TurboC (was: 8" floppy project

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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Fred Cisin wrote:

> > Of course, I wouldn't use such a system for any real work :-) I am amazed
> > that people actually did so.
>
> depends on what kind of "real work" you WANT to do.
> It works [sort of] as an application launcher.
> But most of all, IT WILL GET OUT OF THE WAY when you
> want to do "real work".

I developed somewhat mission critical systems on DOS that realized
millions of dollars in revenue.  I know other people who've done the same.
DOS is very functional.

And as Fred says, it gets out of the way when you want it to.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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