Re: Climatic change... and CPU ... power consumption
Dimitris Tzortzakakis <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Jul 2026 20:37:20 +0300
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.mint,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.conspiracy,sci.electronics.basics,alt.engineering.electrical |
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Στις 29/6/2026 2:17 μ.μ., ο/η Mr. Man-wai Chang έγραψε: > 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... > yes, and I will buy my longed-for Commodore 64, and I will play Ghostbusters, Raid over Moscow, Impossible mission and Ikari warriors until the sun goes out. and with it the 1541 drive. yipee!! **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V 2.0 **** 64 K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE READY.