Software Nostalgia....
Jan 24, 2007 | 4:57 am
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Software Nostalgia....
Moving offices recently and in the bowels of our storeroom, came across relics of the 386/486/586 age.....Lotus SmartSuite software! I used WordPro, 123, and Organizer religiously and exclusively for several years before switching to the dark side.
I think i'm going to reinstall it on my 2.33Ghz laptop and see what happens!
Anyone else still using outdated software for nostalgic reasons?
I think i'm going to reinstall it on my 2.33Ghz laptop and see what happens!
Anyone else still using outdated software for nostalgic reasons?
Jan 24, 2007 | 6:41 am
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Every now and then I'll find one of my old packages, and install it. Many of them are software products I had awesome memories of. But once they are installed I'm reminded that we live in 2007, and that they are so outdated that I couldn't work with them for more than a few minutes...
Jan 24, 2007 | 7:06 am
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Sometimes I think about it, but all my old software is on diskettes. My current computer doesn't have a diskette drive, nor did its predecessor. Don't know why I keep the things around. Nostalgia here too, I suppose.
That said, sometimes I long for the simpler user interfaces. Those packages didn't do everything today's do, but they generally did what I needed without all the features I don't need (can anyone say "bloatware?") getting in the way.
That said, sometimes I long for the simpler user interfaces. Those packages didn't do everything today's do, but they generally did what I needed without all the features I don't need (can anyone say "bloatware?") getting in the way.
Jan 24, 2007 | 8:16 am
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I still have copies of Lotus Notes v1, v2, & v3 on my book shelf (server and client). I haven't re-installed them for years but can't bring myself to throw them out either.
Jan 24, 2007 | 8:47 am
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Ok...got it installed...and reminisced for about two minutes before uninstalling the programs. One thing on the box did catch my eye though...there is a sticker stating 'The world's first WYSIWYG Software for Home Computers!' - is that just marketing mumbo jumbo or is there some truth to that? As far as i can remember WordPro was the first WYSIWYG program that i used, prior to that it was Word Perfect!
Jan 24, 2007 | 9:33 am
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Jan 24, 2007 | 11:28 am
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Ahh, the good old days . . . KayPro, The Epson QX-10 with ValDocs, extended vs. expanded memory, actually installing RAM chips onto motherboards and expansion cards, DIP switches, Hercules graphics adapters, GEM/Topview/DesQview, the nearly infinite storage space provided by a 10MB hard drive . . .
(sorry, a little hardware nostalgia in there too)
I weep for the past
(sorry, a little hardware nostalgia in there too)
I weep for the past
Jan 24, 2007 | 11:34 am
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Jan 24, 2007 | 11:35 am
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I thought exactly the same thing, XTree and NSweep. I have XTree 0.8 or 0.9 on a 5-1/4 floppy in the original box (somewhere), documentation is mimeographed.
Jan 24, 2007 | 11:47 am
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I found a copy of my Mulitplan install disks not too long ago.
And I still remember hacking away as a kid on my first IBM PC using edlin (which still works at an XP command prompt, btw). When I got to Emacs it was nirvana. Kermit, ALOE, IBM/RT, Mach, Leisure Suit Larry....
I still have installed, and regularly use, a financial planning package from Vanguard, VRP3, dated Feb. 6, 1995.
And I still remember hacking away as a kid on my first IBM PC using edlin (which still works at an XP command prompt, btw). When I got to Emacs it was nirvana. Kermit, ALOE, IBM/RT, Mach, Leisure Suit Larry....
I still have installed, and regularly use, a financial planning package from Vanguard, VRP3, dated Feb. 6, 1995.
Jan 24, 2007 | 11:48 am
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Jan 24, 2007 | 11:57 am
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I still use Wordstar 5
WS5 is still on my system and still used as my assembly language source code editor. For a real wayback experience, I have the collors set to green text on a black background.
Crosstalk 16 is still my com program of choice.
Crosstalk 16 is still my com program of choice.