Subj : Re: Cobol/gnucobol
To : All
From : nelgin
Date : Fri May 30 2025 12:02 pm
On Fri, 30 May 2025 09:39:19 -0700
"Nightfox" (VERT/DIGDIST) <VERT/
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wrote:
> Re: Re: Cobol/gnucobol
> By: poindexter FORTRAN to Jcurtis on Fri May 30 2025 07:51 am
>
> PF> That just reminded me of a guy who did graphics work in the
> PF> 2000s. He wanted a cheap way to demonstrate proofs to clients
> PF> and to do some basic manipulation for them.
>
> PF> He settled on an Android tablet, installed DOSBOX, got Windows
> PF> 3.11 running in it and installed Photoshop 4, which ran under
> PF> Windows 3.x.
>
> PF> You could shock people at the coffee shop with an android tablet
> PF> with a keyboard and Windows 3.11. :)
>
> :) A while ago, I realized you could plug a USB mouse and keyboard
> into a smartphone and they'll work. I imagine a tablet could double
> as a laptop that way.
>
> Several years ago, I set up DOSBOX on my PC to run old DOS games &
> such. I also installed Windows 3.11 in it, and it actually runs
> fairly well. I've also used DOSBOX to run a couple terminal programs
> (Telemate and Telix) to call into Telnet BBSes.. Takes me back to
> the 90s.
>
> Nightfox
I was bored at work once and had just come from a zLinux class so I
decided to take my Windows laptop and install VirtualBox on it. I
installed Linux on the virtualbox and then the Hercules emulator upon
which I installed zLinux. After that I installed Wine. After that point
it got too slow to be able to do anything really :)
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