George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

Someone posted this in another news group, it made me chuckle.

"This is kind of funny. I know people who still write with a
typewriter, which doesn't sound quite as bad as using Wordstar."

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor

http://cnet.co/1ms0xWY

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

On 14/05/2014 21:24, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
Someone posted this in another news group, it made me chuckle.

"This is kind of funny. I know people who still write with a
typewriter, which doesn't sound quite as bad as using Wordstar."

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor

http://cnet.co/1ms0xWY



How about this one:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

Short, Sharp message.

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

Charles Lindbergh said on 5/14/2014 4:24 PM:
Someone posted this in another news group, it made me chuckle.

"This is kind of funny. I know people who still write with a
typewriter, which doesn't sound quite as bad as using Wordstar."

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor

http://cnet.co/1ms0xWY

My father-in-law had a PC and never upgraded his DOS Wordstar with a
full height floppy drive. But he could pump out great writings. He
was limited to staying with DOS since his wife was legally blind and she
had a similar machine with all sorts of TSR's (remember them) to allow
it to read all the menu's etc to her. They copied files back and forth
and needed to keep compatible. It was a bummer trying to support him
as I kinda lost what DOS was. They passed away late 1990's so
technology really didn't outpace him by that much.

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

On Wed, 14 May 2014 21:48:46 +0100, Good Guy
wrote:

On 14/05/2014 21:24, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
Someone posted this in another news group, it made me chuckle.

"This is kind of funny. I know people who still write with a
typewriter, which doesn't sound quite as bad as using Wordstar."

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor

http://cnet.co/1ms0xWY



How about this one:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

Short, Sharp message.

Has a Benny Hill flavor, don't you think?

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

Good Guy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

It would have been more convincing if she was typing properly.

--
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

On Wed, 14 May 2014 23:00:25 +0100, Mike Barnes wrote:

Good Guy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

It would have been more convincing if she was typing properly.

I was quite happy to laugh without noticing her typing style...for that
matter, even without waiting to be convinced :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

On Wed, 14 May 2014 18:31:58 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Wed, 14 May 2014 23:00:25 +0100, Mike Barnes wrote:

Good Guy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

It would have been more convincing if she was typing properly.

I was quite happy to laugh without noticing her typing style...for that
matter, even without waiting to be convinced :-)


Gene, that is probably because you have a sense of humor......... ;-)

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

On 15/05/2014 02:31, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Wed, 14 May 2014 23:00:25 +0100, Mike Barnes wrote:

Good Guy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

It would have been more convincing if she was typing properly.

I was quite happy to laugh without noticing her typing style...for that
matter, even without waiting to be convinced :-)

I laughed too but couldn't help thinking that she DID look a bit young
to be returning to work after a _30_ year break! Mind you she does look
attractive!
--
choro
*****

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

On Wed, 14 May 2014 13:24:31 -0700, Charles Lindbergh
wrote:

Someone posted this in another news group, it made me chuckle.

"This is kind of funny. I know people who still write with a
typewriter, which doesn't sound quite as bad as using Wordstar."

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor

http://cnet.co/1ms0xWY

I still wish I had Wordstar.. I loved it back in the day.. Never got
to master Word the same way..
I lost my install discs to a flood some years ago...

Can you imagine how fast it would be on todays equipment?

Beamer Smith
Out on a limb, Sawing

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

On 5/14/14 10:56 PM, Beamer Smith wrote:
On Wed, 14 May 2014 13:24:31 -0700, Charles Lindbergh
wrote:

Someone posted this in another news group, it made me chuckle.

"This is kind of funny. I know people who still write with a
typewriter, which doesn't sound quite as bad as using Wordstar."

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor

http://cnet.co/1ms0xWY

I still wish I had Wordstar.. I loved it back in the day.. Never got
to master Word the same way..
I lost my install discs to a flood some years ago...

I'm curious, what would you do if you had them now?

Can you imagine how fast it would be on todays equipment?

Beamer Smith
Out on a limb, Sawing



--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.8.5
Firefox 25.0
Thunderbird 24.3.0
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

Charles Lindbergh wrote:
On Wed, 14 May 2014 18:31:58 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Wed, 14 May 2014 23:00:25 +0100, Mike Barnes wrote:

Good Guy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

It would have been more convincing if she was typing properly.

I was quite happy to laugh without noticing her typing style...for that
matter, even without waiting to be convinced :-)

Gene, that is probably because you have a sense of humor......... ;-)

So do I, but I also have fakery detectors. My sense of humour works
better when I'm not distracted by fakery. And I know which facility I
consider more important. :-)

--
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

Bob Henson wrote:
Mike Barnes wrote:

Charles Lindbergh wrote:
On Wed, 14 May 2014 18:31:58 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Wed, 14 May 2014 23:00:25 +0100, Mike Barnes wrote:

Good Guy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

It would have been more convincing if she was typing properly.

I was quite happy to laugh without noticing her typing style...for that
matter, even without waiting to be convinced :-)

Gene, that is probably because you have a sense of humor......... ;-)

So do I, but I also have fakery detectors. My sense of humour works
better when I'm not distracted by fakery. And I know which facility I
consider more important. :-)

I'll bet you're like me, Mike - I can watch a science fiction film and
completely suspend reality and enjoy it - until I see someone faking
playing a piano, say - then I can't watch it any more and have to turn it
off.

I don't normally watch much Hollywood, but I was persuaded to watch
Gravity by the widespread acclaim. What a load of tosh.

--
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

Bob Henson wrote:
Mike Barnes wrote:

Good Guy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

It would have been more convincing if she was typing properly.

And even more so if it wasn't a left-handed typewriter she though she was
using. They may have existed, but I never saw one.

That CRT monitor was a bit on the lightweight side, too.

--
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

On 15/05/2014 09:44, Bob Henson wrote:
Mike Barnes wrote:

Charles Lindbergh wrote:
On Wed, 14 May 2014 18:31:58 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Wed, 14 May 2014 23:00:25 +0100, Mike Barnes wrote:

Good Guy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

It would have been more convincing if she was typing properly.

I was quite happy to laugh without noticing her typing style...for that
matter, even without waiting to be convinced :-)

Gene, that is probably because you have a sense of humor......... ;-)

So do I, but I also have fakery detectors. My sense of humour works
better when I'm not distracted by fakery. And I know which facility I
consider more important. :-)

I'll bet you're like me, Mike - I can watch a science fiction film and
completely suspend reality and enjoy it - until I see someone faking
playing a piano, say - then I can't watch it any more and have to turn it
off.

It's not only faking playing the piano but other instruments as well,
particularly bowed stringed instruments, to say nothing of faked sex!
--
choro
*****

George R. R. Martin writes with a DOS word processor
 

On 15/05/2014 09:38, Bob Henson wrote:
Mike Barnes wrote:

Good Guy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qteu4ld_SCE?rel=0

The woman went to work after 30 years break and see what happens on the
first day!!!!!!!

It would have been more convincing if she was typing properly.

And even more so if it wasn't a left-handed typewriter she though she was
using. They may have existed, but I never saw one.

The carriage moved left as you typed and at the end of the line you had
to push the carriage back to the beginning of the new line with your
left hand. The big Underwoods were the best! Smooth as anything.

Please don't ask me my age! I am a true geriatric. The doyen of this
group! Any challengers?
--
choro
*****