I send most documents as PDF files now. WordPerfect can create them directly. I don't have the very latest version. It does what I want now, so I don't see a need to change.
BTW, if you run Windows XP in a virtual machine, you could run an old version of WP. Archive has a number of previous versions for free download, along with manuals: https://archive.org/search.php?query=wordperfect
Columbia University actually supports the old 5.0 DOS version of WP. They write new printer drivers and more.
Wow…I used to collect old DOS diskettes. I think I learned on 3.1 but 5.0 was good. I liked the IBM version vs MS. I ran OS2 and played with RedHat some so a new LINUX os doesn’t scare me. I’ve ran VM so that archive is GREAT!! I even have a Novell 3.12 CNA Cert. But, I stayed in Aerospace & never started a second career in computing mainly cuz of all the young geniuses flooding the market at that time. Then I went to war (OIF & OEF) and that was that. My computer skills did come in handy in Aerospace tho 👍🏽
I played with OS9 (IBM product) on the Radio Shack Color Computer in the early 80s, but the processor (fraction of a MHz) wouldn't keep up. This system had windows before the first version of Microsoft Windows was released.
I have original disks for all the versions of Windows back to 3.0 which I used on my very first laptop, which had a black and white screen, not color. That was in the late 80s. I also have various versions of DOS, including a late version of DR DOS.
I use Oracle's Virtual Box. I only have the Windows XP VM right now, but I plan to have one or more Linux setups to try.
I might even set up a Color Computer VM and play with some of that stuff. I still have all my old copies of Rainbow Magazine and Hot Coco.
It's a good thing my office/warehouse has a concrete slab floor to carry all the weight. :)
I don't know. I read about them but could never afford one. I started out with a Timex Sinclair. With the 16K memory expansion, the entire system cost me $88. I learned BASIC programming on that one. Then I went to the Color Computer until a few years later when I got an IBM compatible 286 with a huge 20MB hard drive on a card.
Archive has a ton of software free to download. They also have books, magazines, radio shows, podcasts, records, and even a full set of Grateful Dead concert monitor recordings.
I have over 100TB. I hope that will last me for a while. I'm downloading stuff every day. There's so much that the only sure way to sort it out is to put it all in folders based on dates. So I have folders for each year and subfolders for each month. I may eventually need subfolders for each day, but the two levels are enough for now.
I send most documents as PDF files now. WordPerfect can create them directly. I don't have the very latest version. It does what I want now, so I don't see a need to change.
BTW, if you run Windows XP in a virtual machine, you could run an old version of WP. Archive has a number of previous versions for free download, along with manuals: https://archive.org/search.php?query=wordperfect
Columbia University actually supports the old 5.0 DOS version of WP. They write new printer drivers and more.
Wow…I used to collect old DOS diskettes. I think I learned on 3.1 but 5.0 was good. I liked the IBM version vs MS. I ran OS2 and played with RedHat some so a new LINUX os doesn’t scare me. I’ve ran VM so that archive is GREAT!! I even have a Novell 3.12 CNA Cert. But, I stayed in Aerospace & never started a second career in computing mainly cuz of all the young geniuses flooding the market at that time. Then I went to war (OIF & OEF) and that was that. My computer skills did come in handy in Aerospace tho 👍🏽
I played with OS9 (IBM product) on the Radio Shack Color Computer in the early 80s, but the processor (fraction of a MHz) wouldn't keep up. This system had windows before the first version of Microsoft Windows was released.
I have original disks for all the versions of Windows back to 3.0 which I used on my very first laptop, which had a black and white screen, not color. That was in the late 80s. I also have various versions of DOS, including a late version of DR DOS.
I use Oracle's Virtual Box. I only have the Windows XP VM right now, but I plan to have one or more Linux setups to try.
I might even set up a Color Computer VM and play with some of that stuff. I still have all my old copies of Rainbow Magazine and Hot Coco.
It's a good thing my office/warehouse has a concrete slab floor to carry all the weight. :)
Bro…that’s AMAZING!! What ever happened to Amiga Computers?
I don't know. I read about them but could never afford one. I started out with a Timex Sinclair. With the 16K memory expansion, the entire system cost me $88. I learned BASIC programming on that one. Then I went to the Color Computer until a few years later when I got an IBM compatible 286 with a huge 20MB hard drive on a card.
Man, that’s a great link!
Archive has a ton of software free to download. They also have books, magazines, radio shows, podcasts, records, and even a full set of Grateful Dead concert monitor recordings.
(lmao)...Aspie, I got 35,126 hits for Grateful Dead!! I'm now wondering how many terrabyte external drives I need!!
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Grateful%20Dead
I have over 100TB. I hope that will last me for a while. I'm downloading stuff every day. There's so much that the only sure way to sort it out is to put it all in folders based on dates. So I have folders for each year and subfolders for each month. I may eventually need subfolders for each day, but the two levels are enough for now.
Nice!! That oughta keep me BUSY?!