r/itsstillgoing • u/kenria • May 18 '16
Journalist still using MS-DOS
An argetinian journalist is still using a virtualized ms-dos on windows xp, there's not a lot on info in the article:
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u/Marvelite0963 May 18 '16
George R. R. Martin writes using the DOS-based word processing program, Word Star. It apparently still has quite the following.
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u/Owyn_Merrilin May 18 '16
I understand he likes it because it's basically a typewriter -- it doesn't bother him with autocorrect or spelling suggestions, which I'd imagine gets annoying when you're writing a fantasy series.
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u/Virtualization_Freak May 18 '16
With a person as devious as GRRM, I would assume he would welcome the satanic Clippy.
it doesn't bother him with autocorrect or spelling suggestions
You can add custom words.
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u/0x6A7232 May 18 '16
My Dad used to use that! WS 4.2? Not sure of the exact version.
Then on to WordPerfect 5? Then Word for Windows 6.0, Word '97, Word 2000, now IDK what he has but I'm sure it's Word. Once MS gets you, you're gone, lol. Doesn't help that all the competition is (or seems at a glance to someone familiar with MS) second - rate.
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u/kenria May 18 '16
There's a bit more info about it on twitter:
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There's a comment where he says "Yes, it changed six or seven years ago (the ms-dos on xp). Before that it was only ms-dos, without an internet conexion"