On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 healyzh_at_aracnet.com wrote:
> > > like TeX? Wasn't DECcalc a commercial offering along the lines of DECwrite?
> > > If so, as far as I know it's not available to hobbyists. I'd love to know
> > > about a good spreadsheet available to hobbyists myself!
> >
> > Dunno, check decus, check simtel.
> Checking DECUS is painful at best, there doesn't seem to be any kind of an
> index, at least not that I've found. I think it was the Freeware CD that I
> found something at.
I don't ahve their archice on my system so there is little I can do for
you short of making the inquery for you.
> Check simtel?!?!? I remember the old Simtel-20 DOS archive, but what are
> you refering to?
Try
FTP://www.SIMTEL.NET
> What can I say, elm is what I got started on. I think the Newsreader is
> MXRN, it came off the internet solutions for OpenVMS CD-ROM. Isn't
> FreeForte a Windows app? I'm still trying to find a decent text based
it is but they had one similar for vax and decwin.
> newsreader for VMS that doesn't puke, I got one running that looked like it
> might be OK, but it pukes on the number of newsgroups my ISP carries, before
> it ever gets through the alt. hierarchy.
With the constant changes to the web and the need to use the latest
browser plus have both Nyetscrap and Internetexploder anything for the vax
is likely to puke.
Look at the bright side using a PC to surf the web is ok. Why? Both do
little with lots of flash and real work gets done elsewhere. ;)
> It's wierd, when using VMS I prefer primarily text based apps, while under
> UNIX I prefer GUI apps (except 'elm' and 'tin').
Same here. then again I prefer anything that hides unix as it's unlike
everything else I am ultra comfortable with.
Allison
Received on Wed Mar 22 2000 - 17:42:06 GMT