Re: Climatic change... and CPU ... power consumption

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:17:11 +0800

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On 6/29/2026 3:57 PM, Heinz Schmitz wrote:
>> Mr. Man-wai Chang     wrote:
>> 
>> We only need a modern version of 8086/80286/80386 using
>> modern fabrication process. Then we give up fancy GUI
>> and roll back to text-mode MS-DOS with english-only
>> software like WordPerfect, Lotus, Harvard Graphics.
>> No games, no videos, not even sound. :)
>>
>> Well... should we go that? Should the world do that?
>> That's a lot of SACRIFICE!!!
> 
> Considering that we only began to live after getting GUIs
> we shouldn't even think of giving up some.

WordPerfect for DOS has an excellent Print Preview.

You can see pictures in Print Preview.

That's sufficient. :)

Could we give up internet and
switch back to Novell Netware?
Well...

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