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Date:      Tue, 16 Dec 1997 09:20:45 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DELETING WINDOWS 95, Please Help
Message-ID:  <19971216092045.30501@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215063503.336A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>; from Alex on Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 06:38:43AM -0800
References:  <19971215192331.36642@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215063503.336A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>

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On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 06:38:43AM -0800, Alex wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> StarOffice is very hungry for memory.  Judging by the times you
>> mention, I'd guess you have 16 MB of memory.  Increase that to 32 or
>> 48 MB, and it will be dramatically faster: it won't crawl any more,
>> it'll just be slow.
>
> No, I have 64mb ;-)  And no I'm not gonna try to get 32 more.

64 MB will do.

>> I hate StarOffice.  It's just like Microsoft Word, the screen is full
>> of little unrecognizable pictures, and the editor is really weak.  But
>> if that's what you're used to, and you can't make the step to a
>> separate editor and formatter, then it might be for you.
>
> I like it because it's graphical and somewhat less awkward than emacs
> (for me).

I hate it because it's graphical and much more awkward than Emacs (for
me :-)

> If I had my way, I'd like to see a [free] version of WP 5.1 (for
> DOS) ported over to some *nix with long file name and perhaps lpr
> and ghostscript support.  Rumor has it that was written in
> assembly. ;-)

I can't believe that.  I used to write a lot in assembler in the old
days, but I don't know anybody who's written anything significant in
assembler on an -86 platform.

Greg



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