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At 09:55 10/15/2001, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 09:00:28AM -0500, Gil Baron wrote:
>
> > I have complained over and over to him that the lack of a windows version
> > would kill TRLOG and I think it is only a matter of time. Soon there will
> > be no machines to run it on.
>
>So, can you go out today and buy a computer that can't run a DOS program?
>I suppose. I mean, there are all those Macintosh computers. And Palms and
>Visors...
>
>There's still an active market for Tandy Model 100 computers that you haven't
>been able to buy new for well over a decade. I think it will be a _long_
>time before DOS-capable machines are extinct.
Dos machines will not be extinct i=until all that you can buy are 64 bit
machines. That 9is not as far off as you may think. They won't be gone but
they will e hard to find and will have little or no support.
Why should I be forced to boot to DOS and only get to run the one program?
It makes no sense.
My Spot program is gone, My call book is gone, My Network is gone, My PCI
sound card is gone, no thanks.
YES I know it is possible to find drivers for these that may work in dos.
It is just not wroth it.
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>University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: WM5R
>Department of the Computer Sciences President, UT Amateur Radio Club
>Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of Linux on Laptops
>Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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At 09:55 10/15/2001, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 09:00:28AM
-0500, Gil Baron wrote:<br><br>
> I have complained over and over to him that the lack of a windows
version <br>
> would kill TRLOG and I think it is only a matter of time. Soon there
will <br>
> be no machines to run it on.<br><br>
So, can you go out today and buy a computer that can't run a DOS
program?<br>
I suppose. I mean, there are all those Macintosh computers.
And Palms and<br>
Visors... <br>
<br>
There's still an active market for Tandy Model 100 computers that you
haven't<br>
been able to buy new for well over a decade. I think it will be a
_long_<br>
time before DOS-capable machines are extinct.<br>
</blockquote><br>
Dos machines will not be extinct i=until all that you can buy are 64 bit
machines. That 9is not as far off as you may think. They won't be gone
but they will e hard to find and will have little or no support.<br>
Why should I be forced to boot to DOS and only get to run the one
program? It makes no sense.<br><br>
My Spot program is gone, My call book is gone, My Network is gone, My PCI
sound card is gone, no thanks.<br>
YES I know it is possible to find drivers for these that may work in dos.
It is just not wroth it.<br><br>
<br><br>
<br>
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University of Texas at
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Amateur Radio Club<br>
Taylor Hall TAY
2.124
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Austin, TX 78712-1188
USA
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