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Article #16859Re: OS/2 development
From: robin
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:40
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 11:40
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bstephan@redshift.com writes: > In <b2ba6s326p2@enews3.newsguy.com>, on 02/11/03 > at 11:59 AM, J. Clarke <nospam1@nospam.invalid> said: > > >> Wordstar by > >> Word. > > >Deservedly. The producers of Wordstar didn't even recompile the > >blasted thing for the PC, they ported the binary. Dog slow. > > I tried Word at that time and it was dog slow too. Seemed like I > remember seconds of delay between the time I pressed a key and the > character appeared on the screen. That was related to the amount of memory at the time typically 1 to 4Mb. Doesn't happen with larger memories. But there were other word processors on the market such as CA-Textor which was whiz-bang fast, even with 4Mb. > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Bob Stephan bstephan@redshift.com or BobStephan@compuserve.com
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