7 Jul
2003
7 Jul
'03
9:29 p.m.
On 2003.07.07 15:32 Jules Richardson wrote:
I'm taking suggestions for wordprocessing software
to run on an older
486 laptop (1994, so almost within the 10 year limit!) that's running
Windows 3.11
1. Replace Windows with an operating system. E.g. Linux or NetBSD.
(Especially the later runs very well on older hardware with non-GHz CPUs
and only a few MB RAM.)
You may skip this step if you are not willing to wrap your head around
Unix.
2. LaTeX. Period.
I used several WYSIWYG text processing software at that time
(WordPerfect, AmiPro, StarWriter, ...) and they all sucked. Then I got
into Unix and LaTeX and stayed there since then. LaTeX is not that easy
to learn, but you get _very_ good results for your work. I think (La)TeX
is the most bug free software on this planet. IIRC the LaTeX
distribution for WinDOS and OS/2 of that time was called EMTEX. If you
are able to switch to Linux or NetBSD you can use the most recent teTeX.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/