Subj : Re: Cobol/gnucobol
To   : All
From : nelgin
Date : Fri May 30 2025 12:02:48

On Fri, 30 May 2025 09:39:19 -0700
"Nightfox" (VERT/DIGDIST) <VERT/DIGDIST!Nightfox@endofthelinebbs.com>
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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