Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Tricky legacy DOS applications..

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Author: Hugo Mills
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On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 10:26:40PM +0000, John Hunt wrote:
> Yup, I'm thinking dual boot too now..
>
> >>    Is there no hope for finding a replacement application? Running DOS
> >> apps these days is getting increasingly difficult, as emulations fail
> >> to deal with things like timing loops.

>
> Like I say, the software is actually very good, it's just with things
> as flashy looking as Microsoft Office, the company (Ashton Tate) went
> out of business (or just stopped making it).


Except that while Ashton-Tate stopped making it, it's not dead[1].

Hugo.

[1] http://www.framework.com/

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