Hi, I remember using Turbo Pascal and Turbo C back in the day (still use it now), also Lotus 123 and Dbase 3 :)
Ah the memories :) Still use Turbo C++ 3 as it's output is faster than open watcom C's compiled code. -Ed EdzUp On Mon, 25 Dec 2023, 04:34 Jim Hall via Freedos-user, < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I'm thinking about doing a video that shows how to do real work on DOS. I > sometimes see comments on YouTube with people asking "could you really do > *work* with DOS?" And the answer is *of course you can, that happened > every day.* > > So I'm collecting a list of things you'd do in the 80s and 90s with DOS to > do work. Sure, I'll put a game it two in there, but I'm focusing on getting > work done. > > What programs or types of programs would you like to see? > > __ > > **For myself:* > *I've done some videos about DOS apps, but nothing like "here's how I did > everyday work." When I think back to my 1980s and 1990s (especially the > early 90s) I think of my time at university as a physics undergrad. So > that's a spreadsheet and a word processor for sure. Probably make a simple > chart then include that chart in a "lab report" document (or at least leave > room in the document to print it when I print on a dot matrix printer). > Probably a dialup terminal to talk to the uni committee lab? File manager. > And a compiler to write my own tools.* > > *The only difference is for the video I'll try to highlight FreeDOS distro > tools as much as possible, like Doszip for the file manager. * > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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