I bought. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 3:48 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT Tuesday? FW: The Most Collectible PCs Just curious, why can you 'hardly use' Wordperfect? Is it that you don't get the chance to use it, or does it have a problem running in a modern OS? Drew