MS-DOS version (was: What's best to do?? classically speaking

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sat Jun 23 20:19:07 2001

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> For many uses, a GUI can be more hassle than it is worth. If you have
> multiple computers, then multitasking ceases to be so important.
> I've often found it preferable to use multiple machines simultaneously
> instead of task switching. Bookkeeping, order entry and shipping,
> development, analysis, and testing were better off on separate
> machines. Yes, I did fire up 5 machines when I worked.

Me too. And the added advantage was that if one app crashed, it didn't
take the rest with it (as is the case with Windows 9x).

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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