Fwd: decmate II

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Sat May 1 16:07:39 1999

> It would help rather more to know what kind of printer it is. The fact
> that it's a DECmate narrows down the range of possible printers somewhat,
> but really isn't enough.
>
> Although I'd strongly recommend that anyone still using a DECmate for real
> work give some serious consideration to moving to something a bit more
> modern, like WordStar on an IBM XT. The DECmate is a nice toy (I have
> several), but if it breaks you're pretty much S.O.L. Several people have
> written me asking if I could recover valuable data from their broken
> DECmates, but they didn't feel like paying my consulting rates.
>

I recommend WPS-PC or WPS-80 on a Rainbow or DEC Robin (VT180).
Nothing (and I'm a big WordStar fan) is as nice (and easy) to use for straight
word processing as a DECmate type machine with a DEC WPS style
system.

Bill
Received on Sat May 01 1999 - 16:07:39 BST