Older wordprocessing software

From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz_at_unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
Date: Tue Jul 8 04:29:07 2003

On 2003.07.07 15:32 Jules Richardson wrote:

> I'm taking suggestions for wordprocessing software to run on an older
> 486 laptop (1994, so almost within the 10 year limit!) that's running
> Windows 3.11
1. Replace Windows with an operating system. E.g. Linux or NetBSD.
(Especially the later runs very well on older hardware with non-GHz CPUs
and only a few MB RAM.)
You may skip this step if you are not willing to wrap your head around
Unix.
2. LaTeX. Period.
I used several WYSIWYG text processing software at that time
(WordPerfect, AmiPro, StarWriter, ...) and they all sucked. Then I got
into Unix and LaTeX and stayed there since then. LaTeX is not that easy
to learn, but you get _very_ good results for your work. I think (La)TeX
is the most bug free software on this planet. IIRC the LaTeX
distribution for WinDOS and OS/2 of that time was called EMTEX. If you
are able to switch to Linux or NetBSD you can use the most recent teTeX.

-- 
tsch??,
       Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
Received on Tue Jul 08 2003 - 04:29:07 BST

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