Fast Software, the Best Software

Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Jul 27, 2019 at 09:38 PM

Jeffery Smith wrote:
> What I so disliked about Windows taking over is that I no longer had supported apps in MS DOS. I used the blazingly fast XyWrite IV for word processing, MaxThink and GrandView for outlining, Symantec’s Q&A for storing structured data, and askSam for freeform data.

I can’t say for these specific ones (except GrandView), but some MS DOS apps can still run under Windows 10:
https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-run-old-dos-programs-in-windows-10
GrandView in Windows thread here: https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/6291/0/grandview-for-windows-v1

Much less can be said about Apple and it’s ever changing and incompatible processors… Motorola > PowerPC > Intel x86 and soon perhaps ARM. Each time users had to buy new software.

Pierre