Re: [libreoffice-users] installed disc usage for LO

On 01/02/2018 08:06 AM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> On 01/02/2018 10:32 AM, James Knott wrote:
> > My first hard drive was 30 MB.  I also used PC-Write at home.  I used
> > Wordstar 2000 & Word Perfect at work.  I also maintained mini-computer
> > systems, including DEC VAX 11/780.
> When my father ordered his first computer, he ordered a 10 mg. hard
> drive. When he received it, it had a 20 mg. hard drive. They explained
> that the 10 mg. had become obsolete since he ordered it and gave him a
> 20 mg. at no additional cost. He thought he had died and gone to PC heaven.
>
> I also used PC-Write, both at home and at work. I worked as a lawyer and
> wrote all of my legal documents and court briefs using that wonderful
> little shareware program.
>
> Obviously, LO can do much, much more than PC-Write ever could, but I
> think it a shame that, after nearly a quarter century of development, my
> quad-core laptop running LO on Linux is no faster than my old Toshiba
> 286 laptop running PC-Write and DOS. Admittedly, I'm comparing text
> processing with text processing. I realize that, with graphical
> interfaces, networks and Internet, more is required of today's
> technology, but I often wonder. In terms of actual productivity -- i.e.,
> getting work done, which for me meant word processing and an occasional
> spreadsheet -- I was more proficient 25 years ago than I am now.
>
> I recall back in those days reading an article that claimed that DOS
> users made better writers than Mac users. The argument was that DOS
> users focused on content (that was all they had), whereas Mac users
> focused on appearance (since they could). I can relate for, these days,
> I spend a lot of time tinkering with fonts, styles, etc., instead of
> actually writing.
>
> Virgil
I, too, sometimes get nostalgic for the "heady" old days of computing. I 
started in the late 70s with hand-coding programs on an Intel 8080 
system. I then graduated to CP/M-80 on an S100 Zilog Z80 processor 
system. I then built my own PC-XT from components in the mid 80s and PC 
technology has been progressing ever since. I keep a MS-DOS computer 
around to talk to a device programmer with proprietary DOS-based 
application software, just in case I need to program an EPROM or PAL 
chip. I still think the Cromemco Z-80 Macro Assembler which ran on 
CP/M-80,  is the best macro assembler I have ever used, so I created a 
CP/M-80 Z80 software emulator which runs on my Linux desktop, just in 
case I have a need to assemble a Z-80 program or maybe run a CP/M-80 
program or two. That emulator runs so fast on my desktop that a fairly 
large assembly is done virtually before I can release the Enter key. 
Would I go back? Heck no!

BTW: My Linux desktop has a 1TB hard disk and with a ton of large files 
on it, it is only 20% used. My only concern is backing up so much data 
each month. I am using 128GB USB Flash sticks, alternating monthly 
backups (odd and even months) between two 128GB sticks. I can get almost 
a year's backups from two computers on them. I am awaiting the 256GBs or 
512Gbs soon.

Girvin Herr


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